Feedback & Reports

1 Sea Trout, 2 Pike

Colder day after the last week of unseasonably warm weather. Fished the faster water to start but other than a couple of chub it was slow going. Moved back towards the deeper water and it was there we found the barbel. Fishing single small pellet and feeding very little did the trick with the majority of the fish coming at the end of the day. The barbel were in the 5-7lb range, the chub 2-3lb and fin perfect as usual. All in all a good days fishing for this time of year and as usual the venue never disappoints, will be back in the new season.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Another amazing day at The Creel, a PB barbel of 10.8 & chub to 4.8.

8 Barbel, 4 Chub

Another very warm late February day and after a frosty start it quickly warmed up to 18 or 19 degrees which is remarkable for winter. It did not help the fishing and although we fished all the known swims on this stretch we managed just one small barbel between us. The river looked in good condition if low and a bit clear but we were suprised at the lack of even small fish showing to our 'catch anything' tactics.

1 Barbel

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

Stunning morning,had my first Chubb at 07.30 and weighed in( by the ghillie) at 6lb 4 oz ,pb.bumped one of off at 08.00 and that was it for the rest of the day,very sunny and warm,not ideal fishing conditions but great to be sat on the bank,ghillie was super helpful and friendly as usual,great day,great beat

1 Chub

A cold start but then it turned into almost a summers day. Hot sunshine all day and not a breeze. So I fished the balsa down the middle on the maggot. Great days fishing. Best chub 6lb and a lovely 9lb barbel. Not bad on the float. Sublime

1 Trout, 4 Barbel, 12 Chub

Warm and sunny late February day after a heavy frost and the river was low and clear with predictably difficult fishing. Many of the swims are difficult to access and quiet steep and slippery so we were restricted in swim choice.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling, 2 Chub

Another lovely afternoon on one of my favourite beats. All the fish caught in the first three hours. Nothing then until darkness was falling when I had another bite but lost the barbel to a hook pull. Most of the fish around the 5 to 6lb+ mark. Feeder with halibut pellet accounted for all. Meat brought nothing but some snatchy chub bites.

6 Barbel

nothing caught not even a minnow