Feedback & Reports

Hard work. One angler had a few bites. Others blanked. Not many pegs on the stretch.

3 Chub

River was low and clear , weather was overcast and raining most of the day. We caught throughout the day. Total 9 barbel to 9 pounds 1 ounce plus 3 chub to about 4 pounds. All on ledgered pellet. We had a few standoffs with the heffers and one particularly large bull that were in the field alongside the river bank , each time they eventually moved on . They appear to like the shelter of the bankside vegetation.

9 Barbel, 3 Chub

River rising no fish caught went home early!

Awful weather, awesome river. A lovely day. Had 4 barbel slip the hook too.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

Rather more inclement weather meant only one of the group fished for a couple of hours in the morning. The result was one Barbel.
In less than favourable conditions the four of us had 36 Barbel and 22 Chub in essentially three days of fishing. The average stamp of Barbel was around 7 - 8lb with a couple of scraper doubles, and the biggest Chub was approaching 5lb.
All in all an excellent trip to a stunning beat. Roll on next September!

1 Barbel

Good start off the last Croy with 4 nice chub before it went quiet. All to feeder tactics. Tried rolling meat for the first time but no joy. It went quiet, so a quick chat to another angler saw me moving downstream where I got 2 small chub, small barbel and lost a good one to a hook pull. The afternoon spent trotting the float in where I got pointed to by the said angler. Not only spot and tactics but he also got me sorted with some spare tackle. Gent!! If you're reading it, thanks again! Got 11 chub and a barbel in the evening. Amazingly well kept beat.

2 Barbel, 17 Chub

2 Barbel, 6 Chub

River low and clear but a cloudy day saw a few fish feeding in afternoon and evening,Barbel of decent size 6 lbs up to 8.5 lbs,Chub were 3-4 lbs

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

A difficult day due to low water levels, cool morning temperatures and long periods of bright sunshine in the afternoon. We stayed mobile to eventually find some fish in the faster flowing areas. Lost a few decent fish to braided hook lengths being cut on sharp rocks but we did land a few fish including Barbel to 9lb 10oz and Chub to 3lb 6oz. All caught on a pretty standard pellet/groundbait feeder approach.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

Fish caught on pellet throughout the day.

23 Barbel, 6 Chub, 20 Other