Feedback & Reports

Fished the gravel bar swims on beat 4 and found good looking far bank swims with some nice fast water which we'd hoped would hold some Barbel. Tried fishing in the flow , rolling a bait through and letting the current take it well downstream but neither of us had a touch. Moved on to beat 2 around 5pm fishing just downstream of the island and just a sub 2lb Chub for our efforts.

1 Chub

1 Barbel

Fishing one of my favourite beats. Great start with 5 barbel all over 8lb in 6 casts and then the sun came out and the whole river seemed to switch off. River desperately needs some rain as it was gin clear and very very low.

Saw three salmon jumping at the same time one was in excess of 20lb. Spent a couple of hours birdwatching instead of fishing!

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

River low as expected, day overcast with sunny periods at times. Two of us fished the bottom pool and had 25 small barbel , up to about two pounds on pellet, some bigger fish were lost. Bites came all day on feeder and some were taking the bait just as the feeder was settling. The other in our party fished the salmon crib on the wyebank pool and had 4 small barbel 1 chub and two eels also on pellets. The only downside was that although there were paths to the various pegs, we found it a lot more strenuous than we had expected ( two over 60 and one over 70). Perhaps we will seriously have to reduce the amount of tackle we carry on future occasions. All in all a very enjoyable day.

29 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Other

Arrived at 6am to find the river low and clear , despite the rain that fell in the catchment area the previous day. I elected to fish off the Wood Crib using an inline feeder and Krill pellets. Had a few knocks very early on then no action at all until the evening - tried various rig feeder/rig changes to no avail during the day - delighted to catch a couple of chub in the last hour when the light was fading. An angler who arrived a little later than I, who fished the next crib downstream, faired better by fishing tight to the opposite bank. A very scenic beat and an enjoyable day.

2 Chub

Fished two swims in the woods between us and caught 9 "proper" barbel to 9lb 4oz, as well as numerous small barbel and chub (which we didn't keep count of). Bites were patchy and we never got the impression that the fish were feeding in earnest. All caught on feeder and pellet, fishing close to the far bank.

9 Barbel

First visit to this stretch and fished from 1pm till 9pm. River low and clear. Started off about half way along the stretch on the faster swims, and had 1 barbel about 4lb at 3pm, caught on 12mm pellet and straight lead.
Then moved to the top swim about 5pm and fished meat catching 1 chub. I then moved back down a couple of swims at 7pm and fished meat to catch 2 small chub and 2 barbel about 7lb/ 8 lb which made my day.

All fish were in great condition and the barbel fought really well. There's only a short walk to the parking and it's a nice peaceful stretch. Some of the pegs are on a slope so would be easy to fall in when its wet, and you need a long landing net handle in some places.

A great day and I would fish this stretch again. Thank you WUF.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

Dry day with plenty of sunshine after a cool start. Moved several times before finding any barbel on usual method of pellet and feeder. Several chub on float and sweetcorn which made a nice change. Best barbel 7 lbs and chub to nearly 4 lb. Nice chat with Colin.

8 Barbel, 10 Chub