Feedback & Reports

Another scorching day - fish caught through the day in shaded swims, really came on later as the sun lost a bit of strength. Resulting in one of the best hours fishing I have had - 5 casts, 3 barbel, 1 eel! A lovely stretch with well looked after swims. All fish in excellent condition as always. Be careful parking though - you could lose a sump!

11 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

Almost exactly 1 year ago I fished this beat in torrential rain and the river rising rapidly, what a difference a year makes!! Blimey it was HOT.
Arrived at beat about 4:30 am after 5 hour drive and a couple of hours kip in a service station car park. Fished the gravel bar at the bottom of beat 4 and the pool following at the top of beat 5. Started fishing about 5.30 good chub first cast followed by 3 more Chub and a Barbel (5lb 8oz)by 10am. (Also lost 1 chub and a Barbel) All fish fell to pellet apart from the biggest chub (4lb 3oz) which fell to rolling meat. After the sun got up the water died. Walked the length of beat 5 trying various swims without success. Back to beat 3 in the afternoon which is faster water, plenty of Salmon showing but no joy. Back to the gravel bar for the evening but the extreme heat and low water conditions had put paid to anymore action.
Lovely beat in the right conditions but yesterday was just extreme.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

Not ideal conditions when you are fishing on the hottest day of the year

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Very hot still day, not ideal conditions for anglers or fish. Scenery still fantastic
Pellet and feeder tactics

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

A bit slow as expected given the heat, but picked up in the evening.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

5 Barbel, 7 Chub

6 Barbel, 6 Chub

4 Barbel

On a very hot day on a low river we headed for the wood and fished the faster water of the lucky stones which turned out to be not lucky at all as the barbel simply would not feed . Fortunately we were kept entertained by a ravenous shoal of chub which took whatever we put on the hook below our feeder rigs . In all we managed 33 , mainly in the 2 to 3lb range with 27 coming to one rod . The hill round the wood was a real killer in the near 30 degrees heat .

33 Chub

Very hot day with locals and dogs swimming in the river. Had 4 good chub on float fished bread many thanks.

4 Chub