Feedback & Reports

The river was up by three and a half feet as indicated by the gauge in the river and racing by overriding most of the usual complex swims. I employed a huge amount of weight to hold against the flow and caught consistently though out the day. After catching five barbel and no chub in the first hour and a half I only managed to catch one more barbel later on in the day as the bully boy chub were pouncing on the bait. In retrospect I should not have used a feeder at all or stopped after a few casts as the constant feed just brought the chub into play. A couple of the barbel were in the 7 to 8 pound class and the chub were all sizes up to 3 to 4 pounds.
The other angler was a good companion for the day and I had a pleasant and informative talk with Colin too.

6 Barbel, 26 Chub

Beautiful spot easy to access, and plenty of swims to choose from. Most swims very pacey and you do have a private club fishing the opposite back, but they seem very friendly. Lots of good chub bites came all day from all the swims I fished. Just be warned, parking is very limited as you can't park in the middle car parking area due to the field full of cows so only 1 parking space at the bottom end of the beat.

1 Barbel, 10 Chub

Managed one barbel just over 8lb on what was a challenging day. Lovely stretch of river but I would challenge WUF when they state its a mile of fishing when in fact you will struggle to fish the vast majority of the stretch due to sheer drops into the water or totally overgrown and not accessible.

1 Barbel

Pulled required daily amount of himalayan balsam

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

4 Chub caught. Best just over 5lb. 2 x 4lb and 1 x 2lb. 4 Barbel caught. Best was 12lb. 3 x around 8lb

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

What a fantastic day, took my son fishing, he has been fishing only a couple of times, but today he started off with a lovely Barbel on the second cast. By the time my uncle and I were set up he had already caught 3 Barbel. I decided not to fish until after lunch and just enjoy some father and son time. I was Mr landing net.
In fact after my son had caught 13 Barbel, he asked, no pleaded with me to take over as he was shattered and his arm ached. I added another 12 Barbel, all on Pellet, some feeder and some ledger.
A Red Letter day, the river was falling and the scenery fabulous. A wonderful day, thank you WUF.

25 Barbel, 8 Chub

River still up about 2 feet, with lots of colour and flow. Very hot bright day. Only fished one swim, arrived at 9, first bite 12, fished throughout the afternoon until leaving at 5.30. A very enjoyable days fishing!

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Arrived at about 8am and fished until dusk. River up by a couple of feet with lots of colour, clearing throughout the day. Lots of missed bites, I suspect Chub or Eels. Caught 8 average sized Chub, two Barbel (plus a third that was foul hooked) with the biggest and last fish of the day at 7lb 11oz and an Eel. I spent the day switching between the feeder with hemp, pellet and boilie and a straight lead with meat.
Stretch is very peaceful with plenty of space and good access and parking but the bottom field is a caravan club site at this time of year, so may be inaccessible.

2 Barbel, 8 Chub, 1 Other

Arrived with river in perfect condition /level. Had a red letter day using pellet and meat. Pellet in conjunction with a feeder and meat free lined. Had many chub and barbel. Fantastic day and will return soon.
Unfortunately did see several goosanders feeding.

Tried another swim for the day and caught 2 barbel and one chub, was super sunny and I left early as needed to get home too so probs didn't do it justice, also look out for some of the streamer weeds!

2 Barbel, 1 Chub