Feedback & Reports

Conditions unchanged, 2 fished the wood area and landed 1 barbel of 8.4, on pellet. The other 2 were more successful on the lower section landing 3 barbel of 4.8, 7.4 and 7.12,
on pellet, with 2 barbel and one chub lost in snags.
A difficult day in the wood but, again, very enjoyable.

4 Barbel

A gorgeous day on the river, slow till the afternoon. Barbel on meat and pellet from top and bottom meadow, Chub from wooded area on meat. Best Barbel 1 x 9lb. 1 x 9.4lb.
1 x 10.6lb (2 fish for 20lb.well done Wilf)!! Best Chub 1 x 3.12lb. 1 x 4.6lb. 1 x 4.8lb, which he thought was a Barbel(So did I)!!
Disappointing to see metal food containers & drink cans in the wooded area, come on guys, you will be the first to moan if it's closed to coarse fishing. An Otter and a couple of Cormorants in the bottom of wooded area.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

Started well with an early 8lb barbel, but hot, bright conditions and a dropping river soon slowed things down. We fished into dusk with no further action. A nice beat with good access; will almost certainly be back when there's some fresh water and a bit less sunshine!

1 Barbel

Lovely piece of water this, bank opposite the island has lots of good looking barbel areas and upstream and downstream of this is deeper and slower so better for higher water.
Colour dropped out of the river overnight and day was brilliant sunshine, so not condusive to fishing and an early departure too meant not being able to stay the last few hours. So no fish caught.... However access was good, easy walk across the fields (no Caravans!) and would certainly visit this beat again.

5 Barbel, 5 Chub

Arrived around 2:00pm. The weather was mostly sunny and the river was low and clear.
It took a while to find the fish as it was my first time on this beat... Ending up in the furthest swim I had 6 Barbel on pellet/feeder plus a couple of Chub. The biggest Barbel was 7lb+ and one of the Chub was 4lb+.
A good days fishing on this lovely stretch of river.
Many thanks WUF.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

All set for another good day. Conditions exactly the same as previous day, there was even a little light cloud. You all know the feeling. Results say all. Still think this place is excellent and enjoyed it.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Lovely autumn sunshine but cold morning temperatures and sharp NE wind made for difficult fishing. No chub showed but the odd barbel towards evening.

5 Barbel

First day of 4 on this stretch - 1 fished the wood area and 2 the bottom section. Wood produced 2 barbel, on pellet, of 6.10 and 10.12, with one lost, and approx 20 dace on the float-to a very respectable 6ozs. Difficult day on the lower section, with only one good barbel lost in a snag to show for our efforts.
Although near zero overnight temperature, bright sunshine and low water level are not great fishing conditions, how can you not enjoy being in such wonderful surroundings.

2 Barbel, 20 Other

A very easy beat to find with the directions given. I opted to head straight to the woods which was an easy walk in the dry conditions. I am glad I read a report suggesting not to take a chair! Plenty of water to chose from, I found a swim with space to set up. Bites came quickly and I soon had a couple of chub both of around 3-4lb taken on luncheon meat. I explored a few more swims in the lower field but with the bright sunshine I headed back to the woods which offered shade over the river. I missed a lot of bites but managed a few more good sized chub. I didn't locate the barbel this time and I ran out of time to explore the top fields. Not a bad beat for an amateur such as myself and would consider going back. There were a few anglers on the other side and a handful of canoes drifting down but caused no issues at all.

6 Chub