Feedback & Reports

Fished lower end of the beat with pellet and feeder tactics. Steady flow of fish through the day - mainly small Barbel (majority in the 2 to 3lb with a few even smaller-around 1lb!!). Finished with 12 Barbel one of which weighed 7lb 4oz and 2 chub around the 3lb mark. Rained all day, still quite heavy boat traffic with the vast majority very respectful but spoilt by two idiots in one boat who just appeared to be out to cause trouble.

12 Barbel, 2 Chub

Strong winds and rain made for difficult fishing conditions - temperature low. 3 chub & 2 wildies between 3 anglers on an unseasonably cold and wet day.

3 Chub, 2 Other

Our last day and last beat so decided to do about 12:30-7pm as we had to travel back. Really nice wild looking beat, but due to time constraints we decided to fish the accessible swims upstream in the deeper water.
I decided to put about 10 feeders of bait in to see if anything was about. Unfortunately being too eager, I caught a barbel within 5 mins of my first cast. It was all quiet after that probably due to me catching straight away instead of resting the swim. My brother lost what felt like a good fish and had a couple of chub.
I wish we could of fished the evening as I have no doubt we would of caught again. A great day on a lovely beat though and we were kept entertained by some huge fish leaping clear of the water upstream from us. Can only presume these were salmon. On another note care should be taken in the wet as it can be very slippery, next time we would definitely take a ground spike and a rope. Many thanks.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Awesome day on the best WUF beat.

25 Barbel, 88 Chub

7 chub caught from various swims, most coming from the faster water towards the top of the beat in the first hour. Struggled for fish the rest of the day despite trying numerous other spots. However, really nice place to spend a day despite the lack of fish.

7 Chub

Not a bad day, very slow till 2pm then for an hour a feeding frenzy with 6 chub and a barbel, then another between 5-6pm with 5 more chub and four barbel lost in weed. It was either rip them through it or hope they would swim out not one did and they all shook the hook - gutted!! Lovely beat will try the wooded section next time and leave all unneeded kit at home.

1 Barbel, 12 Chub

Fished the middle section due to very low water levels. Lots of streamer weed making life difficult. All fish were caught on either pellet or luncheon meat.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

Little bit of colour seemed to help, levels remained low. Fish fell to float fished bread and hemp and pellet on the feeder. Very enjoyable day despite somewhat limited access to swims.

10 Chub

Fished boys rock - bit of a squeeze for 2 anglers but managed it. Clear, bright conditions following on from a full day of rain the previous day. Only managed 3 chub all day in the 4lb category. Pellet & feeder tactics.

3 Chub

Great venue for one or two rods. Levels remained stubbornly despite the previous day's rainfall although there was some colour in the water. Five chub each, averaging around 3lb. Float fished bread and pellet feeder accounted for most fish.

10 Chub