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We booked the beat hoping to catch a mild spell but frosty fields and 3° air temp greeted us. With 1.24mt of water it was going to be difficult but three chub saved the day.

3 Chub

River very good condition. Very cold and banks very steep to the water. Beautiful place.

1 Grayling

One small Pike taken from the shallows towards the pumping station close in. Be wary of the banks on high water. They can be dangerous so watch your footing.

1 Pike

Drew a blank ! River up and using through. After Pike but that's how it goes sometimes.
Please be wary of the steep banks. We could do with some proper swims being cut into the WUF stretches as a lot the fishing this time of year is dangerous on a lot of the stretches with the bank access just too steep.

A hard day from start to finish. River 3-4 feet up coupled with a STRONG downstream wind meant despite fishing alot of swims trying to find the fish .... 2 blanks for us. I didn't come close to catching, but my friend Paul lost a fish from some pacey water behind a rock. Looking forward to our next trip where hopefully we can catch a few.

Lovely part of the river, no fish caught dead baiting for pike.

The river had risen 3ft overnight. Tried different smelly baits in a couple of swims but no bites.

Nothing caught this time.

I had not fished this section before and was unsure of the effect the extra water in the river would have on the fishing. The river was running fast with a good colour. The EA river level reading at Butts Bridge was 1.22m. Although not having any previous experience of the river I would imagine that it would have been better to fish if there was a foot less water in the river.
My dad and I fished a bread feeder for the majority of the time although I did try cheese and maggot. We had 6 chub in total, 4 small chub of about 1lb for me and a small chub and a fish of 3lb 8oz for dad.
A nice stretch but with lots of snags that the fish were well aware of (I lost 2 in near bank snags).

6 Chub

The river was up a little when we got there but rose about 4 feet during the day. I caught 2 on my first 2 casts. Richard pike fished with no luck. The best chub was about 4 pounds.

5 Chub