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3 Barbel

After a fairly testing drive down a narrow bumpy lane we arrived to find the river at a reasonable level. We enjoyed the long walk despite being a touch apprehensive getting passed the cows with their young.
The fishing was slow and we only managed 1 Chub and a handful of small Dace plus a welcome first Wye gudgeon for us.
Despite the length of this stretch there are very few swims and with the Courtfield beat on the opposite bank it is understandable this stretch is seldom fished apart from by the numerous Kingfishers resident!!
Maybe in summer when the level is lower, there may be better prospects and our lack of experience probably did not help the poor return.

1 Chub, 10 Other

Fished the waggler using maggot and once the canoes had departed caught steadily throughout the day. River levels had dropped nicely from earlier in the week and I had an enjoyable days fishing catching small chub.

16 Chub

Not much in the way of bites, just a couple each. One barbel about 5lbs and 2 chub up to 3 lbs. All fish caught on meat.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fished from about 11.00am until 18:00pm. Tried for the first two hours to catch on the float but despite a couple of bites nothing to show. Changed to feeder tactics and started to catch slowly throughout the day. All fish in absolute pristine condition. Martin managed a 9lb 6oz Barbel, a Chub 3.5lb and some Dace. I managed two Barbel, best 6.5lb and numerous Dace, two Grayling and a Brownie. Pellets, boilies, bread and maggots.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling, 3 Barbel, 1 Chub, 20 Other

Fished lower section of beat another great day to be on this fabulous river, conditions looked good and we were hopeful of an even better day when 2 of the Barbel were landed around lunchtime. Alas only one further Barbel and 5 Chub came in the afternoon with majority to meat hookbait.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

Fished beat 2 below Whitney Toll Bridge in several swims before island and then downstream of the island opposite small red brick building. River running about 2ft high with a nice colour. Mostly fished for barbel and chub with pellets/meat.
Caught all fish downstream of the island area on halibut flavoured luncheon meat with pellets in a feeder. Fish found in crease between slack and fast water. A nice days fishing!

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

Good days fishing 5 barbel and 5 chub. Lovely 9.15lbs barbel which finished the day off will back here soon.

5 Barbel, 5 Chub

This was our 3rd visit to this beat & the river was the highest & fastest we've seen it here, with a lot of debris & leaves hitting the line. Boys Rocks & the 1st swim had almost disappeared. Fished ground bait feeder, pellet & meat but struggled all day, despite trying several swims. Caught 1 chub mid afternoon & just over an 8lb barbel at the end of the day. We will definitely be back soon.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Hi, had 3 Barbel to one rod 11lb 7oz, 6lb 6oz and 6lb 5oz. Fishing conditions were tough with terminal tackle being lost on snags due to flow. Also banks were quite difficult to fish as rain made the steep banks slippy. However we all had a great time and look forward to visiting again soon. Although the other three rods did not catch, one other had a chance with a missed Barbel bite. We fished pellet with feeder and on reflection should have fished heavier feeders. 3oz feeders and 4oz leads did not hold bottom in main flow and quite quickly found a snag! Overall over the moon with 11.7lb Barbel though! Thank you for the opportunity, countryside was stunning.

3 Barbel