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This report is for just 2 of the anglers fishing this venue. The other fish consists all of small chub, apart from the barbel we caught no other species of fish other than chub. The river was gin clear.

12 Barbel, 3 Chub, 30 Other

Arrived early. Walked the beat but conditions to low and clear. Did not fish.

Numerous small chublets caught on stick float. One 3lb Chub caught on tip. Excellent food and accommodation at the Pilgrim Hotel.

1 Chub

41 Chub

River conditions as sunday, but a bit more cloud. 1 angler fished trotted maggot all day from the concrete path to the right of the pump. Hooked 4 small barbel and landed 2 plus many small dace. Another fished concrete pier (croy?) to the left of the pump with pellet feeder for 1 chub, 4lb.
The 2 others fished the shingle beach further downstream on pellet/meat feeder for 4 barbel up to 3lb 8oz. Canoeists, courteous in the main!!! A very enjoyable day.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub, 40 Other

River low and clear. Weather bright and sunny. Method used stick float and maggot. Other fish caught were dace. 4 barbel hooked and lost sadly.

2 Barbel, 150 Other

River exceptionally low, virtually no flow and clear. Very warm and sunny day. Fished all along the stretch from the rock down to the caravan. No Barbel or Chub activity. The only species willing to oblige were Eels! Avoid luncheon meat unless you wish to catch them by design. All methods and many different baits tried. Quite a lot of Salmon (we think) activity, 4 fish spotted during the day.

3 Other

7 barbel to 9lbs 10ozs, 7 eels and a few dace on float.

7 Barbel, 15 Other

We became just two anglers very late in the planning of this trip. Started the first morning looking at beats 4-6. Spent a good couple of hours walking the starch having not seen it before. With very low water levels, choice of swims was not fantastic considering the size of the section. We chose poorly and fished in the deeper pools of beat 4 for the first few hours and moved onto fish in the afternoon in beat 5 in faster shallower water. Whist producing fish it also proved quite snaggy. Fished the same beat the following morning but waited until lunchtime for a bite. Left for the last few hours on bet two upstream from the Boat Inn pub but on the other bank. Ended bite less. Conditions far from ideal, very low, slow and very bright did not help with location. 5 barbel landed, sadly similar numbers lost.

5 Barbel

Stayed at Priory. Lots of stairs and quite steep but otherwise fine. Handy for walking to the beat. Due to age and cooked breakfasts, didn't walk to beat until around 08:30. Paperwork checked by game keeper which was good. Had a good chat with ghillie from beat below. Weather glorious and food and the Butty Bach in the Millrace superb. Just needed a days rain a couple of days before we came?

4 Barbel