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Second day on the beat managed 3 barbel each best 8lb and one chub 4lb 8oz. Lots of disruption from drunken canoeists!!

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

First time on this beat. Caught barbel early and late, chub all day. Feeder and rolling meat. Nice stretch, lots of snags so lost a number of feeders. Caught in every swim, I kept catching throughout the day by moving around, had to work hard for the fish I caught. Lots of canoes as expected, dont mind them apart from the inconsiderate ones who think it's acceptable to moor up 10m away from you splash around, shout and scream. Didn't let it bother me though. Great day.

8 Barbel, 30 Chub

Arrived at this beautiful beat with perfect conditions after a hearty breakfast (stayed at Sunny Mount Hotel in Ross and they are very accommodating). Each time I come here, I am never disappointed (and I have blanked here!) The tranquil surroundings are, I would say, one of the best I have come across. The ease of access to the entire beat is a massive selling point. The cost however is still out of kilter with the rest of portfolio of the WUF.
The weather changed from overcast to sunshine to fairly heavy showers and back to sunshine. I shared my swim with a Mink that was surprisingly friendly coming to within 4 feet of me on 3 occasions. I also shared the beat with 3 other anglers but we never crossed paths other than a chat when wandering and upon their departure. From their reports they had a good day down on the beach at the bottom of the beat. I settled in to the steps swim about 100 yards short of the fallen tree in the pasture. This stretch of 100 yards is a fish holding area as has been proven before. Started catching chub on the far bank tight up against the bankside vegetation. Had to wait until the sun came out for the first Barbel at 12:05 (7lb 10oz) falling to the Goose Pellet. Further fish followed with one casualty cutting me off against a submerged rock with the best fish of the day taken at around 18:00 hrs weighing 8lb 11oz. Final tally 4 Chub to 3lb 4oz and 6 Barbel. 8 of the 10 fish fell to the Goose Pellet and 2 to Halibut Pellet all fished feeder tactics with hemp, pellet and crushed pellet, with 3 ft hook lengths. This was the last of my 3 venue trip and I would like to thank WUF and the owners for the ease of booking and keeping all of these waters available.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

We found the best area was the fast water below the suspension bridge, which produced all but one chub, the river was clear and quiet low, the best method was 8mm halibut pellets for hookbait, with a mixture of 6 & 8 mm pellets in pva bags on a short hook link. All in all a excellent day.

16 Barbel, 12 Chub

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Tough day,river low and clear. 3 chub on feeder plus 2 barbel lost in weed.
Lots of salmon jumping.

3 Chub

River low but good days fishing 5 barbel and one chub all on pellet and feeder from several swims.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

Arrived at around 7:30 and settled into the swim at the bottom of the beat. Conditions perfect, not as bright as yesterday but still warm enough. Had to wait until 09:15 for the first fish. At 11:45 I was hit by a Barbus freight train clearly en route to Monmouth, nothing I could do to stop it as it cut me off against the bedrock! Decided to take a nap after this and woke up 2 hours later. Waited for the second fish to arrive at 14:40 a nice little Barbel of around 2lb. From here in it was steady all the way to darkness. Thoroughly enjoyable day returning 10 Barbel to 7lb 7oz and 3 Chub to 5lb 4oz. Decided to try a different bait approach refusing to use Halibut pellets. All fish fell to Goose Pellets, Peperami or Corn all fished over feeders of crushed halibut pellet and hemp.
I did shed 10 full sets of end tackle during the day, so be aware!

10 Barbel, 3 Chub

Largest barbel was 9lbs 4ozs and best chub was 4lbs 2ozs. All fish were caught on various combinations of feeder fished pellet.
This was the last day of four really enjoyable days spent fishing on two different beats. Thanks to all involved for making the fishing on this superb river available.

9 Barbel, 2 Chub

This is a very attractive and accessible stretch but jolly expensive! A lot of loose weed was coming down, probably from swans feeding up-river which was a bit trying but three good sized barbel and seven chub to 4lb 12oz, all on pellets and from various swims, made it an enjoyable day. We couldn't complain about the lovely September weather, it was a joy to be fishing.

3 Barbel, 7 Chub