Feedback & Reports

This was the best day of the week. The river level was perfect and the barbel were on the feed. Along with the fish caught, two barbel were lost at the net.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

3 barbel approx 3lbs, 5lbs & 7.5lb's, caught legering pellets. Biggest and smallest by the old railway bridge and another down towards the islands. River in great condition having just dropped back but with a good bit of colour. Plenty of small dace float fishing.

3 Barbel, 8 Other

Whatever the reason, I found no fish wanting to take my bait today. I figured the barbel would be in the faster water near the car parking area. I figured wrong. A nice day, but on reflection I should have arrived earlier and moved around more.

All Barbel caught on pellet/feeder tactics, chub caught on trotted fish meal pellets. Hissing Sid, aka the friendly swan, kept me company for most of the day. Thanks again WUF.

15 Barbel, 9 Chub

5 Barbel, 7 Chub

Day 2.
Caught 8 Barbel throughout the day, 5 from one swim (100 yards down stream of the hut) and 3 from the area upstream of the bend. Most fish in the 6lb range with a couple of 5lb fish. Had 3 Chub all in the 3lb range. All fish caught on standard ledger tactics using pellet.
Wonderful 2 day fishing trip, well worth the 350 mile round trip. Already looking at booking another 2 day trip.

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

Another days guiding on this fantastic beat. The two anglers I was guiding caught 8 barbel between them, the largest being a 10lb 2oz fish. Two other 9lbers were caught during the day.
Not as good as yesterday, however brilliant fishing for these guys. Think they might return again!

8 Barbel, 2 Chub

What a difference. Yesterday G drew a blank because he wanted to use a rolling meat method. Today he listened to the my advice and used the pellet and feeder method. Right from the start he caught barbel after barbel. He had 18 in total to 8lbs 12oz.
He has just had the best fishing day of his life. However, he didn't catch too many chub which is what he wanted. I don't know you just can't please some people!

18 Barbel, 2 Chub

Bright and sunny, perhaps not ideal for this open stretch of water. Tried pellets over hemp, s/corn, bread & paste but only pork provided bites. Barbel, largest at 8lb 10ozs in superb condition. Soporific state (mine) repeatedly disturbed by a number of salmon crashing about. Pleasant day in superb surroundings.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Other

Cold start to the day but the weather soon warmed up. Best barbel was 9lb 11ozs and biggest chub was 5lb 1oz. All fish were caught on feeder using various combinations of pellet.

6 Barbel, 14 Chub