Feedback & Reports

All fish taken on feeder fished pellet. Started in top field early morning, this field is popular with dog walkers & after having a stick thrown into my swim closely followed by a big black flying dog I decided to move down the bottom end for some peace & quite. Had a couple of chub here, moved up into the fast water in the woods (not recommended unless your sure footed as you have to climb down a steep bank onto rocks). It felt like a proper wild fishing adventure & there were plenty of chub here. Booked this beat hopeing to contact some of the barbel that live here however they seem to be very far & few between on this stretch of river

8 Chub

An interesting stretch of the river, helpful advice from Rudy but unfortunately circumstances dictated that I only had a few hours on the river, will definitely return.

1 Chub

Lovely days fishing on a wild stretch of river. The Foundation's directions were clear and the parking was no problem. I fished the first three accessible spots after the confluence of the ditch and the main river. I caught a small chub and trout on legered luncheon meat. Steady feeding attracted a shoal of large chub into my swim. I managed to land the smallest member of the shoal at around 3lb 14oz prior to losing a larger specimen to a pulled hook.
I had a walk down through the woods and found some likely looking spots that looked promising for future visits - probably later in the year when the nettles have died back a little.

1 Trout, 2 Chub

Fished first light to 2000 hrs, river conditions good if slightly low, weather mainly overcast with sunny breaks, the last few hrs solid rain. Despite near ideal conditions had only 2 chub, the barbel did not show from any swim throughout the stretch, bait was ledgered pellet.

2 Chub

River Ht .42m Fished the last two pegs at the far end of the beat. Caught 3 Barbel between 6 and 8lb and 3 Chub all between 2 1/2 to 3lb.
Barbel caught on sweetcorn and Chub on halibut pellet. All caught on ledger tatics fished to the nearside swim of the river.
I appreciate the Foundations policy of keeping rivers in a natural state but walked the full stretch of the river and realistically found approx 4 fishable pegs!
I'm not as young as I used to be and high slippery banks with access difficulties can lead to accidents. Even the game lads would have difficulty accessing this beat. A balance does need to prevail between access and enviromental quality.
On the positive great days fishing in fantastic surroundings.

WUF note - This beat was walked by WUF staff on 2nd July and there are 7 accessible swims along it's length with the option for anglers to cut their own wilder swims should they so wish.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

Barbel caught between 5-7lb

4 Barbel, 5 Chub

Only fished the morning. Conditions still a bit bright and sunny with the river carrying a slight bloomy tinge. All good size chub averaging around the 4lb mark. Had 1 barbel 7lb'ish also one barbell lost.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

River low, very little flow so we knew it was gong to be difficult to catch. Had 4 barbel to 7lbs and 3 chub to 4lbs on pellet and sweetcorn at the rocks. Plenty of snags about and lots of tackle lost. Only spot with any flow so stuck it out. Anyone going soon would be advised to take something to prune back some branches of overhanging trees unless expert at casting underarm which I'm not!

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

Well arriving early saw a good few chub feeding at first light 4am, but few barbel. However as the feed went in it drew the barbel up into the swim. Caught plenty of chub between 2-3lbs plus a few at 1lb. Then at 10am the barbel came up into the swim and the activity from then on was none stop. Keep casting out every 10 minutes. Used plenty of pellets plus a good few kg of ground bait. Finished right the day. At 7pm knackered but happy. Thanks to WUF and Don and Rudi for a great day. Looking forward to returning. The end count was 26 barbel between 2-7lbs and 31 chub. Plus one eel.

26 Barbel, 31 Chub, 1 Other

I'm afraid no fish caught. I think water pump on all day did not help, need to invest in hearing aid now! Lovely stretch but not even a bite, still, weather was great thanks.