Feedback & Reports

Whilst we fished Wyebank the others fished Courtfield. Good swims at the top end however the guys were not happy as there is a pumping station that was cleaning silt back into the river so both noise and water disturbance all morning didn't help. Only 2 barbel landed with a large one lost later in the day.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

JB caught 1 small chub and a dace trotting with casters and hemp in the morning and then went on to the feeder with pellets in the afternoon and caught a pb barbel of 9lb 5oz.
RG caught four barbel to around 6lb ledgering with boilie on the hook.
Weather was overcast with intermittent sunny spells in the afternoon.
Overall a nice stretch of water but not too many swims with access down to the water,also be wary of the very steep and uneven walk down to the water from the car park space (a bit of a struggle getting back up the hill with gear at end of a long day).

5 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Conditions good but very slow, 1 goosander seen. 2 chub, 2 and 2.5lbs, 1 barbel 4.5lbs.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

Slow during the day, caught bleak and dace on the trotting rod. Managed a couple of barbel each in the end though, biggest 8lb 4oz and two nice chub. Two decent fish lost, one due to a hook pull and the other found a snag. Very enjoyable day!

4 Barbel, 2 Chub, 20 Other

Barbel and Chub caught on feeder and Halibut pellets. Barbel, Chub, Trout and Dace caught on trotted bronze maggots.

3 Trout, 14 Barbel, 8 Chub, 10 Other

I was doing well until something very big grabbed the bait, disappeared at warp factor eight and actually managed to snap the butt section of a Hardy Marksman feeder rod. Bait was pellet. I have no idea what it was, but I have caught 40lb carp that were nowhere near as powerful.

2 Barbel

River was a little low but after a quiet morning and moving about a bit we found some fish had a great afternoons fishing. Thanks to Terry for great advice, am looking forward to another visit soon.

10 Barbel, 5 Chub

River fairly low and slightly coloured. Fished the top bend with an audience on deck chairs on the far bank. Had 3 dace on caster. Fed hemp and caster and had four barbel, biggest was 10lb. The water level dropped a foot and all bites dried up so dropped down into next peg and had 2 more barbel with another 10lber. Lovely place and a nice days fishing but a very long walk!

6 Barbel, 3 Other

Returned today to find the far bank free of other anglers which gave us much more freedom to roam and much improved results. Fed very little feed today and caught on pellets, meat and crust. Great day.

10 Barbel, 4 Chub