Feedback & Reports

Very nice fishery with lots of well made swims. Fishing was very good with a splendid backdrop of trees. Steady fishing throughout the day - pellets being the best bait, with Trigga boilies a close second. Would definitely fish this beat again.

8 Barbel, 2 Chub

Nice day on a new beat to us. Stan very helpful, will be back.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

After arriving at the venue half asleep at first light and promptly backing the car over both landing nets and ground bait, I had a feeling the day was not going to go well... happy to say i was wrong. Conditions were great and the barbel were ready & waiting. The constant army of canoes to be expected on a Sunday were no trouble at all, apart from 2 Sunday drivers who ran straight into our lines. To be fair they put up a great fight on light tackle so I've added them to our catch list.
The only downside to a very fine day was the limited access to the river. Having read previous reports, I was prepared for a bit of jungle warfare & not afraid to get stuck in but i'm afraid to say there was a lot more walking done than fishing here today. Undergrowth & nettles can be dealt with, but a large part of this fishery is overhanging trees & bushes that are impossible to fish through. The only really available water is mid beat along the pumping station but this seemed very slow & deep and didn't produce anything - except for one small pellet munching pike. The top section, despite having better looking fast water, was again overgrown & had several people fishing it from the far bank anyway...so we fished predominantly in the first available swim at the end of the beat upstream of the island, and after walking the whole stretch ended up back where we started to see the day out. Not surprisingly, the fish were by then a bit offended after being molested for most of the day...so 8 barbel to 9lbs and 3 chub including a real fatso of 6.25 lbs is not to be sniffed at, but it could have been a lot more and I guess this new fishery will improve over time with a bit of effort on the bank. Cheers WUF.

8 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Pike, 2 Other

All caught on ledgered pellet. River was low and dropping after last weeks rain.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

Superb day on this lovely stretch. used heavy feeder groundbait/small pellets, with pellet on hair rig. river was quite coloured with good flow. Fish caught mid-river. Red letter day!!!

14 Barbel, 4 Chub

Fish taken on feeder in swim under wires.

5 Barbel

Arrived at dawn and once again I headed to the lower pool on the road bank. Fished elips pellet hookbait with groundbait feeder tactics about a 1/3 across and apart from a slow start, from 10.45 onwards I had regular bites all day until I packed away at 7.40pm. Lost one barbel and one chub as well so 14 bites from one swim while my companion had one of each as well. So a good day, I'll be back!

4 Barbel, 8 Chub

River low, on the feeder-mag and pellet. Small chub and silvers all day.

3 Chub, 30 Other

Fishing was hard, water level was dropping all day. Fish didn't come till late in the day.

3 Barbel, 10 Chub

River coloured and with good flow at the top of the beat. Small party of Goosanders ( 4 or 5 ) on the water below the wall of Weir gardens when we arrived at about 07.45. Water looked perfect but we couldn't find the barbel and they didn't find us. Fished with feeders and ground bait plus variety of pellets for hook bait including Hinders blitzed elipse. Rod 1 (mine!) blanked, rod 2 caught 3 chub during late afternoon and with the last cast about 19.10 caught a 4lb barbel. Hard work but in a great stretch of water!

1 Barbel, 3 Chub