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2 barbel, 7 and 8lbs, 1 chub 4lbs on pellet.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fished every swim for only one lost fish. Anyway its a lovely place.

Fishing at the top of the stretch under the power lines we had four Barbel between 7 and 8 1/2 pounds and three Chub all about 4 pounds. All taken on feeder tactics and were in pristine condition. The river was in what I would presume to be 'normal' condition for this time of year and wasn't rising or falling. A very enjoyable opening day.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

Water temperature 13 degrees C, water low and clear. Water flow - fast. Only 1 Chub :( No Barbel. Long walk from car park. Be careful when you leave the car park, impossible to see.

1 Chub

Whole stretch including day ticket areas above and below struggled. I caught four barbel caught in four casts then no further bites.

5 Barbel, 10 Chub

This is a cracking stretch with some really great water to go at. I fished beat 3 and 6 and although it wasn't easy fishing I enjoyed the day very much and caught a new float caught PB chub @ 5lb 3oz so very happy!

5 Chub

Nil caught today. Plenty of fish seen though...evidence of the carp spawning which I will use as my excuse.

A very frustrating day - really really windy quite cold and the threat of heavy rain. Only one fish seen breaking the water - had absolutely no bites on the float or ledgering - went for a walk around the lake and saw some bubbles close in to the bank - dropped a bit of bread flake into the water and boom - float gone and hooked into a large fish. After a great fight managed to land it - pristine 13 pound common carp. Almost made the day worth it but overall a very disappointing session due to the combination of poor weather and little action. I love the location though and will definitely be coming back for a third attempt!

1 Other

Second visit to the pool. On the first, though my brother and I caught nothing, we did observe a number of carp feeding avidly upon our arrival, though this seemed to end quite quickly with our presence.
With this in mind, planned an early start this time and arrived at around 7.00am. Took a stalking rod and went along the pool; given the somewhat cold overnight temperature it was not surprising that I saw very little activity for an hour or so.
Eventually found carp bubbling, cast to them, after a short while the float slid away and I hooked something that went off like a scalded cat, stripping about 30 yards of line off the centrepin! After an interesting fight in the shallow water, I netted a Common that I estimated to be about 8/9lb.
As the day progressed and warmed somewhat, a number of carp were seen cruising on or just below the surface and at one point I had a group of three fish taking floaters, though very spasmodically. As one of the other anglers who has previously visited the pool commented, I don't think that there is a massive haed of carp in the pool, though given the number of places they can take refuge that might be a dangerous assertion to make. During the day there was a fair amount of activity along the far bank, particularly in the corner, to the left of what I take to be the monk and I also watched one or two fish moving slowly under the overhanging branches of trees on the island. There were a few intermittent flurries of activity at the back of the island, which could have been fish trying to spawn.
My brother fished a small method feeder, across on the far bank where we had seen carp activity and had a 3lb bream mid-afternoon.
Like so many WUF waters this is another venue that affords visitors the ultimate in peace and tranquility - though the main road runs quite close to the estate,you pretty quickly find that the traffic becomes insignificant.

2 Other

Only three carp crashed on the surface all day (tight to the unfishable opposite bank), and only two other carp seen cruising around just below the surface. No bites or any feeding activity seen, despite warm day and perfect viewing conditions. There appears to be very few carp in this shallow lake, and not being able to fish one whole bank is a big disadvantage. Nice place to spend a day though.