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Canoes were a pain but we caught a dozen or so barbel from the bottom end of the Rope Pool. Biggest around 8lbs. Salmon everywhere but no barbel from the Vanstone or above the Ford Stream. Will bring the salmon rod next time.

Very low and clear. Lovely stretch with lots of potential but only had 3 barbel - loads of chub caught though.

Started at 11am the first swim - fishing hemp feeder with monster crab boile plus paste wrap. First and only bite 1pm landing a Barbel of 8lb 10oz. 3pm moved to other end of stretch and whilst checking other swims with out tackle - came back to find my bag had rolled down the bank and now floating in the drink!! Thanks to the couple in canoe who saved me from getting half naked and wet!!
Settled down in the last swim of the beat with no afternoon action at all. Moved again to the mid part near the extraction pipes about 6pm - caught a small chub about 3 lb at about 8.30pm.

Arrived at 7am, caught a 7lb barbel at 10.30am, then 4 chub during the day before an 8lb barbel at 7pm.
Great setting as usual, perfect days fishing...

I had not read the previous reports about there being only one real peg/barbel area. This seems to be the case during this period of low water. I fished 4pm till 8 and caught 4 barbel - 5 -6 pounds. I may fish here again but only if I were the only rod on the beat.

We met Ian Boney's friend Mark at The Boat Inn who took us down to the beat. He didn't rate our chances as the river was the lowest he'd ever seen it. With neither of us having fished a river at all for well over 15 years, it's safe to say confidence was low.
We were very pleasantly surprised to catch 19 chub between us ranging between 2.5lb and 5lb in a six hour session. Pity we couldn't find an elusive barbel but we'll be back to try again for sure.

40 Barbel over 2 days from the bottom of the beat. Colin made us feel most welcome and was very helpful with swim choice.

40 Barbel over 2 days from the bottom of the beat. Colin made us feel most welcome and was very helpful with swim choice.

2 x Barbel caught and 2 x big fish lost. The angler sharing the beat with me that day also caught barbel. Cracking day, will definitely return.

Other commitments meant I didn't have as much time as I would have liked so only fished from 17.30 to 20.30. Managed 3 barbel from 2 - 6lb and one very hard fighting chub of 4lb 10oz. Infuriatingly I missed at least a dozen unmissable bites!