Feedback & Reports

Early start, fished all the way down from the hut to the pylon run with no joy. Someone fishing there had some good barbel. Had two small chub at the mouth of the Lugg and that was it for the day.

Very bright sun shine all day. 4 chublets to float fished sweet corn 2 x 3lb chub to meat. 1 x 6lb barbel on pellet. Walked the whole stretch - nice bit of river, will be back later in the year.

River low and very clear. Difficult day with only 2 barbel and 1 chub between the 4 of us.

Huge amount of salmon activity. They were crashing out of the water every few minutes all day long including a very impressive orange coloured fish which was easily topping 20lbs.

Fished from first light, weather bit wet. Started off fishing the cable crib pool no joy so moved round to the pot pool 10ish no joy either but notice lots of slugs so put one on a 4 size hook and had a take but lost it then went down to the bottom of the island and free line slug and took maybe 25 plus chub from the far bank not Barbel but what a mornings fishing. Took 3 Barbel and 2 chub from same place in the evening.

4 days booked on Courtfield & Wyebank [2 days on each]. Fished short sessions due to family committments but had a great time. Weather was fantastic - not ideal for fishing but the river and valley looked magnificent. Some nice Chub and plenty of Barbel - all on pellett.

Fished 3.00pm - 9.00pm, caught 5 Chub and 2 Barbel (5lb 1oz and a baby of about 2lb), both trotting and static ledgering. Water low and clear; I was glad I brought the waders as this opened up a lot more of the water to me. Attractive beat, not many canoes but lots of swans.

19 barbel to 8lb caught on pellet, 2 chub to pellet, numerous dace on float fished sweetcorn during the quiet afternoon. All in all a great days fishing and great service as usual by the staff at the foundation.

I saw my first otter - paddled across right in front of my feet, gave me a look of total disdain and carried on past as if I wasn't even there.

Although I was only planning a short session and expectations were not too unrealistic, I struggled to find the fish and finished with a couple of nice chub and three eels - all a decent size. Lovely stretch of water, easy access and stacks of features to give you confidence. Probably best fished early morning or late afternoon in these weather and water conditions.

Continuous boat traffic, swimmers, water fights and three guys without a boat at all, just larking about in the water with a football. Too much for me, I'm afraid. Could I suggest that the website carry a symbol against each beat to indicate the amount of boat traffic that can be expected, like chillies on a takeaway menu so that those with a low tolerance for noise can avoid the risk.

Thanks WUF - Even a bad day on the river is better than a good day at work.

Fished the 2nd and 3rd. Water low and clear so could see barbel, fished lower part first day took 4 barbel all in the 6/7 lb range & 6 good chub in the morning and one chub later in day all on meat. Fished same swim erley next day and took 14 good size Barbel & 3 chub, fished middle part in the afternoon took one large barbel 12lb.

Two of us fished for 12 hours. Result: 2 Chub on meat to one rod and the other didn't have a single bite! This section of the river suffers severely from low flow levels. Fished it last year in heavy floods and caught loads.