Feedback & Reports

Arrived to find to river low and clear. We had to work hard for the fish and ended up roving to catch 1 or 2 from each swim before moving. I ended up with 5 barbel upto 6lb and 8 chub all around the 3lb mark, my partner had 4 barbel and 2 chub one of which weighed 5lb 10 so made his day.

Poor result for my first visit, only caught 4 chub biggest about 4 pounds, and one dace. Chub taken on meat, will be booking again but further upstream.

Fish were not really on the feed but managed 8 barbel and 4 chub between us over the 2 days(3 rods in total). Non english speaking poacher found holed out in one of the more overgrown swims. Banks somewhat treacherous with the rain -careful.

A new venue for us all, the barbel didnt show in the numbers previous catch reports had indicated, perhaps we should have concentrated more on the angling than the hearty breakfast prepared by RH on the banks of this lovely spot. Anyway BIG lessons learnt I think for the next time. We will be back! Our returns for day quite a few chub, mostly to pellets, 4lb 10z a PB for its captor one of many in the 1lb - 4lb range. Last but not least the barbel, only 2 landed 4lb & 5lbs, and one of the lessons the writer of this report will take away, don't turn you back on your rod even for a second whilst engaged in this hobby we all love, the 4lb barbel had it in the river in seconds to be precise. Thanks to T for retrieving it. Finally to all you wonderfully patient and understanding people at the W&U Foundation, especially Adam, my apologies for stalking you all weekend, 1st Class service as usual, a real credit to your organisation.

Rod 1 caught 5 barbel to 7lbs. Rod 2 caught 3 chub to 4lbs and 5 barbel 9lbs 14 oz (2ozs short!). All fish taken using halibut and hemp mix in swim feeders (many of them) with 8mm halibut pellet on 10 of the 30 or 40 hook links used between the two rods over the 12 hour session. Fortunately weather and canoe traffic both favourable. 2 of the barbel were hooked and landed with an audience of canoeists so that blows one of my well used excuses out of the water. Salmon very active throughout the day. Sadly have to support comments made in earlier reports about the amount of discarded equipment, mono etc on the bank and empty sweet corn can in the water in the margin (?) but that could have come downstream from non-WUF beats.

Many thanks to the WUF for making such enjoyable fishing possible.

Fished on the 2nd 3rd and 4th Sept. 1st day had 1 barbel 8lb 4oz - lost 2. Had 2 chub to 5lb 1oz. 2nd day 4 barbel to 8lb 2oz and 2 chub. 3rd day 7 barbel to 8lb 3oz plus 2 chub, all caught on pellet boilie combinations. All the fish bar 2 came from the lesser fished swims, enjoyed the fishing, always something to think about, will return.

8 barbel caught between three of us to approximately 7lbs - don't weight any of them unless they look near double figures. Also a small chub caught, and plenty of fish topping throughout the day. All fish taken on pellet from slower water, sometimes leaving the rod in for up to an hour before it went over. The fish were all in immaculate condition, from immaculate surroundings. Lovely day - thanks for all the advice and help at the WUF.

1st time fishing any of the WUF beats. Got there early doors and in my excitement walked three meadows only to find I'd left my bait in the car. Made the trip again, but still forgot my hali crush for blocking feeder, gutted! Had PVA, so using this method fished several swims in the morning slowly making my way back to the car for lunch. Caught 2 Barbel to 6lbs and 2 small chub on 2 8mm Halibut pellets superglued to hair with PVA stocking full of pellets. In the afternoon and once reunited with hali crush took 18 Barbel to 8lb 11oz again on 2 superglued 8mm pellets; however, this time with an open ended feeder full of pellets and blocked with hali crush. Warning! - lost several fish early in afternoon on rocks, you really do need to hall these fish up hard and to keep their heads up.

Morning vs. afternoon - was it time of day, swim, or tatctics? Guess I'll never no. Beautiful location and excellent fishing. Will definitely return. Thanks WUF!!

Very slow day, bright & sunny, only a few Chub all day up to about 4 pounds.

This was a last-minute booking having received an e-mail from the Foundation regarding late availability on this beat - much appreciated, as it helped me to decide which beat to fish! The river was still carrying some colour, but had obviously dropped significantly over the weekend. Fished from about 11am to 6.30pm, mostly in bright sunshine, so a catch of 4 barbel, with a brace at 8lb 14oz and 9lb 8oz and a single chub of 3lb 8oz seemed a fair return given the conditions. The usual pellet and meat were the successful baits.