Feedback & Reports

A great days fishing. 3 anglers fished all using feeder tactics with the fish coming mainly to wrapped pellet and meat.
The river was around 3ft up but not overly coloured. There were plenty of fishable swims and we fished mainly in the first two fields with one Barbel coming from the the top end of the beat. (a long walk)
Best Barbel was 8lb 2oz and the Chub ranged up to just under 5lb.
Have fished this beat before and it definitely fishes better when the river is up to this level.

3 Barbel, 36 Chub

River was flowing nicely, and dropping but the weather was brilliant sunshine and very hot. Most fish came our on pellet feeder.

4 Barbel, 24 Chub

7 Barbel, 12 Chub

River clearing and dropping made fishing a little difficult but work done by bailiff on the swims was excellent

5 Barbel, 16 Chub

Fished the rubbish tip swim and one next to it for a few hours. Dad had a chub second cast. I lost two barbel in the same snag before landing a chub. I moved to a swim near the top end of the stretch that I had prebaited and had a barbel. Dad stayed put in rubbish tip swim and had three barbel in a productive hour or so. I returned to the swim next to him around 4.30 and had a couple more chub. Three barbel around 7lb mark, one around 5lb. Two clonking chub of 5lb+. All fish caught on fishy groundbait with pellet. We didn’t look at the lower stretch of the beat. Around 4-5 fishable swims in upper section but was a bit slippery at times. Great vehicle access to the upper section of this beat. I’d fish here again and would certainly have a look at what’s left of the fork next time. Thanks WUF. A decent day out. Oh, and I saw an otter.

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

New beat for us. After walking the length, we all decided to fish in the wood. The river had run off with no colour in the water which hindered our chances. We still managed a few fish on a nice beat.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

Plenty of bites and fish showing along whole stretch. Chub mainly upstream, Barbel more downstream. Catching on feeder and a variety of baits.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

A tough day, 1 barbel barbell between 4 of us, conditions seemed perfect?

1 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

A lovely warm October day if a bit windy in the morning. River was at normal levels, dropping but with decent colour. 1 barbel from top meadow and another from the meadow below the woods, both between 4-5lb and fought like tigers. Lots of chub in meadow below the woods and swims quite easy to access if a bit slippery. All fish taken on straight lead with pellets or 12mm boilies. Even with the hill one of my favourite beats, thanks W&UF.

2 Barbel, 12 Chub

Busy days fishing, started on the feeder, had one Barbel, before switching to trotting meat/pellet in the bright weather. Took loads of Chub and a bonus Barbel on the float, before switching back to feeder tactics for the afternoon, taking another 3 Barbel and a nice flurry of big Chub before the end of the day. River fining down and colour dropping out. A great end to a fantastic weeks fishing. Thanks to WUF for making access to these wonderful fisheries possible..

5 Barbel, 20 Chub