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9 Chub, 1 Other

Beautiful morning, early start. Not been here for couple years. Lovely sunrise on the walk down. Caught steadily through the morning on a slowly rising river. Nothing on float except some big dace, all on feeder, various baits. Not as prolific as usual here but still a wonderful setting to be on a sunday morning into lunchtime.

2 Barbel, 20 Chub, 5 Other

No fish

Worried by the recent feedback and recent rainy conditions and vehicles getting into difficulty only to be towed out by the local farmer, I decided to play it safe and park at the top of the field just inside the gate and walk the 400 or so meters to the river .
First time on this beat and although short there are a number of good access pegs available with the addition of steps cut into the bank which was great in the damp conditions!
Having arrived at 05.30am I started fishing the peg at the top limit of the beat, with a bite and Chub a chuck, then it strangely went dead, so a quick move was on the cards to one of the middle pegs under the tree, and began where i left off with a bite a chuck, with chub between 1lb - 4lb and just after 8.00am I hooked what was to be my first and only Barbel of the day, what a fight with two stunning runs and 10mins later I landed a perfect 8lb 12oz Barbel, after suitable resting the fish it was returned to the river.
Despite my best efforts for more Barbel the chub & chublets continued and entertained me until the sun burnt through the clouds and with the fishing became harder and lack of bites i decided to call it a day just after lunch.
Caught on a variety of baits, the best being luncheon meat, Pellets, Hemp & Boilies on a ledgered cage feeder with dark smelly ground-bait.
Thrill of the day was a Peregrine Falcon dive bombing a pigeon from 100 feet...wow !
Thanks again WUF and the land owners for giving us access to such a great river and all the nature that comes with it.
I'll be back .

1 Barbel, 30 Chub

River high and I suspect rising further with the amount of rain today, high winds too. Barbel up to 3 1/2 lbs and the other was a dace. Fish caught off Upper and Lower Sallys. Tough day weatherwise that curtailed the amount of hours.

6 Chub, 1 Other

Fast flow so tricky. Barbel on a variety of baits; meat, pellet and sweetcorn. Fish were mainly on the run below the upper pool. Lost 3 good fish in the upper pool.

9 Barbel, 5 Other

6 Barbel, 19 Chub

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

12 Barbel, 8 Chub

wet weather and fast flow, water coloured and level risen about 15"

4 Barbel, 15 Chub