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We caught 20 Barbel biggest 7 1/2 lb & 30 Chub biggest exactly 5lb.

20 Barbel, 30 Chub

Eels

10 Barbel, 10 Chub, 2 Other

A day of mixed emotions, very low and slow river. Eventually found the fish but was hounded by canoes. There was well over 100 slammed into the bank I was literally sat on broke my line about 10 times and finally broke my net. So what should have been a great day was ruined by ignorant canoeists. Something needs to be done about this.

9 Barbel

Tough day very low water levels

1 Barbel, 5 Chub, 2 Other

Bright day with gusty downstream wind. Water v low. Only second visit here so for newbies would add following to beat description. The lane to the beat is adjacent to the church, not opposite it. Access is definitely not suitable for anyone with any mobility issues (knees/hips etc) as from parking to river is v steep and narrow path and once there some of the swims are fished from slightly precarious stances. You will lose some gear and you need to embrace your inner canoeist. Really good day with fish spread out a bit. Also a v big eel, prob 3lbs. Picturesque, kingfishers and other wildlife. Will be back for sure.

2 Barbel, 8 Chub, 1 Other

Fished from around 5:15 onwards on the peg closest to the car park. River still very low and slow. Fishing was very slow, lots of small line bites but finally managed a good sized eel and small ~ 2lb chub towards the end of the session. All using pellets and groundbait in a feeder and meat on the hair.

1 Chub, 1 Other

River painfully low. So much so that 95% of the bottom is visible here. I was greeted by two otters fighting/arguing half way down the stretch at dawn.
Not the start to fill me with confidence as I'd not been here before but unphased, and taking into account the river level, I decided to spend the day trotting with meat and cheese. Took chub all day (albeit sporadically) from many swims but best results were from the middle of the stretch (left bank steps/right bank reeds swim which cover the same water and about the only part where the bottom was not visible). Also had a couple from the middle of the fast run at the lower end. Great stretch to do some wading which I thoroughly enjoyed (I don't do it very often).
Met office forecast of overcast conditions was incorrect (what a shock!) and I was "treated" to a mostly sunny day which did not help sport at all in the shallow water (max depth I found was 3 1/2 foot) and made fishing in the day very hard work although I did continue to catch (but we are talking 1 fish per hour).
As usual, evening kick-started the fish into feeding and I continued to catch chub regularly until I could no longer see the float in the gloom. Biggest 5lb, smallest 1/2lb.
No sign of Mr Whiskers but not really surprised given the conditions and desperately low water. Having fished The Creel (immediately downstream) I would imagine they have dropped down there into the deeper water for some cover.
A word of warning. This is a double bank stretch which is fantastic but means you have to cross the Foy footbridge to access the right bank. If you don't like heights I suggest you stick to the left bank. I've never crossed this bridge before but it reminded me of a rope bridge over a gorge you might see in something like an Indiana Jones film (although it is wood/steel). There are 1" gaps between the treads and the whole bridge rocks and sways with each step you take. Rather unnerving at first!
I will definitely be back to this lovely short stretch but will wait until there's a foot more water on as I bet it would be cracking.

30 Chub

2 dace also caught

4 Barbel, 6 Chub, 2 Other

The others were eels, a little better than yesterday but still hard work in low conditions, barbel caught on pellets.

9 Barbel, 4 Other