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1 Chub

5 Barbel, 45 Chub

Very slow fishing. 5 anglers, all usual methods and baits. 1 barbel lost. Canoes, kayaks and paddle boarders drove us mad all day and we packed up at 3pm. Suppose we were naive to assume a Saturday in July would be anything less! Thank you to the 3 idiots who hooked my line and towed my rod 100 yards downstream at the moment I had disengaged by Baitrunner. Sincere thanks to the skilled kayaker who chased after them, retrieved my rod and reel and paddled back up the fast water to hand it back to me. If I meet you again, I would love to buy you a couple of pints of Buttybach. Notable wildlife included goshawk, otter and the usual sparrowhawk, grey wagtail, kingfisher, raven and buzzard. Other fish were an eel and a dace.

1 Chub, 2 Other

Tough day's fishing. Weather, I thought, were perfect conditions - overcast, warm and with some spells of rain. Struggle to get many bites and landed only two common carp (one per angler).

The last was caught as we were walking back to the car and spotted the frenzied activity in the mini pool near the gate next to the car park. Dropped a line and hooked into one within 5 minutes. Very shallow waters - struggled to get the net under the fish to land it!

2 Other

Low water a bit of an issue. No sign of any barbel today.

4 Chub

Low water and sunshine were not a great mix but managed one nice barbel on pellets and feeder plus a small chub.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Wet start with heavy rain in the early morning. Started strongly with chub and barbel both taking a pellet. Swim slowed down and switched to sweetcorn on a hair rig that kept the chub interested through the brightening day. Finished off with a decent barbel out of the Wyebank pool. Canoeists made their appearance from 10 and kept us amused/annoyed at regular intervals. Regular fallers, pushed them off the rocks and recovered paddles from the water....

Other was an eel caught on the edge of the slack water.

5 Barbel, 10 Chub, 1 Other

Good fishing but hard found fish under nearside bush lost large barbel before catching another within a few minutes on corn will go again

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

10 Chub

We struggled today, couldn’t find the barbel, although we didn’t fish into the evening. 6 Chub to 1 rod caught in both the slow and faster water swims.

6 Chub