Feedback & Reports

With the river rising there was a mix of weed and grass being brought down which meant stepping up weights and/or feeders. I switch to pike fishing around the middle of the day and had one on the lure and dropped one.
The barbel and chub came between 2pm and 6pm

2 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Pike

River rising but 5 barbel to 6lb between 2 anglers

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

A challenging session today due to a fast flowing river full of detritus, logs, twig rafts and leaves.

Fished fairly tight to the margins in the meadow swims below the wood as a consequence, about a rod length out.

It fair to say we were not optimistic however our patience and simple feeder tactics were surprisingly rewarded with 3 barbel, best going 7lb, plus one hefty fish lost after an incredible supercharged run mid afternoon. Thankfully that fish threw the hook, size 8 specimen, although this was bent hence our surmising it was probably a pretty decent lump.
Having tried patiently with various baits, luncheon meat, krill and halibut pellets etc in the morning it wasn't until we switched to hair rigged sweetcorn, 4 pieces on the hair, that the runs started to come.
Overall an interesting and informative day, very satisfying on reflection.

3 Barbel

I fishing this beat the previous day and the water level was up but today it was too high to wade so my fishing was very limited and I didn't get a bite.

4 Trout

2 out of season trout and 1 minnow.

2 Trout, 1 Other

3 Trout

Nothing today, water high

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Another amazing day on MHC. I had 13 barbel and 10 chub. DH from Taunton had 3 Barbel and 15 chub.
Fish caught from whole length of the beat.

16 Barbel, 25 Chub