Feedback & Reports

Barbel to 6lb
Chub to 3lb
Considering the time of year and the weather these 4 days has been kind, can't complain at all..
Swimfeeder maggot and meat...

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

6 Barbel, 32 Chub

Just 6 degrees in the morning so cold start which seemed to put the fish off. Warmed up by lunchtime and the chub started feeding, mainly coming to luncheon meat. Disappointed not to catch any barbel but, once again, an enjoyable day.

9 Chub

Chub on the small size, up to about 2lb, mostly taken trotting. Stopped using maggots due to the number of out of season trout about 6-12oz. Perhaps there ought to be a trout fly fishing permit availain season?
Entertained for a while by an otter slowly fishing its way upstream - I for one am more than happy to share the river with them. All in all an enjoyable day, even though I couldn't find the bigger fish.

5 Trout, 10 Chub

Arrived early morning in very foggy conditions. The river looked good with a bit of pace and good colour. Fished one peg only and caught 3 barbel of almost identical size 7lb 2oz, 2 Chubb at 4lb and 1 smaller.
Sun came out at around 12.30 and bites dried up but started again latish afternoon. A thoroughly enjoyable day.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

Fished a few swims in the lower field below the wood with a cage feeder and meat or pellet as hookbait. Had a small chub and a 5lb 4oz barbel in the morning mist, but the rest of the day was dead - no knocks despite moving around, until one last small chub. Very difficult to access swims in the furthest field.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fished nymphs p.m. after morning fog burned off. Water running through at fair pace, but river very quiet apart from splashes from falling acorns at lower end. Failed to locate any grayling and caught only leaves.

Caught barbel after advice from a fellow angler on same beat, both caught on 12mm crab pellet , biggest 7lb , lovely stretch and ropes down to swims a great help.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

From 5 degrees and thick fog to 17 and t-shirt in the afternoon. Started at the top orchard section. Only one accessible swim and a couple of small chub later moved down to the meadow section where things got better. Roved along the stretch taking fish from every swim tried.
Best barbel 9.2. Most chub between 1-2lb but a couple of 4 plussers too. A thoroughly enjoyable day.

4 Barbel, 20 Chub

What a lovely beat and hasn't there been a lot of work done to it! We block booked this beat, so there were three anglers on it and a great day was had by all.

6 Barbel, 7 Chub, 1 Pike