Feedback & Reports

Having already booked weeks in advance, I was really looking forward to my first session of the opening week of the new river season. I had chosen a new beat for my first session and i was delighted to say i was not disappointed. The guide maps were a great help and once on the river i could see that the land owner had gone to great lengths to give the angler (in most case where possible) good access the their preferred pegs, including steps dug out of the bank down to the river and rope to those inaccessible spots due the the steeps banks which would be invaluable during very wet conditions.
Having arrived extra early, i was a cool cloudy over cast day, the river was low but had good colour and eagerly rushed to get my first cast into the water, i did not have to wait long for my first chub knock which carried on and kept me busy throughout the day, although i moved a number of times i could not get among my target species of the Barbel.
Chub are in great shape these days my best of six being 5lb 4oz, and eel and a trout, all caught on luncheon meat, pellet and bollie.
Thanks again WUF and the Land Owner for allowing us access to some great fishing on the best river in the UK.

1 Trout, 6 Chub, 1 Other

River level up and more colour after rain yesterday, thought might be good day, not a bite! Saw salmon leaping and what could have been a shoal of shad, to big for dace. Try again tomorrow.

1 trout caught but a lovely day overall.

1 Trout

Fly fishing for trout, used surface floating flies. No bites or fish caught. Saw some early rises in the morning, dull midday with some more rises and jumps in the afternoon. Weather was nice and sunny but with overcast cloudy patches every so often.

First time on this venue enjoyed the day and will hopefully be back soon.

30 Chub, 2 Other

5 Trout

I fished the creel stretch and managed to sneak a barbel and a few chub. The river was low which is understandable at the time of year. My biggest concern was the water quality which is terrible. It had a horrible green colour to it. The weed I occasionally reeled in was slimy and very unhealthy.
The fish I caught were in ok condition as they may have only just spawned but I felt they weren't in the best condition they could be and I'm sure this down to the poor environment. I'm very disappointed with the way the river seems to be going and if you follow the other comments they all have a similar theme about pollution and diminishing catches.
I have one more trip booked to another stretch in August and really hope for better conditions.
I do sadly think the river has had its day and is in need of some drastic action before the whole river dies. I can't see me and my brother returning after August. We will be looking for a cleaner more healthy river in the future.
Thanks for reading.
One very sad angler!

1 Barbel, 10 Chub

2 Trout

2 Trout

River low but fishable. Sporadic hatches in the late afternoon and evening provided two small trout and a grayling to a Parachute Adams (lower half of the beat)

I'm not gonnna lie; the grayling was caught by accident. I was repositioning in the river with the rod over my shoulder, line still out trailing behind me. I felt a tug on the line and a half-pound grayling took the dry fly.

In the shallows lay the remains of the head of a pike. It must have been a monster; the head alone was a foot long.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling