Feedback & Reports

The river was rising but it surprisingly fished quite hard till the evening when the barbel decided to feed.

11 Barbel, 8 Chub

Took my fishing mad 10 year old daughter to catch her first barbel and chub. She had a pb chub of 3lb 8oz and a pb barbel of 8lb 8oz all on swim feeder and pellets.
Wildlife was amazing.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

4 Trout

Slow day in good weather with all fish caught before 4.30pm although we stayed till after dark in the same swim which was lively the day before. There were many canoes which is unusual for this beat, and we had noticed that the opposite bank was being prepared for something, which turned out to be canoeists camping, so they were arriving until after dark, dragging their canoes up the bank and very noisily setting up camp. We also witnessed (illegal?) hunting, starting around 6.30pm with about 20 hounds who also went into the water opposite us during their pursuit of the fox, which we saw running along the far bank. The hunt was accompanied by much horn blowing, shouting and yelping of dogs, which continued for at least couple of hours, so unsurprising that we caught nothing into the evening.

Fishing Passport Note : Anglers are advised to contact the Fishery Keeper if any unauthorised activity is suspected.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Rain heavily all morning. Picked up 3 fish as the river started to rise and then called it a day mid afternoon

3 Barbel

All fish taken in fast pocket water with a size 18 gold head pheasant tail.

13 Trout

Poor day

1 Chub

Largest Barbel 7.5lb, largest chub 4lb, Other included an eel & dace

4 Barbel, 10 Chub, 2 Other

4 Trout

1 Other