Feedback & Reports

First time on beat and a very enjoyable days fishing catching around a dozen grayling on nymphs mostly in the 6 to 10 inches bracket but had one of 17 inches and ended the day with a clonker of 18 inches, two & half pounds.

1 Trout, 12 Grayling

fish was 2.77lb in lovely condition and hooked on a size 12 barbles hook with 2 14mm pellets below a cage feeder of 20z, the river was runnig fast, i missed a few bites, but a lovely day.

1 Chub

Nice part of the river but quite steep banks. Still, there was more than enough swim choice. We caught regularly throughout the day and from most swims we tried. The barbel came from the first field and the chub throughout the beat. Feeder and pellet worked best with a change to small, strong hooks improving catch rates.

5 Barbel, 15 Chub

5 Trout

Thanks to the previous anglers feedback, very useful. We caught 3 decent chub on pellet in the first field, water was about normal level & clear on a calm cloudy day.

3 Chub

2 Trout

A rather grey day with little fly life or surface activity searching bottom half of beat with nymphs and spiders. Two small OOS trout and a brief glimpse of a grayling before it wriggled off the hook. Plenty of fry in the margins.

2 Trout

Another good day for me on The Creel which continues to be a very consistent venue....Steady sport all day with the best Chub 5lb 10 oz caught on usual feeder tactics....Probably would have captured a couple more but left early for the long trek home.
Thanks to the owners and WUF for the opportunity of fishing this terrific beat

2 Barbel, 6 Chub

2 caught on worm. 1 caught on spinner

3 Trout

A stunning setting for a days fishing. Glad we were able to drive down to the river as the walk from the gate entrance would have been challenging. Plenty of swims to choose from along the beat however the river was fairly low and clear and despite best efforts with a variety of baits and moving swims, only one small chub and a surprise trout graced the net.

1 Trout, 1 Chub