Feedback & Reports

First time on this beat started off in the first field upstream with only the one chub mid day decided to go up the hill to the other side of the wooded section pick a swim at the bottom of the first field river looked in good condition up a bit and coloured fished the inside line where it was a bit slower pace and caught through out the day will be back lovely beat fish ranged between 6 and 9.2 being the biggest.

7 Barbel, 6 Chub

River high at 2'6 on the gauge but running clear. One very acrobatic cock Salmon est. 7-8lbs landed from Lady Alexanders pool at 1430. Thank you.

1 Salmon, 15 Trout

First time at Chainbridge, and the river level looked ideal for salmon (1.09m and falling). Fished the whole beat, but sadly no salmon caught. I did pick up a few out-of-season brown trout, including one around 1.25lb. Many thanks to the beat owner Barry for for his patience and generosity in showing me the beat and even acting as Ghillie for the morning - a real gent.

3 Trout

Spinning

1 Trout, 1 Sea Trout

1 Trout

River too high and coloured but fished anyway. No fish seen.

2 Trout

Was I the first person to fish this beat as there were no previous catch returns posted? Nice firm hardstanding to park on had to stop on road to open gates , a bit scary when you leave as it is impossible to see traffic approaching as you pull out. It is a level walk down the side of field to get to the bank at bottom of beat, I decided to walk to the top end & start by the wood the river is deeper & slower at this end, caught a small chub quite quickly followed by 2 barbel about an hour later. After this I moved down stream & had another chub. The cows in this field are very inquisitive , they spent the next half an hour or so watching me. I decided to move into the bottom field & found a nice level swim with a nice slack directly downstream of me & caught a further 3 chub. This is a lovely stretch of river with quite a few places to access the water though the banks are a bit steep in places so care is needed. River was up a few feet & pushing through but perfectly fishable in the slacker water. Would love to catch a carp here as the beat description mentions they are present, will definitely fish here again

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

1 Salmon

2 Chub