Feedback & Reports

Arrived at the beat around 5pm and made our way towards the bottom end. The river was at a normal summer level but very chocolate colour which seemed strange as we were told it hasn't rained much in the last week.

Fishing was very slow to start with but eventually we managed a couple of chub and a barbel.

We decided to move for the last couple of hours and found a few more fish before the swim went dead. In the past we have found that the last hour can be hectic or dead. Unfortunately this time it was dead but we were happy with our catch considering the catches other people are reporting so far this season.

5 Barbel, 14 Chub

3 trout taken. 2 rainbow 1 golden. 2 returned due to size.

3 Trout

Nymph and dry fly used

4 Trout, 5 Grayling

Water running low with not much colour - overcast conditions. Catches from Middle Field Section, Access not really possible top end of stretch. Feeder and pellet worked best.

3 Barbel, 6 Chub

Similar conditions to earlier in the week with a mix of sun and cloud and feeling very warm. The barbel caught today were from one of the deeper swims with the feeding spell after 4pm.

8 Barbel, 6 Chub

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

I blanked but companion had a few barbel to 6lb. River strange brown algal bloom, feeder and pellet.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

A tough days fishing, the water was low and an odd brown colour with plenty of streamer weed to deal with. Most of the fish were caught late afternoon on boilies except for the two eels which took meat. Two chubb 3lb 8oz, 4lb 11oz and two barbel 8lb 3oz and 7lb 15oz.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub, 2 Other

All fish caught on worm with popup.

4 Trout

1 Barbel, 10 Chub