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Barbel 8lbs 14oz Caught using feeder on pellet bait. Barbel 5lbs 10oz caught on meat. Chub was about 3lbs again on feeder.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Myself and my Father had a fantastic days fishing with outstanding guidance from Oliver Burch. Although very wet for almost the entire day the fish were taking and the river didn’t rise much but did become increasingly coloured. Success on the lower half of the beat was using the nymph with Grayling being most active in the morning.
In the afternoon we moved to the parachute fly coaxing a number of trout to take.
Our largest trout was around 12 inches and grayling around 14 inches.

14 Trout, 7 Grayling

4 Barbel, 8 Chub

On the fish right from the off, a barbel straight away. line bites and signs of fish in the swim the entire day, but would not take a bait after 6am. Didn’t even switch on in the evening. I stayed in one spot most of the day as I knew the fish were there, JJ was in and out of swims like a fiddlers elbow and and managed 1 barbel. Fish just weren’t interested.

2 Barbel

Booking cancelled due to Covid-19

Began fishing around 3pm and fished through to 10pm, but without success. River looked good nice height and colour. We both lost quite a lot of tackle on snags probably as a result of the rubbish that must have been washed down in the heavy floods.

Bank access very difficult over the whole beat i could only access 3 swims 1 of which was already taken which i found disappointing , river was quite low , I caught 7 Eels some of which were over 2 lb not my target but that's fishing , Found the payment side on your website difficult to get processed so had to make a phone booking at a higher cost (NOT IDEAL)

7 Other

11 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fish looked like they were still spawning.

I figured this morning that an early session may be beneficial with the monsoon downpours imminent , so opted for the Whittern beat , parked up at six , by the corn field, and bimbled down to the Hunton bridge , looking a bit murky with yesterday's rain, initially fishing tungsten nymphs, with success in the first few pools , feisty Arrow fish always give a good account of themselves.

Had some fun on those two glides between the bridges ,on dries , small eighteen f fly getting hammered and some really nice confident takes too it ,great fun !!!!

Perhaps it was the weather , but the trout were very savage on the dries this morning, also fished a Parachute Greenwells , lovely splashy rises to it in the faster water too !!

Only fished this morning perhaps couple of hundred yards up passed the Titley Bridge , superb fun and a hectic four hours sport , with fifteen to the net , ranging in size from six to twelve inches ,lovely job , and a few lost on the barbless hooks . . .

Seems an age since i fished the Whittern beat , forgotten how varied and fun it was , its up there with the Kington beat and Edw Cregrina as one of my favourites, spot on !!! Back here again next week , some much needed rain due in later today , happy days!!!!!

15 Trout