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Fish fell to usual pellet feeder tactics

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

Very difficult conditions and banks extremely slippery due to rain. Only one barbel caught.

1 Barbel

Good day. River dropped a little, 5 barbel up to 9lb

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

River steady at 0.98m with a nice tint. Beat looked very fishy as usual. Owner Barry has done considerable bank work and it shows. Access wading on Rock ,Upper Rock and Cables good even at this height of water. The bank by the hut has been well tended also allowing plenty of scope for fly fishing even with the river above optimal level. Fish wouldn’t play though, but one did show late in the afternoon allowing visiting rod John to cover it with intent and anticipation but to no avail..
A lovely day though.Just one more left (weather permitting!)

Fished for a second day with only one barbel (8-5). River starting to rise again and more rain forecast. Care needed on slippery banks.

1 Barbel, 1 Pike

River in good condition following recent heavy rain. Appalling provision of swims considering the price of a day ticket and the length of the beat. Even with ropes some swims were simply too dangerous to attempt to use.

1 Barbel

The paperwork for this Fishery is somewhat misleading. If the river is only slightly above Summer levels there is only one swim available at the top of the beat and only 2 or 3 at the bottom of the beat. However, once we’d sorted this out we had a great day! One tip, park in the lay-by as described on the map but walk down the road to the farm gate. It’s much quicker!

9 Barbel, 4 Chub

The land owner has certainly done quite a bit of work recently by clearing and opening up more swims. We were last on this fishery in September and we certainly didn't see as many places to fish as this time. We really appreciate the hard work and had a much better day with loads more choice.

9 Barbel