Feedback & Reports

We arrived at the water and decided to analyse the stretch before getting our gear out of the van. Started the morning ,fishing a few pegs down from the upper limit. These pegs were unfishable after about 20 minutes due to the river level rising at such a fast rate.
Our friend and well known angler Chris Petter from Hampshire had the right idea of fishing the deeper part of the stretch at the lower limit. These pegs were snaggy but provided great fishing. Finishing the day with 11 barbel, largest of them at 9lb 10oz.

11 Barbel

River high when we arrived and rising very rapidly. Made the fishing very difficult and only a couple of places on whole stretch that you could fish. Barbel were feeding though and two of us managed 6 between us and lost quite a few more. Other two blanked.
Other fish were 1 eel and 1 dace

6 Barbel, 2 Other

Storm Callum cancelled fishing.!!

unfishable sadly

washed off

Did not attend due to water levels.

Not much boat traffic...to be precise none.....sometimes you have to fish in the pouring rain and gusting winds to remind yourself why it is not always one of your better decisions to have a go whatever!!
The river though was in good shape though and gently rising prior to the onslaught of water on its way the following day.
We caught plenty of small Barbel on the feeder with a couple on the float plus a small Brown Trout to keep us happy on a testing day to say the least..

30 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

Storm Calum. Need i say any more !

Storm Callum arrived shortly after kick off !! Water was brown and flow too heavy to fish by midday.