Feedback & Reports

S had the best day 10 barbel to 8lbs and a chub of 4.8lbs. As with most of the beats low and clear conditions made fishing difficult. Please be aware but dispite the last field being used for camping all summer the local farmer takes a dim view of walking 70 yards from the river bank to access the road with our tackle. As the two anglers were 67 years old it seems the farmers attitude to walking in and out the gate was a little extreme.

Booking Office Note : Landowners have every right to take a dim view if access instructions are being ignored. Fisheries can be (and have been) withdrawn from the Passport scheme when anglers have not adhered to the instructions given. This is something WUF and anglers want to avoid.

There are fisheries where riverside parking is allowed and some where vehicles can be driven the length of the beat. Anglers are advised to call the Booking Office for advice.

21 Barbel, 9 Chub

No water, no fish, again.Still an enjoyable few hours
RegardsDenis

Went with my 11 year old lad as a treat before starting secondary school. Day was nice an overcast, but the river was very low and clear. We concentrated on the lower end of the beat, where the flow is concentrated on the near side. Junior started well with a nice 6lb barbel on meat, but the swim then went quiet, so we moved... that set a bit of a pattern for what was a sketchy kind of day, we'd get a bite (and sometimes land it!) in a swim, but then it would die off and we'd have to move again. Eventually we established three swims which we rotated, feeding them as we left for the next one. Towards 6pm or so, the fishing got a little better and we managed to get two or three bites in a swim before having to move. We ended up with 5 barbel (one of which was a "baby", the others regular shoal size) and 1 decent chub of 4lb. Dad was left rueing what might have been, having lost an epic battle with a fish that weeded itself three times, but was subsequently moved with successive combinations of slack line and then steady pressure, only for the reel to malfunction and seize! It may have been the monster we were seeking but we'll never know. An enjoyable day all the same in stunning surroundings. Stayed down the road at The Falcon House, not for the first time and undoubtedly not for the last either, a lovely establishment run by very nice people and a great breakfast to boot....

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

Water very low , fished with Fly nothing seen

Nearly all fish taken on Pellet & Groundbait feeder tactics.
Best Barbel 9lb 4ozs
The 'other' fish was a monster eel taken on Luncheon Meat that was guessed to weigh about 3 1/2 lb.
If only some of the larger vegetation( ie tree branches)could be cut back this would provide access to some other likely looking swims.

20 Barbel, 12 Chub, 1 Other

Unlike yesterday's warm sun today was cloudy all day. Fish coming at regular intervals throughout to feeder and pellet.
8 Barbel and 5 Chub towards lower end of the beat. Enjoyable day, 1st time on this beat.

8 Barbel, 5 Chub

Fished upper end of beat taking 6 Barbel and 2 chub. Best barbel went 8.75lb. Fish taken on feeder and pellet or PVA bag and pellet.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

5 barbel and 9 chub. (Nice chub of 5lb 2oz). Popular beat with its choice of, and easy access to swims.
Fish taken on pellets and boilies.

5 Barbel, 9 Chub

River Low and first time on the beat. Really impressed with the fishery manager Peter, who showed us some good swims that looked likely.
We all managed some chub and 2 of us on the top Crib had 3 barbel between us. Biggest 8lb. Not bad in bright tough conditions.

3 Barbel, 7 Chub

River was low, but managed to find a deeper hole at the end of the beat that held a shoal of barbel from 10oz up to 5lb. My brother and father fished in the first two swims nearest the car park. The end swim was the only one that produced on the beat this day. I was catching barbel as soon as the feeder hit the water, I have never experienced as much action from barbel anywhere like this before. Fantastic days fishing for me but my father and brother were less fortunate.

40 Barbel