Feedback & Reports

Tough day. Tried several swims and only managed 2 chub and a lost barbell from the woods section. The river was up about a foot and the water was really cold with lots of weed pushing through.

2 Chub

Water level still quite low and clear. Two trout landed on a buzzer. A few grayling rising. Two tempted and landed using a red klinkhammer. Many fish lost probably due to my inexperience!! A thoroughly enjoyable fishing trip.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

A reasonable day of weather sandwiched between the rain of Thursday and the high winds of Saturday. But the fish hadn't read the script and kept their heads down all day. That is apart from one hungry chub who couldn't resist a juicy bundle of maggots on a hair rig.

1 Chub

Fished the afternoon had 4 fish on the french leader the rest on drys to a olive pattern no big hatches coming off, just picked off the odd rising fish

2 Trout, 7 Grayling

First time on this beat good variety of water ,wading is difficult. Fished weighted nymphs all morning as no fish showing, to no avail. Resorted to trotting after lunch attracting numerous oos brown trout so returned to fly. GS stuck to fly and was rewarded with Grayling on PT nymph. Homebrew cider in fishing hut was interesting! Some road noise on this beat .

1 Grayling

Great day fishing for both anglers, all fish caught on boilllies and feeders best being 8lb 4. River and weather conditions perfect.

18 Barbel, 8 Chub

The weather was a complete contrast to the day before with warm sunshine & T shirts the order of the day in mid October! Plenty of Salmon showing as the season ends but of more interest to us feeding barbel with 4 fish taken to 7lb. Pellet feeder most productive.

4 Barbel

1 Chub

1 Pike

Only 2 of us fished and we packed up early following torrential downpour. Had intended roving but ended up fishing static at the top of the stretch. Stu landed on a shoal of smallish barbel and had 6 with best at 7lb. I didn't drop on a shoal and failed to draw any thing up. Nice bit of river and clearly no shortage of fish but to be honest the neglected state of the banks and swims and the frankly unsafe timber walkway made us question the justification for a £23 day ticket compared to other WUF stretches I have fished.

6 Barbel