Feedback & Reports

Near perfect conditions with a rise in level the day before & some colour in the water coupled with mild temperatures for October & a good deal of cloud cover.
All fish from the upper end of the fishery to either pellet feeder or lead & PVA with all fish taken on West Country Baits elips pellets or slick sense boilies.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

Guided Day by Shaun - three French anglers Philippe, Javier and Nicolas who were visiting from Normandy. Nicholas learnt how to fish a French leader for the first time and did extremely well landing 19 fish. Javier and Philippe did extremely well considering there was a limited hatch of dark olives coming off. Grayling starting to shoal in the slower deeper runs now. Looking forward to another day together on Wednesday.

28 Grayling

Fished the faster water by the pump house walkway to the end of the shingle bank.
Lovely beat, would love to see some swims cut in going upstream opposite the wood.
Barbel came to pellet and boilie Chubb came to Meat

5 Barbel, 10 Chub

One fish seen all day despite a small water level rise and a little colour. No contacts.

1no Graling of 1/4lb
1no lost Graling of a similar size
1no lost trout of a similar size

All taken by Czech nymphing at the head of the Island Run

1 Grayling

Tough day 4 Barbel to 8lb 12oz

4 Barbel

A good day all round. As usual this fishery never fails to produce.

8 Barbel, 17 Chub

Lovely stretch. Air and water temps both better than Sunday and the fishing was somewhat better as a result. Still didn't feel like it was fishing its head off though and we had to work hard for the fish we had. Was our first time on this stretch and would definitely come back. Decent access, nice surroundings and plenty of swims to suit different river conditions. On the day it seemed to be a bit "peggy" and there was a definite pay-off for my fishing partner who tried multiple spots versus me who was lazy and went for the bait and wait approach.

4 Barbel, 8 Chub