Feedback & Reports

Last stint of a few days exploring the Lugg - thought I'd come back to the one beat I'd tried before, but sadly the fish were nowhere near as interested as last time! I managed to spot a few, but mostly as they shot off into cover. Fished 8.00-11.00am and would probably have stopped earlier had I not been saved from a blank by a lovely fish (12" or so) which grabbed a heavy nymph in fast water, under a tree stump. For which I was very grateful!

1 Trout

Started on the float for only a couple of small chub, had a walk and threw in a few pellets here and there and immediately barbel came onto them, fed a few swims and left them, returned and as usual as soon as a line went in they disappeared, you could see them come back but just couldn't find a way of catching them.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Lots of small chub on float with sweetcorn in the day and 5 barbel all around 6lbs between 7pm and 8.30pm. Some very steep pegs but a very good day on a lovely beat.

5 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

River very low. Fished the top half of best in the morning with one chub and a barbel first thing.
Moved down to a lower beach above the orchard car park to escape swans and geese. Had two good chub and a double figure barbel from under the trees on the opposite bank. Barbel fought really hard and swam off strongly after landing.
Fished lower down in the evening for a couple of hours to know avail. All fish on halibut pellets.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Fantastic days fishing in a lovely environment. Canoeists were a real pain but didn’t seem to bother the fish. Had to keep changing methods to keep the bites coming. Biggest barbel went 8lb 10oz. A lot of the barbel were in the 2 to 3lb which bodes well for the future. All in all a beautiful fishery.

25 Barbel

2 Trout

1 Barbel, 5 Chub, 3 Other

river very low and clear not the best conditions 2 small barbell one chub

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

5 Barbel

Bright and sunny, River low, caught on meat later in the day, other was an eel

4 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other