Feedback & Reports

All fish taken on Pellet and using a pellet feeder. Weather, high wind and rain for most of the day but had a very nice evening. Barbel taken from wood area with Chub all from the field past the wood. PB Chub 5lb 9ozs (weighed).

Some fish moving but none caught. Thanks to Nathan for his guidance.

Taking a guest out for the day it was more of a casting lesson than properly fishing, although conditions were perfect. After getting him going I followed him down... 10 minutes in, he looks stressed, playing with his set-up, I wade out and walk down to find two gigantic birds nests in the line! Accidentally turning the drag right down and casting - I'm sure you get the picture. Too tangled to carry on, we shared a rod for another couple of hours. Saw a fish roll in the Orchard.

30 Barbel

Fished at Doldowlod , the weather was far from Ideal. So many leaves coming down, as well as branches falling from the trees all around me, but I persevered, it got quite impossible to fish down and across. So went to plan B, Czech nymphing did a little better in handling the conditions, 1 nice out off season brown trout, and 3 good grayling. Perseverance paid off but as the day progressed it started to get a little worse, but never mind I was quite happy with the result. All fish returned safely..
Is it possible to have signs up to see if we are in the right place for parking.

WUF note: We review the directions and parking arrangements annually, and look into putting up any relevant signage.

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

One suicidal (and out of season) trout

1 Trout

1 Trout, 1 Grayling, 2 Barbel, 1 Chub

River back down and low again. Didn't have any bites until near darkness. Largest barbel 10lbs 8oz.

4 Barbel, 1 Pike

Another lovely stretch of the river and a really good beat. We only managed 5 Barbel today, all from the far bank and one was a PB at 10lb 6oz. Just for a change, I started the day off trotting sweetcorn and had loads of Dace, although I only submitted 25. It was a really nice way to spend the morning and I was holding out for a chub on light gear, but then a Pike parked itself in my swim!

5 Barbel, 25 Other

3 anglers. The beat is not long and there is only one run that is really fishable (at least at the time we were there).
But the fishes were present. The biggest grayling was 47cm and we caught a 49 cm trout.

8 Trout, 20 Grayling