Feedback & Reports

Started near parking area in turbulent water. Lots of dace of bolo float. Moved at lunch upstream to slower glide and started on ground bait feeder. Had to wait till late in session when the barbel started feeding. Had four to 10lb. Another enjoyable day

4 Barbel

3 Barbel

7 barbel to 9.4 and 1 chub of 3 all on pellet-all caught during the evening session, which compensated for the very quiet earlier periods.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

A lovely beat, with clear directions and a good parking spot within easy walking distance to the river. Water level and flow good for short line nymphing, but only caught one - the rest came to dry (#18 black gnat). As with most other returns, I will be back.

5 Grayling

A warm and gentle day with sun from time to time, one would have thought there would be plenty of surface activity but it was the opposite. I saw only 3 rising fish and caught them all, 3 trout 8-10 “ on size 16 and 18 dries, 3 Grayling 8, 10 and a massive 16 1/2 inches, the first to a dry and the others to a copperhead PTN. Felt like late summer not early autumn!

3 Trout, 3 Grayling

4 wildies (starting to colour-up) to 14" and one bright 12" (and therefore presumably a trip.) stockie. French leader/black PT bug.
Tough going in excellent fishing /water conditions. Am pretty sure they're starting to think about things other than feeding....

5 Trout

11 Barbel, 3 Chub

After an early start from east london I managed 5 hrs on the beat fishing till dusk. One trout was all I caught, two salmon seen in the last hour but no luck. I'm pretty sure the boat is in a different place to on the map which caused some confusion heading from the top downstream.

1 Trout

Decided to fish at the last minute so only for 2 hours but caught well on a range of baits. Best barbel was 7lb and best chub was 4lb. River in good condition.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub