Feedback & Reports

1 x coloured cock salmon, 28 inches, from Chapel Catch on size 12 Black Pennell fished on the dropper. Again fishing small flies with a switch rod. We wanted rain and boy did we get it this afternoon. It was really pouring, but there came that magic half hour with the level lifted by a few inches, but before the river coloured, which brought a few residents on to the take.

1 Salmon

18lb Salmon on 10ft rod and this angler's favourite fly, a single barbless size 10 Black Pennell.

1 Salmon

The river was very low. Managed 2 barbel on feeder tactics.

2 Barbel

12lb ish slightly coloured hen salmon to Alistair Andrews on a Flying C.

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

Fished roving all around the meadow swims. Tactics included float, feeder and float paternoster. We fished the morning and early afternoon but heavy rain meant we took a break until the evening. Fish caught were lots of dace and chub and minnows, and one lost pike of around 10lb. The evening session after the rain included 3 barbel of 6lb,and 7.5lb to T Everitt and a cracking 10lb barbel to A Davis. All fish were in superb condition. We enjoyed this session very much.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub, 10 Other

Dredful conditions.driving rain . Cold, rising river full of leaves etc. Really had to work for that one fish. Only fished for four hours.

1 Grayling

Similarly as hard as the day before. Weather didn't help but nothing we could do about that. Tried numerous swims throughout the stretch with a multitude of baits all to no avail. Two small Barbel both fell to sweetcorn.

2 Barbel

Second day on the beat, started out in the rope pool for a few hours which proved hopeless, moved up to the upper part and started catching well through the afternoon.
Weather was awful so only myself out of the 3 of us braved the weather but it was well worth it.
Fish were all between 7-9lb

4 Barbel

Horrible weather. Fishing tough going. Fish caught to feeder just upstream of the fishing Hut. Lovely looking stretch of river.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub