Feedback & Reports

now i must admit after fishing the stretch of river opposite fownhope 5 on the weds with no success i was not hopeful, but the air pressure dropped and there was good cloud cover and conditions looked good. we made the long walk to the bottom of the beat (note to myself, do some fitness work before my next trip) and we were rewarded with the most successful day of our trip.
first bait in the water at 9.15 and the first fish came at 1020. regular bites throughout the day apart from a period between 1 and 3pm when the bites stopped. i managed 7 barbel incl a superb fish of 10lb 2oz, and a chub - fishing in the ranuculus beds midstream with feeder and 2 x 8mm pellets on the hair.
if anyone is looking for b+b accommodation i can thoroughly recommend the Falcon House, good location for the stretches we fished., reasonably priced ,very comfortable with a good breakfast, and if you like Owls they have some beautiful specimens they have 'rescued'in their on-site aviaries.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

First time at this venue, I drove along the bank (a big plus) and stopped at a number of swims but found either access to the river difficult or someone fishing opposite. I was surprised to see quite a number of anglers on the far bank (it seems the fishing opposite is leased by BAA). Eventually settled for an area below the suspension bridge with no far bank fishing. The river was quite fast flowing over gravel about 4ft deep tried pellet & luncheon meat with feeder for just 1 chub so switched to castors and float then picked up more small chub and dace steadily but no sign of any barbel

4 Chub, 2 Other

13 Barbel, 6 Chub

4 Trout

Great day for pike fishing but only one in the net.

1 Pike

Had a good morning on the upper half of the stretch, fishing the duo but most of the fish took the brown Klinkhammer in the gravelly runs. The fish were mostly small, around 1/2 pound but one was a beauty of around 1.5 pounds. After lunch the river rose and coloured up, effectively killing off the fishing so I left earlier than planned. It was lovely to be back on this stretch and heartening to see the grayling in evidence.

1 Trout, 9 Grayling

Nice day ,a bit gusty at times but didn't impact the fishing. A bit slow and fish came out on pellet, maggot, and the largest barbel of 10lb 8oz on a huge chunk of luncheon meat.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

The river was at a good height and reasonably clear - good fishing conditions.
A c 8lb salmon was caught off the lower ladder close to the end of the beat, and earlier a small grayling.

1 Salmon, 1 Grayling

Parking no problem, Only two of the three anglers fished, illness. This is quite a small section with not many swims. Barbel caught with conventional feeder and hair rigged pellets, nothing clever. The Barbel on this section appear to be quite a small stamp of fish 4 to 5 LB

7 Barbel