Feedback & Reports

Gorgeous looking beat and lovely day. I fished quite a few different swims and caught barbel in 3 - the largest was 7, the rest 5-6lbs. The chub were mostly 2.5ish or less and I managed to catch my first eel in about 20 years. There were only a couple of anglers the other side, so plenty of swims were fishable. Many thanks WUF.

4 Barbel, 7 Chub, 1 Other

River started to rise about 2pm after a blank morning. Continuous rafts of weed came down so for the sake of sanity packed up about 6pm after having to move back up the shingle bank at the Pylons swim several times as the river rose. One barbel and lots of lost tackle. Fishing opposite bank (Upper Holme Lacey) tomorrow without much anticipation.

1 Barbel

Fished 4 hours in the evening on beat 5. Water running low and clear, caught 1 chub.

1 Chub

First time fishing this beat the water was low & clear but caught fish in fast water that fell to ledgered pellet later in the day in total 9 barbel between 2-7lb & 4 chub were landed. A nice beat to fish but not many swims when water is low also leaving the beat through the gate onto the road can be very dodgy you have been warned!!

9 Barbel, 4 Chub

Fished lower beat in fast water opposite Island but it could not get a bite on luncheon meat or pellet from early a.m.to late a.m. I think I need another crack at this venue looking at recent catches on trotted bread flake in slower water on other side of the river..

Lovely few hours on my idea of a true wild stream. Deep pools with big fish. Both caught on a rusty klinkhammer, missed numerous others. Will be back to try again.... My casting has certainly improved, only caught 1 tree today!

2 Trout

Beautiful conditions.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

We were only able to fish for a few hours in the morning. There were lots of young canoeists who were impeccably behaved. This was in marked contrast to the 50 year old we encountered the previous day, trailing a spinner through every salmon pool, who seemed determined to re-enact "Deliverance". If the canoe companies want to avoid unpleasant conflicts they should tell canoeists that they must not take fishing rods with them. The occasional EA checks on whether canoeists with fishing rods actually have licences wouldn't go amiss either.
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2 Barbel, 6 Chub

River was low and fairly slow flowing, we fished a ground bait feeder with 1 foot hook length all fish fell to luncheon meat. The largest fish was 3lb 9oz.

8 Chub

With the main river very low I decided to try a wild stream. What fun. the level was a bit low so searching out the pockets of deeper water was the key with a stealthy approach. I used a 7'6" 3wt rod with single dry flies, which was perfect apart from the odd bit of blustery wind. 100m up the stream I came across a fresh dead WBT which must have weighed over 3lb. That might have been a challenge on a 3wt. Worked my way to the top and ended up walking back down through the stream as no obvious path or route to the road. Wading stick essential.

4 Trout