Feedback & Reports

After Middle Hill court we were really looking forward to this and we weren't disappointed: river was looking good just dropping a little through the day, today we were being joined by Ken the father outlaws mate never coarse fished a river so we only got fishing at 9ish after I set him up and gave him the lowdown on what to do. David and Ken started fishing in the field upstream of the car park a good choice as Ken had just had knee surgery, both started fishing on halibut pellets and ken's 1st cast he hooked into a 7lb barbel a real eye opener for a trout man he was over the moon I did tell him you don't catch with every cast but what a great start he lost a couple straight after but was loving it. David had a couple of bites but the sun was coming up and it went a little quiet, I stayed with them till 1030 when I was sure Ken was OK and went down to the peg near the pump house. I had 3 barbel within an hour on pellet wrapped in cheese paste biggest being 9lbs then I went back to check on the others. After lunch David left, Ken decided to stay put as he was settled and had 3 chub and a couple more barbel I went down stream and had a couple of chub from 4 swims there was a lad fishing the other side of the river so I missed out the banker peg but great fishing all chub on meat or cheese paste. I got back to Ken at 6ish he was leaving after a great day (he wants to come again) a good return for him as a course fishing novice. I decided to finish where they started I got amongst the barbel on pellet and had a good finish to the day. David came back to get his stuff so I let him sit by my rod and he got himself a lovely barbel it saved a blank but he did only fish for a few hours. Beautiful setting well kept and plenty of fish, saw a flock of House Martins feeding up on insects off the water a truly fantastic sight. Thanks WUF 2 great days fishing I can't wait to come back .

14 Barbel, 12 Chub, 1 Other

All fish on feeder fished pellet, most from deeper margins, only 1 canoe all day! Enjoyable day thanks wuf.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

I used downstream wet fly and nymph, and was surprised not to catch any as the water looked just right. Saw some rising in the slower water, and had a few 'pulls' which didn't hook themselves.

RIver was clear and fairly low after recovering from a bit of heavy rain two days before. Fly-fished (alternated nymph and small dries) most of upper half of the beat, and a couple of pools in the lower half. Caught just three small (but pretty!) trout, and had several others (v.small) come off the hook. One much larger fish leapt out of the water at the dry fly, but failed to take.
Very pretty section of river. Easy wading, but tricky casting among the alders to get at the best spots.
I camped at Bredward Farm (Camping & Caravanning Club CL) which was within walking distance of the beat, - a good site with friendly owners.

3 Trout

Day 3 of the 2015 tour - fishing with James Bullock and Sandy Geyer. Fish rather more circumspect today - a case of findng the right fly! Rather more smaller grayling around further down the river - and more trout too. Best trout 15", best grayling 17" all on dries as usual and all safely returned. Another super day!

7 Trout, 14 Grayling

Great days fishing. Fish fed consistently throughout the day. All fish were taken on the standard feeder/pellet rig. Best barbel was 8lbs 13ozs and a number of the chub were in the 3-4lb range. The river level had dropped slightly from the previous day and the amount of weed in the flow had reduced. Great to see the numbers of kingfishers in such peaceful surroundings.

31 Barbel, 13 Chub

We used feeder tactics and caught well late in the day,despite a canoe capsizing right in our swim and the two occupants walking around in the river waiting to be rescued.

10 Barbel, 2 Chub

Second day on this Fishery. Learnt don't fish the same swim two days running. Fished from 7am until 7pm. Very hot day. Water had a bit of colour but still low. Caught throughout the day again. Barbel up to 9.10. Chub to 4lb. 7 Barbel for Alan, 5 for Pete and 4 for Dave another good day. Fish caught feeder method using Boilie and Pellet.

16 Barbel, 6 Chub, 2 Other

River in good condition but banks very slippery after rain. Fished upper field and found barbel in the slow water against the far bank. All on 12mm boilies.

9 Barbel, 3 Chub

River dropping but still good colour. DS 12 barbel all on boilie. DW 1 chub and a good sized eel. No barbel despite fishing just downstream of DS!

12 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other