Feedback & Reports

Started off in the bottom pool at around 10:30 and had a chub on trotted pellet and a micro barbel on rolling meat. Tried all the other swims on the same tactics but no fish. Settled into the bottom pool and put some pellet feeders out around lunchtime which gave a steady stream of small to micro barbel for the afternoon, with only one bigger than 2lbs (est. 4lbs) and fish often taking it on the drop. Frequent canoes until about 3pm but the barbel happily fed underneath them and they didn't cause us a problem. River was 18 inches lower than usual according to the bailiff (very friendly and helpful chap) so he advised we stay in the bottom pool. Left at about 19.30 before the bigger fish came on the feed but oh well...

15 Barbel, 1 Chub

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Evening ticket and fished from 17:30 onwards. Blustery downstream wind made dries difficult but managed to bring one fish up to a para Adams on the flats. Not a lot hatching at all and even fewer fish rising. Had a go with various nymphs in pocket water and the tail of the upper bridge pool. Couple of missed plucks from tiny things. Will be back to give this beat a thorough going over when there's a bit more water.

Weather wet and very windy so I didn't fish.

Nothing caught.

11 Barbel up to 10lb 3oz

11 Barbel

River low and clear. Fished for barbel with pellets and open end feeder. Caught 1 chub, 1lb 4 oz. For £45 we won't be going there again.

1 Chub

Difficult day. Lots of weed coming down the river and only 3 chub late on saving the day.

3 Chub

Fished on an evening ticket from the bridge downstream. I fished with dries (Adams, Tups, Greenwell's) and then nymphs (GHHE, GRHE, stonefly) and Dad with winged wets. Only one rise and two plucks.

Conditions were incredibly variable, heavy showers and scorching sun. Fished on the right bank with my nine year old son. The river here is rather featureless, for the coarse angler the stretch is even shorter than its boundary since the lower section turns into rapids.
Otherwise the river seems to be uniformly 3-4 feet across with abundant streamer weed. There are plenty of fish between the weeds, but the snags (weed) made things a little tedious.
Hooked fish on pellet, corn and meat (legered, both with and without a feeder), lost a couple to poor hook holds but the odd feature of our bag was the size, we had one barbel at around 4lb, two at 2lb and one around 12oz, even the chub was under a pound!
We didn't stay long, the constant snagging and being cramped because we needed to sit together made it a little frustrating on the day along with the weather and the canoes, who behaved fine but because we were somewhat hidden amongst vegetation it meant we had to keep our ears open for them and then jump up and ask them to avoid our lines.
No complaints with the stretch, a lone angler with possibly beefed-up gear will catch barbel all day.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub