Feedback & Reports

The river was holding just enough colour for the barbel to feed and we managed a few. Didn't fish on into the evening and probably would have caught more if we had stayed. Total 4 barbel, 2 chub.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Good conditions being overcast and warm. We saw a few fish rising, a lovely beat, more water than we could fish in the day. We caught 9 small wbt, the largest being around 9 inches. All fish returned.

9 Trout

Monday 19 August 2013. TWO GRISLE 5lbs and 4lbs spinning with a small mepps at the top croy under the wood before noon. Water condition improving by the hour.

2 Salmon

River high and coloured. Arrived at dawn and fished until dusk. Fished muddy bank just downstream of Marl Bed. Slow start but then caught steadily throughout day - 8 barbel to 9lb 6 oz, 6 chub to 4lb and 1 2lb eel. All fish caught on halibut pellets fished over hemp. Enjoyable day!

8 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

At 6.20pm a 9lb coloured cock fish caught in the Cafn on an Allies Shrimp.

1 Salmon

Fished from 6PM to 9PM, very few rises so fished the faster more oxegenated waters with GBPTN, Czech nymph style, caught a beautiful WBT of 13". Water quite low, warm and overcast weather. Lovely evening.

1 Trout

No fish caught, water very coloured and unable to fish with fly. Used spinners all day but nothing.

Little sign of fish with the river a little high. I tried nymph upstream and downstream and not a touch
Access to the middle half was a little difficult because of deep bracken with a couple of paths cut through it to steepish banks.

First visit to this stretch and overall disappointing despite good colour and river levels dropping, though mainly a result of poor choice of swims as we eventually found out from Colin just as we were leaving.
Lulled into a false sense of security, bites on 1st casts (typical pellet feeder approach), 3 chub and a barbel within 45 minutes suggested a bumper day and a good swim selection. Sadly that was it for the day with the remaining time spent in snags and lost terminal tackle, even managing to snap a rod (carelessness!)
Unfortunately when we did see Colin at 5pm and he advised of the hot-spots, my son who was on his 1st ever river fishing trip was not in optimistic mood so I decided it best to call it a day.
I will be back, lovely stretch, Colin a very nice guy and very helpful.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

3 rainbow caught using bubble float and worm.

3 Trout