Feedback & Reports

Overcast calm day, seemly perfect for fishing but river seemed to have switched off with just the odd bite throughout the day. Best barbel 7.07. Very pleasant stretch of river.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

1st ever visit...so bit of a recce. Wish I had known to turn right at the bottom of the steps...not left, although it was a nice walk. Eventually fished under the power lines just before rocks...caught nothing( fished for 3 hours), but enjoyed it. Banks slippery(need wellies or winter boots). Fished for pike with mackerel and then small halibut pellet for barbel. Definately need to carry light (I had a ruck sack/seat...as wanted to walk around swims)
Will try again .... but need to focus on 1 species. Based on feedback online, I didn't really know where on the river to fish.....middle, far bank??

Lowish flow. One barbel of 4.5 lb, a chub of 1.5lb and the rest < 1lb. Mixture of legering and trotting to one rod & swim. Other rod and swim blanked. Lots of geese. Noisy abstraction pump spoilt the aesthetics.

1 Trout, 3 Barbel, 1 Chub

One 3 inch brownie on small nymph.

1 Trout

Very hard day with the fish seemingly grouped together in one paticular section of water which we couldn't get to from our bank.
JB blanked and RG caught a few minnows and chublets on the float but nothing of any size. Weather was bright and sunny and a nice piece of river with an easy stroll across the level field to the river bank.

River low again after recent rise.

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

Mist turning into very warm day. Plenty of natural fly. I saw a few salmon on the move, but no trout, though other fisherman did. I found the bank below the bridge difficult, though recent work has been done on it.

River was 0.4m on the gauge. A couple of salmon showed but I think they were long term residents. Was fly fishing all day. Lovely spot to have a day's fishing and not disappointed to blank considering the conditions. Will look forward to returning.

River too low, very good day though. This was our first visit to the Whitney Court fishery and we struggled to identify the beats adequately. No salmon were observed the whole day, however small trout were in abundance and produced some sport.

Very difficult fishing compared to recent visits to Home Beat. No joy in prolific swims such as Swan Crib and Island Pool, so fished the cattle drink opposite the Legg Crib on the Courtfield bank. I took four barbel from this swim between 6-8lbs 6oz in the afternoon. Will fish Courtfield on next visit to explore this section of river more as access to banks is not so limited. 3 salmon seen in Ferry Pool around 7:00pm, all doubles.

4 Barbel