Feedback & Reports

Arrived at dawn with the river at 0.6m on gauge and reasonable colour. It rose 10cm in next 4 hrs but then steady for next 3 but just fishable. Saw 2 salmon by Chine and 2 below the bridge around the cables. Worked hard with fly and spinner, the last 3 hrs in a complete deluge. Retired soaked and defeated after 7 hrs with the river rising again and colouring badly. Forget Friday. Sat and Sunday... tight lines!

4 barbel to one rod between 4 and 9lb, no fish on the second rod but an enjoyable day. The only comment I would make is the banks were dangerous when wet. All fish fell to meat on a feeder rig.

4 Barbel

One brown trout. Surface and sub surface lure for pike and maggot using swim feeder for barbel. No takes. Steep banks were very slippery making access very difficult. A lot of weed drifting down stream.

1 Other

Overnight rain put a nice tinge of colour into the river,and the fish enjoyed it as well! Had 4 fish in the first 6 casts and I`ve never even been here before! Spent quite a bit of the day exploring the beat and sheltering from the torrential rain all afternoon. Had 9 grayling 10-14 inch and 9 trout to 9 inches, all on klink and dink. Had to give up ealier than wanted due to the stream at the top of the beat pouring in very dirty water and colouring up my side of the river!

9 Trout, 9 Grayling

Although we didn't catch many fish, four Barbel to 9lb 12oz and a chub of about 3lb, we had a very enjoyable day. River was low and clear but heavy rain during the day gave an indication that the next day might not be so enjoyable.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 barbel of 8lbs 4ozs caught near the top end of Legg Meadow. 2 barbel, 10lbs 2ozs & 6lbs and a chub of 4lbs 6ozs taken in the woods.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

The river was low & clear and I fished the bottom pool just after the faster water feeding maggots & pellet on a regular basis. I took a Barbel of about 7 lb on the 1st cast a Chub of 6 lb on the second cast then lost a ton of tackle (there must be more lead down there than on a church roof!!). I kept the feed going in and ended the day with 10 barbel & 9 chub. The 1st 2 fish were the biggest of the day and a couple of barbel were in the 1 to 2 lb region. Nice to see as they must be breeding.

10 Barbel, 9 Chub

River low & several heavy showers (seem to make the fish move). No takes, cormorant fed all day! Otherwise lovely autumnal day, fished hard but clearly not hard enough!

Quiet day. Only one fish at 9lb. Water quite low and heavy rain made the banks very slippery.

1 Barbel

On a pretty wet day, our roving options were limited so we fishing under our brollies from the lower croys and had a reasonable catch under the circumstances. It looked like the much needed rain had arrived!

5 Barbel, 6 Chub