Feedback & Reports

We arrived to a nearly unfishable river. There were only 2 very unsafe pegs right at the lower part but by 6pm, the river had droped and 2 or 3 more pegs opened up but still very muddy and not to safe in places. Despite all that MK had 1 Barbel 7lbs and lost 3 more and I had barbel to just over 8lbs. The walk from carpark to pegs is not for the hearth fainted. The steps down from car park to public path are a nightmare if you carry stuff, you need to be Young and fit or you will not make it. The top part of the fishery (first 250 yards plus) is totally unfishable even on lower water due to the undergrowth and trees. That is probably why it has not been fished in recent years. A lot of passing by walkers, nature lovers etc, as it has a nice footpath along the bank. Definitely not as good as the more popular beats we fish further up river. I would not want to fish it during holidays time, it will be full of passers by for sure. We prefer quieter venues and the access to pegs should be more clear on the description of this beat. Very hard stiff steps with mad incline to land on public foot path, then a long walk to first fishable peg. My advice if you want to fish it, travel as light as you can or be prepared to do few long hard trips to get all the gear. The river here is considerebly larger than further up on the more commercial well known beats.

Water .98m and good colour for spinning. My guest Dr John Lewis landed two cock fish between Chainbridge and the overhead cables 12lb and 10.5lb taken on a yellow and a black fc. Unfortunately, both fish took the lure down and could not be returned. Water should fish well for rest of week barring more rain.

After 36 hours of anxiously watching the river cams and EA gauges the river was still high but starting to fine down nicely. Fished the field above the lower entrance. Centre of river flowing very fast, calmer water nearer the bank and a nice crease between the two. Had my first ever barbel (3lb and 7lb) and a PB chub (3lb), on pellets behind a feeder.
Even a broken quiver tip on a brand new feeder rod couldn't dampen my spirits. Will come for longer next time.
Previous comments re steepness of bank are accurate but its negotiable with care (thanks for cutting in the steps) and a long handled landing net.
Many thanks again to the "few" at WUF from one of the many!

Did not fish ..............raging torrent of brown Windsor soup!

Decided not to fish due to weather/conditions.

No fishing!
River in spate

2 small brown trout were caught and released on dry fly. Both were under half a pound.

The Fenni Fach stretch was very difficult to access in most places and we only found about 2 or 3 spots along the entire length that we could get a decent enough back cast, there were simply too many trees along the entire length. Admittedly the river was fairly high but even in normal conditions most of it would have been tricky to fish ( and we were wearing waders also ).

A first visit for my brother and I. The river had obviously receded by 7 or 8ft but a farmworker informed us that it was still 5ft up!. We found two nice looking slacks behind two promentories midway between the hut and the suspension bridge. Both swims proved to be tackle graveyards and feeder and lead losses were alarming. We have booked a return and hope for lower and clear water so that we might see just what we were casting into. I stuck with it for 9 barbel to about 8lbs whilst S C ventured down into the trees for 4 barbel of a smilar size. All taken on large elips pellets and feeder tactics. A word of caution, whilst the bank conditions were fine and allowed us to drive to the bridge in the morning, it was very different in the evening. No rain fell all day but the use of two tractors and a landrover in the field made the area in front of the gate onto the road almost impassable.

My father and I enjoyed two excellent days fishing. The river was very high and highly coloured, in fact it initially looked so flooded we had almost decided to abandon. After talking with a very helpful Allyson we gave things a go early the following morning and had some success. The first day was overshadowed by the next day, my father caught 5 barbel, the biggest being 8lb 10oz and 7 chub about 3-4lb. I caught 4 barbel and 4 chub being similiar sizes. In total we caught 28 healthy, hard fighting fish over the two days, a very good result and not what we really expected.
I hope I have similiar success when I return sometime soon.

River very high and pacey. Could only fish middle section in the edge, not enjoyable, 1 barbel 1 chub.