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River in spate and unfishable

River in spate, highly coloured and unfishable. Frustrating!

Fished top stretch beyond car park. Caught 1 barbel 9lb close in on pellet and ground bait feeder, 1 big barbel lost and 1 chub caught. Bailiff really helpful and rope assisted access to swims a real benefit when it rained.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Very wet and muddy day. Had the pleasure of witnessing Andy's impressive chub haul, I caught a single chub 6lb 2oz
nice way to end the river season !

1 Chub

Rising river

We caught 3 Barbel to 10lb 4oz & 4 Chub to 5lb 1oz, a bit slippery down the track following the rain but we made it back up ok.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Fished near gate below the hill managed to catch 2 nice barbel once I changed bait one of about 5-6lb other one slightly bigger both in lovely condition rested and returned safely was a nice end to the season in tough cold conditions and a very slippery bank due to the persistent 8 or 9hrs of rain will be in September Ty W&U!!! JD x

2 Barbel

What a difference a day makes !!!
The river had dropped overnight and the chocolate brown colour had gone to be replaced by a pleasing greyish green and the air temperature was up several degrees. We felt confident and doubled up in one swim.
A lovely 8lbs barbel first cast and the bites continued at regular intervals. 8 barbel in total - five over 8 lbs with the best 8.12 lbs plus three over 6lbs. Also one chub of 4lbs. A great day on our favourite W&U stretch!

8 Barbel, 1 Chub

One barbel about 6-7 lb but very windy and cold water rising again

1 Barbel

I arrived at 7.10am to find RB there and parked up just off the track.On doing the same, within 5 minutes we discovered our 2WD drive cars were both stuck! After some careful placement of branches and pushing, to our relief we were able to help each other out! Despite being relatively fit and having a ground spike and rope with me, I opted to play safe, and went down to the bottom swim opposite the castle, and RB and I fished next to each other. River was around 1.2m on the local gauge with some colour, and the rain was doing its thing in the morning, clearing up by noon-ish.
Using a mix of meat and GB feeder or maggot feeder, I was able to bring a steady stream of chub to the net over the day, most 3-4lb, with the biggest just over 4lb. it was great to see RB bring a wonderful chub to the net - it looked enormous! Stephan appeared mid-morning, and as usual, was helpful in his advice.
This beat is a good year round venue, in the same bracket as How Caple Court.

13 Chub