Feedback & Reports

Thankfully cool after last week but very sunny for most of the day. I'd hoped the bit of rain yesterday would cool the water temp enough to switch the fish on but no, 6 bites between us all day resulting in 3 Chub, a beautiful 9lb barbel and 2 barbel hook pulls. Tried hemp and gb feeders, and straight bomb with a load of hookbaits. Fished down the bottom and maybe should have moved to the top in the afternoon but the swims in the bottom field looked most likely in the conditions. Still a glorious day on a beautiful beat with great work done on it.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

3 Barbel

8 Trout

The heat has gone so happily I'm back on the lovely Ty Newydd beat. River at 0.93m on the Erwood gauge, falling and clearing. I fished for about 3 hours. A good sized grayling and a small trout, both on a size 18 beaded PTN. Both returned.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

On a low clear river with bright sunshine it was always going to be hard. A dozen chub between us all caught from the first field on feeder tactics early and late.

12 Chub

All fish taken on a variety of pellets and boilies, best chub 5 lb best barbel 7lb 4 oz, chub averaged 3lb barbel averaged 5lb , a good days fishing

12 Barbel, 40 Chub

Arrived at 4 for an evening session weather sunny with the odd cloud 6 chub in the space of 2 hours in the 1lb 8oz - 2lb bracket then a lull until 8 then 3 chub in quick succession 4lb 2oz, 4lb 5oz and 4lb 9oz all caught on groundbait feeder with meat on the hook.The other was an eel.

9 Chub, 1 Other

Another lovely day catching barbel agin today. However, as we were packing up at around 8pm we were approached by a rather hostile lady shining a very bright torch at us from the other bank. She stated that we should already have packed up and asked whether we knew the rules. We explained that we were packing up but she continued to illuminate us until we had finished. When we politely asked who she was, she said it didn't matter who she was as we are not from round here and weren't the landowners. She then said "off you go" and said we must remove our cars from by the lodge. As far as we are aware, the rules allow access to the water for 1 hour after sunset, which was at 7.33pm today.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

Good day for all 4 anglers. We fished several beat areas of the river both using float and feeder tactics.

12 Barbel, 24 Chub, 10 Other

4 Trout