Feedback & Reports

The one barbel about 4-5lb came from the first swim in the morning. Followed by a nice chub about 4lb. Bites were quite shy. Then we worked our way up to the woods at the top. Some lovely water up there but hard to access the best looking bits. The croy at the top was unproductive although some big fish rolled mid river. Leaves and debris made it difficult to hold bottom in the flow for very long. So we moved back towards the car park for dusk and had another nice chub just under 5lb, a smaller chub and an eel. Barbel on 12mm robin red boilie, chub and eel on trundled meat. Just managed to rally our way up the hill, suggest a 4x4 for this beat in the wet. And don't anger the pheasant!

1 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

5 Chub

7 Barbel, 2 Chub

Well it was tough. All barbel were tiny. We nearly got stuck in the field on the way to the second parking and had to jam logs under the tyres to get out. We fished really hard and very mobile but just couldn't find anything better.
The track back up the hill was hairy back up in the wet. One of us had to get to the top of the hill and open the gate so the driver didn't need to stop on the hill or we wouldn't have got out again.

5 Barbel, 8 Chub

The banks were very slippery following overnight rain which limited swim choice. Fortunately the Barbel were in a feeding mood and 7 good sized fish were caught all on pellet.

7 Barbel

Did not fish due to illness

Did not fish due to illness

7 Barbel

Tough fishing but still enjoyable, barbel fell to ledger and loose fed pellet. Chub on the stick float.
Pheasant in the woods was very protective of a few pegs.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub