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River very high and coloured, very difficult conditions. Managed 8 Barbel between us. Still rising when we left.

8 Barbel

Arrived to find river rising, belting through and carrying debris. Only 2 fished owing to car trouble. RD caught 4 small chub and other bits float fishing caster in a slack area. BB caught 2 barbel ledgering pellet close to the near bank

2 Barbel, 4 Chub, 5 Other

Absolutely stunning beautiful beat. Recent heavy rain has caused increased flow and colour, only possible to fish the slacks and needed a larger lead than of late to hold bottom. No fish caught, however, we will be back to try our luck again.

Arrived to find the river in perfect condition but started to rise very quickly with large amounts of weed and branches coming down making fishing very difficult by the end of the day. Fished the wood section with meat being the preferred bait. Happy with our results considering the river condition which included Chub to 5 pounds and two 8 pound Barbel.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

1 Barbel, 5 Chub

Hard days fishing, 3 chub at first light, not a touch then till after 6pm fished an hour after dark, day going to my brother 4 barbel 4 chub, 8lb biggest barbel, chub to 3lb odd.

4 Barbel, 7 Chub

All fish caught on the ledger. One eel. Very sunny. River was low and clear. My friend had never been fishing before and now he definitely wants to come back!

3 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

Lovely venue to fish but didn’t get the barbel I went for. Switched from pellet to maggot mid afternoon and landed a few Chubb and bizarrely a pike around 6lb. No action at all from barbel so put it down to low river level and gorgeous weather.

5 Chub, 1 Pike

Very warm sunny conditions and a low clear river meant all the action was early and late in the day with no fish to either rod between 9.00am and 4.00pm. Availability of swims is limited by the presence of anglers fishing from the far Bank in most of the better looking swims. Not quite the exclusive use we were hoping for. Vehicle access is good with parking behind pegs and a small car park at the entrance to the wood. The weather brought out a lot of canoeists - the most I've ever seen midweek in September - but this coincided with the dead period for bites so not really an issue.
small hooks and lighter rigs were needed with all fish falling to single 8mm pellet hook baits with spicy pellet fed through block end feeders.

Booking Office Note: To ensure exclusivity, we always advise booking a double-bank fishery. On single bank fisheries, there is always the chance someone could be fishing opposite.

IMPORTANT NOTE : Although anglers can drive along the bank at Thomas Wood and drop off their gear at the swims, vehicles MUST be parked in the designated parking spots.

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

Our first time at Thomas Wood . which at first glance was much as previous reports- although quite a lot of fishery not many swims; there are enough swims , if you include the wooded section, which is a fair walk to the upstream boundary.
Access is quite steep/rough and will be challenge for 2 wheel drive cars in the winter

Although conditions were again against us , with low water levels and sunny, we caught 2 barbel and 1 chub, along with a few dace.

The barbel were 5 -7 Lbs caught on luncheon meat.

This fishery will be on our list for 2020

2 Barbel, 1 Chub