Feedback & Reports

19.7 degree water temperature and a cool start were promising despite the clear skies. Made the trek down to the lucky stones and started fishing up into the fast water whilst fishing the float line with hemp and meat. Just three chub on bomb and bag in the first two hours so swapped to the float. 16 chub and a harem scarem 9lb foul hooked Barbel followed. Swapped back to the bomb and added two chub and an 8.11 barbel for a cracking day's fishing.

2 Barbel, 22 Chub

2barbel load of chub

2 Barbel, 20 Chub

1 Barbel, 40 Chub

Low water 1barbel and chub fish

1 Barbel, 22 Chub

A very warm and bright day. Managed to find the chub who took meat. Unfortunately no Barbel.

10 Chub

River low and clear. Barbel caught in fast flowing water to ledger. Chub to 4lb, but mostly 2-3lb, caught on float trotting meat. A few of the Chub fell to the ledger. Fantastic days fishing, but an extremely hard over the hill walk past the wood at the beginning and end of the day.

2 Barbel, 34 Chub

Had to keep moving to find the fish with the first 3 swims I fished during the morning not producing anything. When I did find the right swims, it was clear they were full of chub with bites coming on float and feeder straight away. Lots of decent chub but only one which went over 4lb. The one barbel, 8-10, came mid afternoon and took a boilie almost as soon as it was cast out. Might have been more around but reckon the chub were quicker to the bait! Did have to ask someone fishing the far side not to cast over my trotting line which was only a couple of rod lengths or so out from my bank. Sensed he wasn't happy, but did as I asked.

1 Barbel, 15 Chub

River low and clear, but spot on for fishing off the rocks. 10 barbel and 17 chub caught in the fast water at the top of the pool and 32 Chub caught on the run off. Couldn't get through the chub at times, but they tailed off through the day, changing hookbaits regularly helped keep the bites coming. Lovely fishery and we will be returning.

10 Barbel, 49 Chub, 2 Other

Fantastic day on this beat. Three anglers fished - 9 barbel (2 of them over 8lb) and well over 60 chub - biggest 5lb. Fish caught all through the day. Lovely beat, full of fish and beautiful to see so many birds on the river, particularly the ducks.

9 Barbel, 68 Chub

2 Barbel, 42 Chub