Feedback & Reports

2 anglers fished from 9am-5pm in 6 different swims using the feeder. Struggled all day with 4 chub landed and 2 lost. River was very low and clear with not much pace in parts.

A good day, 8 chub and two Barbel.

The weather forecast had suggested grey cloudy skies with occasional spots of rain but unfortunately I got several hours of baking sunshine which was probably not helpful. Access to the beats was easy and the river looked very promising but I came away having caught only 2 trout and without seeing a salmon. Oh for some rain.

2 Trout

6 Chub

Fished 4 hours in the evening on beat 5. Water running low and clear, caught 1 chub.

1 Chub

Low clear water, cloudy morning, some rain pm. Fleet of 12 canoes at 08.20 was a surprise and suggested more disruption but not so. All chub between 4 & 5lbs ....spread throughout the day, all on PLM with cocktail feeder mix ......no sign of barbel but many salmon on the move.

7 Chub

Very well kept area of countryside , with some amazing looking shallow fast swims with clear water. Unfortunately I think this visit, the pace was a little slow for my style of wagg fishing and I couldn't entice any fish out from some very nice looking swims with overhanging trees. My first blank with float in 4 years. I will be back in August to try again.

Three anglers fished beat 4 from dawn until 8-30am. Methods employed were stick float and bomb rod with various baits including maggots and pellet. The barbel caught was 27" long and weighed 8lbs and was caught on the bomb with Hinders elipse pellet.

1 Barbel

4 Chub

We fished Beats 2,3 and 4 but with only moderate success. We wonder if there are fewer barbel in these upstream stretches compared to further downstream BUT Whitney Court is set in wonderful scenery and it is a great place to spend a day.

1 Barbel, 13 Chub