Feedback & Reports

Caught plenty of chub but not so many barbel. All chub showed signs of being previously captured, some worse than others. Compliments to Colin as always.

We were only able to fish for a few hours in the morning. There were lots of young canoeists who were impeccably behaved. This was in marked contrast to the 50 year old we encountered the previous day, trailing a spinner through every salmon pool, who seemed determined to re-enact "Deliverance". If the canoe companies want to avoid unpleasant conflicts they should tell canoeists that they must not take fishing rods with them. The occasional EA checks on whether canoeists with fishing rods actually have licences wouldn't go amiss either.
WUF Note: If you encounter this type of activity, please report it immediately to EA's emergency line 0800 80 70 60. However frustrating reporting incidents can be, the more they are reported, the more likely the EA are to allocate their enforcement resources.

2 Barbel, 6 Chub

Great fishing like the day before.

9 Barbel, 29 Chub

River very low but fishing early and late still great.

20 Barbel, 37 Chub

Only fished a morning session and made for my favourite spot at the end of the fishery. This used to be Barbel alley but today it was Chub channel. I had a 3lb Chub 1st cast and many more followed with the Chub hitting the pellet as soon as the feeder hit the water. Great fishing if you were after Chub as they were of a good average size, mostly between 3 and 4lbs and I had two fish approaching 5lbs. Eventually two Barbel managed to move quick enough to grab my bait with the largest just over 7lbs. I only had my Barbel gear with me and was not able to make the best of the Chub fishing. A large waggler fished shallow down the far bank would have had a field day!

2 Barbel, 16 Chub

A relatively short session as my last day of 4 on the river and I needed to pack-up the tent and get home. Arrived at the river at 7am and fished until 1pm.
Slow start with a few chub, most barbel came in the period 10am - noon. Changed to meat and went back to a chub a cast, but changing back to pellet brought an instant bite and the fifth barbel.

5 Barbel, 15 Chub

Fished the full day, with fish coming fairly regularly. 6 barbel in the morning with a few chub, then a switch to meat brough a chub a cast and I lost count of the number. The afternoon was slow, but from around 6pm things picked up and particularly the last couple of hours of the day when the barbel realy appeared to move in.

15 Barbel, 25 Chub

First time on this fantastic looking fishery. Walked the beat first and chose two areas to try out. First one screamed barbel but after an hour nothing to show. Colin the bailiff turned up and advised us to move so it was in to our second choice area and what a difference. The feeders were bombarded by chub and decent sized ones to over five pounds. The barbel couldn't get a look in. Changed to bomb and pellet and that helped a little to lessen the chub bites. Four barbel came to pellet with two more on rolled meat.
Today's wildlife included mayflies hatching, kingfisher and a mink.

6 Barbel, 20 Chub

Probably the hottest day of the year so far and not conducive to good fishing but action from a dozen chub up to 4lbs and 3 small barbel. A nice brownie to finish off which took a liking to pellets.

1 Trout, 3 Barbel, 12 Chub

Another great day on Holme Lacey 3. Started at 4am at the lower end of the beat, picked up fish straight away on pellet feeder. Then waded out into the middle of the river to make casting a little easier. Weather made things much better - cloud and rain helped bring the barbel out of their cover a little bit more and encouraged them to feed. Brightened up in the afternoon and changed to a speci waggler and bites kept coming with constant feeding. Ended up fishing 3 rod lengths from the far bank free lining banded 8mm pellet a chub a chuck. Barbel to 7lb and chub all around 4lb. Beat looks lovely and is very well maintained by Colin.

25 Barbel, 45 Chub