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Lots of chub around and whilst I saw some barbel, they weren't interested in what I had to offer. The other was a decent brownie which liked my float fished pellet.

12 Chub, 1 Trout

River quite low but reasonable flow. Weather cool and drizzly. Started fishing late afternoon and caught a few chub on pellet and meat up to around 3 pounds or so, together with an eel. Swim then went quiet and no sign of barbel and I was just thinking of packing up soon after 9 o'clock when my rod was almost pulled out of its rest by a very obvious barbel bite. The fish put up great resistance. It was clearly worth weighing so after unhooking was rested in the net while I got out scales and sling. As I raised the net to weigh it the net snapped at the joint with the handle! (Not a cheap one either). Fortunately I was able to grab the netting before it and the barbel disappeared down the river. It went exactly 8 1/2 lbs on the scales and was returned for another rest before safe release. I was very wet and muddy after all the excitement and decided to call it a day.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

2 Barbel, 6 Chub, 4 Other

High water made for a difficult day but a few bites were had roving about mainly on feeder fished baits.

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

Nothing caught today.

Not an easy day as the river came up a metre over night and was still coming up all day but fished the first field with ground bait/pellet feeder and meat on hook and was fortunate to catch a PB barbel of 9lb 9oz. Really pleasant day although the walk back up the hill was challenging.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

4 Barbel 6 to 9 lb. Conditions tough due to rising river, rain and wind. Only 1 of us had success with all fish falling to small 6mm pellet. Excellent venue and will be back.

4 Barbel

Challenging conditions in the cold

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

River was up a bit, caught only fish on a pellet in the first field

1 Barbel

4 barbel in the last two hours. Beautiful day and surroundings.

4 Barbel