Feedback & Reports

River was running high and fast. Swims at the croy end of the beat were inaccessible due to river level so we fished mainly in the first meadow. Ledgered a pellet hookbait in the near side slack water and caught steadily until around 3pm when the bites dried up. Should be just right in a couple of days.

5 Barbel

3 anglers fished on the day. River was up chocolate coloured & pushing through fast with a whole tree passing by at one point. We found 3 swims about half way up that had slack water in the margins & dropped feeder & pellet rigs in fish came throughout the day until the sun came out in the afternoon which made for a very pleasant end to the day & allowed for us & the kit to dry out a bit. This is a very beautiful secluded beat l love it here

8 Barbel, 4 Chub

3 fish all day, Chub to 3 and the Barbel was 6lb River up and coloured. Swims need more work only a few up the stretch are easily accessible

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

It's been some time since I fished this beat and the beauty still astounds me almost as much as how quiet it is here. A lot more swims prepared too so will be returning no doubt. The river level was up by 4 to 5ft, a raging torrent strewn with weed, branches etc which perpetually fouled the line. Got soaked several times scouting other swims - funny how when I stepped out from beneath the brolly to do that the heavens opened!? No bites let alone a catch to report but will be trying again at earliest sensible opportunity.
It's gorgeous here....

River running high and fast with lots of weed / floating debris catching on the line.
all fish caught ledgering with meat and pellet.
other being eels.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub, 3 Other

Lovely looking beat, however with water low and constant weed flowing through we drew a complete blank. We knew we were a day too soon for the heavy rains of the previous 36hrs to kick in.

River low,slow and very weedy All fish caught on meat

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

A very hot day combined with a low river level resulted in a poor catch return. Because of the water level the only swim we could safely fish was the croy right at the end of the beat.

3 Barbel

3 Barbel, 7 Chub