Feedback & Reports

With access proving difficult by the orchard and so ruling out the upstream section we settled for the middle field. The river was reasonably low and clear and the bright sunny day didn't bode well and so it proved. We started in two swims in the upper section of the field but without a bite moved down and found two more swims within the trees. With the light fading one barbel around 7lb or so obliged to a double 8mm halibut pellet and that was the only bite of the day.

1 Barbel

River looked good with a bit of water in it,colour had dropped out so had to move about for 2 8LB Barbs and a 4LB Chub. Not a day's bad work.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 Barbel

Steep drop in temperatures resulted in no fish seen or caught, no bites.

never ended up fishing here in the end because i didn't think it was worth risking falling into the river fishing from the sloped banks. This venue needs some work done on it making some swims which you van fish safely.

2 Chub

Two small chub on meat.

2 Chub

2 Chub

We arrived around 9am and, as per the instructions, drove along past the orchard and parked near the bank side. The first swim looked fantastic and easily the most accessible and after walking along a fair way decided to settle there. After 15 mins the first barbel of 8lb 2 oz was in the net caught using swim feeder tactics with 2x8mm hair rigged halibut pellets and Hali and Hemp crush groundbait laced with hemp and some 4mm halibut pellets. We had 2 more barbel of 5lb 11oz and 6lb 15oz on what was a stunning day of bright sunshine but not the best fishing conditions. We did park further up and tried to search out some other swims but found it to be not very accessible so ended up back in the original swim. Would like to return and walk the whole stretch though as I dont feel we explored enough of the bank.

3 Barbel