Feedback & Reports

Had a great two days fishing a number of swims over the two days and all producing fish. We had 13 barbel, best 7lb 12oz and 7 chub, best 4lb 8ozs. All caught on pellet fished with ground-bait feeder.

River low and clear with bright sunshine. There were plenty of chub feeding but only one 4lb barbel. All fish caught on 8mm pellet.

1 Barbel, 17 Chub

Its a long walk to the top of the beat from the parking and when you get there its is very overgrown. We saw a few fish move but they looked stale and no takers.

6lb grilse, fresh but not sea liced. Caught on fly (small Orange Ally's Shrimp, double). Full floating line.

1 Salmon

What happened to the weather, even cooler in the morning. The barbel and chub didn't want to play ball. The river had cleared and was back down to a very low level.
Needless to say the barbel eventually came out to play. Nothing huge but to 8lbs 12oz. Everyone in the party caught a barbel so happy days. It was cold during the day and the barbel didn't show much interest until the evening. A great day and everyone enjoyed it and will return for sure.

10 Barbel, 6 Chub

Spent just a couple hours but no sign of anything moving. No fly life and no takes on nymph. Not easy to access water due to steep banks and vegetation. Water too deep to wade in many places.

Arrived to find the river running low and clear. Not what I was hoping for but the fishing was ok! It took a while to find the fish but ended the day with 5 chub between 2lb & 5lb on pellet and luncheon meat. No Barbel.

5 Chub

One small barbel before I fell in. Banks steep in parts, did well to get out! Full kit on plus big coat. Thanks to K from Cornwall for helping me dry out!

1 Barbel

5 small brown trout, all caught by my brother, biggest 0.5lb.

5 Trout

A tough day, a small chub 2 - 2.5lb on the 2nd or 3rd cast then nothing. Not too many safely accessible swims on this stretch but tried most of those available. The other angler on the stretch for the day went in and was lucky to get out from where he was fishing. We managed to recover most of his kit with the help of a canoeist but his iphone was the worst for the experience and will probably not recover.

1 Chub