Feedback & Reports

1 small trout caught early using ledger/worm. No one else was catching on the same side of the reservoir, however opposite (road side) we could see plenty of fish being caught! Our luck wasn't in unfortunately.

1 Trout

Low river - swim feeder and 20 inch hooklink - 10mm source boilies and tuna and chilli boilies. Lost count of chub - catching immediately on drop - couldn't even sit down! Pity we were fishing for barbel!

6 Barbel, 40 Chub

A very pleasant day despite the sweltering heat. The beat was very easy to find and well maintained although the high banks were a bit challenging.
I had one good 4lb plus chub on pellet, a smaller one on meat and a little pike on a lure.

2 Chub, 1 Pike

Caught some good barbel and chub over two days with 10lb 2oz and 11lb 2oz reported.

5 Barbel, 5 Chub

2 Barbel

A very pleasant afternoon. 4 small trout and 1 of 12". Also caught no end of salmon parr (one on every cast in some spots!) which is a very encouraging sign for the future.

5 Trout

Fished from 11am to 4pm. River low, peaty colour. A few deep holes with fast running gutter channels connecting. Saw a shoal of chub very close in to the bank. Amazed by the grayling, missed 5 plus due to seeing them come to take the fly! Started with a lead bug then changed to a pix/caddis dry fly which did the trick. Slow pools had rising fish where fast water entered pool. The large fish waited to take, best grayling 16inch fish (measured) which jumped three times! Great day in nice coutryside.

2 Trout, 5 Grayling

Access to the bottom stretch very overgrown and difficult. Water very low. No fly life seen during afternoon.
No fish seen or caught.

In order to fish upstream it is necessary to reach the downstream limit, by bank, preferably.
The path indicated on the map provided really barely exists and it is very easy to end up on the wrong side of fencing - a few simple arrows would be very helpful to first time visitors who want to get on with the fishing and not worry about how to access it!
Fish were few and far between and very small but lovely water and surroundings and for £10. Overall a happy day.

5 Trout

After a trudge through long grass at the bottom end, we found 2 swims that looked good. I settled in the upstream one which the late Frank Barlow would have described as a parrot cage and PB in the one below. Well my action was nil but I enjoyed the wonderful wildlife I heard, buzzards, pheasants and a green woodpecker but the highlight was a kingfisher which did a u-turn in my swim passing a couple of feet away from me. Magic! Meanwhile PB was catching well. He eventually had ten barbel and two chub. I had a couple of barbel and two chub from his swim while he a breather! All were caught on feeder with pellet on the hook. The river is low and very clear and the fish appear to be gathering in the deeper areas, you just need to find them. We fished from late afternoon till dark and enjoyed the session.

12 Barbel, 4 Chub