Feedback & Reports

Bites came steadily throughout the day moving from swim to swim

5 Barbel, 5 Chub

Enjoyed my first visit to this beat. The video guide was useful.
Big water with level at 1.79 at Ross, so really only had one option to fish the margins. Had the place to myself so fished all swims in woods. Meat worked early on, but pellets worked as light started to go. Fish all decent size up to 8lbs, so happy with the day.

5 Barbel

1 Trout

8 Trout

River coming down fast, still with loads of colour. 1 nice chub, 1 Barbel around 5/6 lbs. Used Spam for bait about halfway up the first meadow. It should be mentioned that the hill getting back out will take no prisoners, worth remembering if you're as old and unfit as me !!

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Water high here gave up at 1pm

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

2 Trout

River still very high. Managed to find some slacks to fish at the top of the stretch. Big/smelly hook baits were the order of the day. Biggest barbel being 9lbs 5oz. Decent sized chub also.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Good conditions but a struggle….one small barbel at the stairs and one nice one of 9lb 10oz in the second field….would have expected a bit more give the colour of the water and temperature but the better fish was a trip saver.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Other

Two fished, challenging conditions with river up and racing through and with short nature of this beat it was difficult to find any real slacks to fish. I did manage 1 barbel (8lb) and 1 Chub (4.5 lb) fishing Close in from middle swim which we had to share in the afternoon. Just about held bottom by adding 2 ounce lead to my 4.5 ounce feeders. Tough day but my biggest ever barbel made it all worth while.

Top tip - Park in the lay-by and walk to river in wet conditions. I initially tried to park just inside entrance gate and it took me 10 mins to get it back outside after wheels getting no traction on wet ground and churning up the mud.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub