Feedback & Reports

Excellent day on a great beat. Normal hotspots not available due to river condition. Biggest barbel 8.2. Grateful to my experienced colleague who provided excellent advice and support!

6 Barbel, 3 Chub

A very good day fishing. Some very nice fish and good company. Thought I may not make it up the hill to get to the car but thankfully did!

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

17 Barbel, 11 Chub

Great day on one of the best W & U stretches. Slow start to the day but as usual it all kicked off between 15:00 and 18:00. All the fish bar 2 chub came in that 3 hour period when it went crazy. Nothing in usual lucky stone pegs, found the fish in the swims around the gate at the far end of the wood, opposite the thick cover on the far bank.

8 Barbel, 8 Chub

Great day ! Fished dawn till dusk , bites were slow in the morning but after 5pm came alive had most fish out around bottom of wooded area.

10 Barbel, 6 Chub

If you went fishing and "bagged up" each and every time, then it possibly wouldn't be as enjoyable. It's all about the unknown. Fished the Lucky Stone peg previously at the back end of July 2020 and bagged up. Filled with the same level of expectancy, I was fishing it again, but on this occasion without the same level of luck. Water was towing through a bit, with the extra 1ft of water on.

Weather for the day was perfect for fishing. Warm and breezy, and dry for the past few days; dry ground under foot for the walk through the woods (not as treacherous this time), with river levels dropping off of the earlier weeks highs (level as of 7:00am 7th Sept 2020, showing 0.78m high @ the Mordiford station).

Fished 5hr session from 7.00am - 12:00pm, fishing a pellet, hemp and groundbait feeder (varying sizes 2oz - 4oz in holding bottom) with banded 10mm pellets on the hook. Whilst not prolific, caught and lost 2nr barbel to hook pulls early on, before final landing a chub (3lb) and a barbel (5lb); latter half of the session, nothing doing. Packed up and headed off home.

Walk back to the car park however, was much easier, with less weight to carry, in losing 11nr feeders and numerous hooks to submerged boulders, in the swim.

Nonetheless, a most enjoyable day to be "out and about" in the countryside, and without getting wet.

Will be back soon.

Tight lines all.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Ok day nice place to be

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

What a fabulous stretch and some lovely swims. Meat seems to be the bait at the moment. All the barbel were a nice size but nothing over 7.5lb. Only negative is the walk up the hill both ways, it is horrendously steep. Will certainly be back again.

13 Barbel, 14 Chub