Feedback & Reports

Second day for our party on The Creel. S managed 3 Barbel to 8lb. L, after a struggle on Backney managed 15 Barbel to 9lb and 2 Chub. Pride of place however went to P with 8 Barbel including a cracking specimen of 11.5. All fish taken on feeder tactics with a variety of Pellet and boilie baits.

26 Barbel, 4 Chub

Weather grey and drizzly all day but fish feeding. S. caught 6 Barbel to 9.2. and a Chub, J. had 7 Barbel to 9.0 plus 1 Chub and A. 6 Barbel to 8.5 and 7 Chub to 3lbs, all to a variety of Pellet and fusion boiling.

19 Barbel, 9 Chub

Bright sunny day from the off, so we were not expecting to much, however the fish did feed on and off during the day, mainly when there where moments of cloud cover. 20 Barbel and 8 chub was far more than we expected, with the best Barbel at 11.4 lb.

20 Barbel, 8 Chub

River looked perfect but fish were either hiding or not feeding. Fished known 'hot swims' with various baits but no bites. Did manage 3 barbel of around 6lb each in quick sucession from a previously unfished spot and then nothing. Occasional chub kept our interest up but a challenging day.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

River quite low, weather very hot but it had bad thunderstorms the night before, caught lots of chublet's from the start, fished every field but ended up behind church and landed on the barbel biggest 8lb smallest 2lb, caught on meat and corn. Good stretch would have fished better if slightly cooler. Thanks WUF

14 Barbel, 20 Chub, 3 Other

River was pushing through more than normal, overcast and cold. Still managed to temped a few Barbel best 5lbs on pellet. Fishing lower section near Backney beat. One of the Barbel about 4 lbs had a sore/infection on its anus.

6 Barbel, 5 Chub

Second visit to this stretch, river was relatively clear but not too low so we were cautiously optimistic. A small Barbel second cast on pellet helped but that was all the action we had until after midday and a change to meat produced a few small Chub with a better fish about 3lb. From 3pm until 45 minutes from the end again no action before the best fish of the day an 8lb 14oz Barbel which went some way to help what had been a somewhat disappointing days fishing up to then!

That said this stretch is set in some really beautiful countryside so it is a pleasure to be there, however purely from a fishing point of view we will be giving a different stretch a go next year.

2 Barbel, 7 Chub

Largest chub was just over 3lb and the largest barbel was 7lb 9oz. Very positive bites and in quick succession towards nightfall with little activity over lunch

6 Barbel, 6 Chub

Had a tough session for one of our party and a brilliant session for the other.
One of us went straight to a known swim and got set up for an afternoon on the pin. A brilliant session unfolded with 11 barbel and 1 eel all on the Wallis cast and centrepin. The only sound being the wildlife and the pin screeching!
The other angler struggled in comparison trying new areas with only a chub to show for an afternoons fishing. Eventually settling into a swim a barbel was soon hooked but unfortunately lost in a snag mid river. Eventually the fish came back with 3 in quick succession in the last 30mins. It was less quiet up that end due to a combine harvester in the field kicking out a lot of dust and noise!!!

14 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

First visit to this beat and we had a really good day.
The barbel seemed to start feeding from mid afternoon onwards. Most fish falling to swimfeeder and pellet but also a few on meat. Best Barbel of the day weighed 8lbs 7oz with most being around the 6lbs mark. Other fish were eels caught on meat. Hope to return here on next trip.

13 Barbel, 10 Chub, 2 Other