Feedback & Reports

I was met with leaden skies and a mild day with the river running clear.
I parked up in one swim for the day and explored various parts of that swim.
All fish were take. On GB feeder with pellet and meat in the hook. Barbel was 5.9 and two best chub 4.5 and 4.2. Lost a barbel mid afternoon.

1 Barbel, 17 Chub

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

2 Grayling, 1 Barbel, 7 Chub

Not been here for 3 years , great to be back . Incredibly mild day , river looking perfect .
First fish within seconds of casting , and then a nice steady flow throughout the afternoon. No real lunkers today but great sport none the less . All barbel around the 6lb mark , biggest chub at 4lb . All caught on pellet and feeder . Not bad for 5 hours fishing .
Looking forward to returning in the summer

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

2 Barbel, 20 Chub

2 Chub

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

Mild, grey day. River fining down, probably 30cm up on 'normal' level. Knocking through pretty quickly on most stretches.
Fish caught throughout day, pretty much from first cast 8am to last 5pm. Barbel showed up in afternoon, though fairly certain lost one fish mid-morning.
Chub were all over 2lb, with a couple of fish around 5lb mark.
Barbel were 8lb, 6.5lb and 9.5lb. Two fish in perfect condition. All Barbel seemed to be quite plump, probably bulking up for winter.
Variety of ledgered pellet used, but the Barbel (save for the one lost) all fell to luncheon meat. Most fish caught on edge of slack water. At least 4 ounces needed to hold bottom.

3 Barbel, 9 Chub

Other was Dace so a five species day . Always interesting fishing with maggots as you don’t know what you’re going to catch. Tried other baits to no avail so stuck with maggots fished through a black cap feeder.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling, 2 Barbel, 6 Chub, 7 Other

2 anglers fished - Fairly tough day, 2 barbel in the last 20 mins as the light dropped. Pockets of fish found in specific swims, several other swims tried didn’t produce bites. Chub of mixed size from 1 to 4lb, barbel 3 to 7lb, Mostly on pellet. 2 lost barbel during the session as well. River still at a nice level but water clear.

3 Barbel, 18 Chub