Feedback & Reports

Glorious autumnal day. Lovely misty morning then warming sunshine after midday. Had a hectic couple of hours with nice Chub coming to maggot feeder. These fish were in superb condition. The level was 1.2m at Ross and falling nicely. I did not connect with a barbel all day., Tried pellets and paste but not a single whisker. Maybe a drop in temperture the last few days has put them off for a while. A wonderful day in peaceful surroundings. Went home a happy man

11 Chub, 20 Other

River running fast - difficult conditions to fish. I had a blank but my brother, Ian, had 3 Barbel to 9lb

3 Barbel

River up and coloured and the sport was very slow. Fished meat and pellet along the inside line and we both tried a number of swims. Same tactics and conditions this time last year and we both caught good numbers of Barbel all along the beat, so we were hoping for a repeat of that session.
Lovely weather and amazing scenery, made it a very enjoyable day though. Can’t wait to return.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Levels dropping, great fun fishing places I’ve never fished before because of access.all fish caught on normal feeder tactics.

8 Barbel

Difficult conditions, very heavy rain at times and a river fairly high and pushing through so 4oz leads were the order of the day and only close in. 1 barbel of approximately 5lb first cast on pellet but nothing afterwards as the river rose constantly through the day. Lovely stretch just a shame having to hide under a brolly for the majority of it, but you book your date and take your chance. Will be back to get my revenge next year!

1 Barbel

Hard conditions, water levels up, all fish caught on normal feeder tactics if you can hold bottom????

1 Barbel, 5 Chub

On a high a river that fell during the day we found a few swims towards the end of the beat with enough slack water to be able to fish reasonably comfortably. A few small chublets were caught early on before we moved further down the beat where JA had two fish in two casts on a 12mm pellet, a Barbel of 5lb 10oz and a Chub around the 3lb mark.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

With the Ross gauge showing 3.35m, I arrived soon after lunch with low expectations. I have never seen the river so high and turbid, but I walked the bank and found two or three swims that seemed just about fishable. It turned out to be a very good session with nine barbel coming to the net, most in the last couple of hours of daylight. All on feeder and pellet and nearly all in the 5 - 7lbs range. Never say die!

9 Barbel

Gave it a miss due to high water and miserable weather..

heavy rain night previous. quite weedy and lots of debris. rising river.
nil return but gorgeous scenery.