Feedback & Reports

One barbel of approx 8lbs. saved our blushes at last knockings. Was so hot that we really should have arrived at the river 6-7pm & fished when the sun was off the water, but travel arrangements did not allow this. Lovely day on the riverbank nevertheless. Almost constant slow hatch of 'uprights' to feed the sand martens & the trout. Two lazy salmon moving now & then. Late on there was a bigger hatch of yellow may's ( Sallies); Such pretty little insects ... glad to say some of these escaped the avian onslaught. I should imagine the river really comes alive at night in these conditions.
Thanks to all again.

1 Barbel

A wet day. So a bit of a struggle. Gave up in the end.

4 Barbel, 9 Chub

1 Trout, 1 Chub

Beautiful stretch of river, but probably needed a little more water and colour on all beats, especially 6.
Hard going all day. Fished bend on beat 4 to begin with and was sure something would click, but all three of us drew blanks. Was sure Chub would feature, but it didn't happen. Lost fair bit of ledgered gear to snags too, probably large rocks, which seem to prevail here. Quite a lot of canoe traffic throughout day. All were fine, but never ever really felt settled until after 6pm.
From 4 till 6 fished beat 6. Far less snaggy, but desperately needed a little more water and colour on it. Deepest stretches seemed about chest high at best. One good wrap around bite, but fish threw hook. Again, ledgered pellet.
Will return. Would imagine Autumn here could be excellent.

The other were perch. Fished beat 6 through to start of beat 2. One angler wading and one angler static. Peaceful beat, good in the morning but bites dried up after 1pm.

3 Trout, 2 Barbel, 9 Chub, 2 Other

Fished B4. Tough going with the current low river conditions, however, managed two barbel and lost another with scaled down feeder tactics and small hookbaits.

2 Barbel

2 barbel on float fished meat and 9 chub up to 4 pounds.Barbel 6 and 7lb,conditions windy but otherwise ideal.

2 Barbel, 9 Chub

we returned to beat 2...... we both caught a good number of decent chub 4-5lb mainly in the moring.... terry also had a small barbel of approx 3lb and lost a much bigger one ...an enjoyable day

1 Barbel, 14 Chub

we fished beat 3 for the morning with just 1 chub each...moved to beat 2 for the evening resulting in 3 more chub....we found that on both beats access was very limited due to overgrown banks making it hard to find swims

5 Chub