Feedback & Reports

River rising, nice colour, fish caught on feeder and pellet from lower section

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

3 Barbel, 6 Chub

1. With the beat as busy as it is I would expect to see more catch returns, you don't have to post where you fish just give an indication if it's fishing well or not. I do a 7 hour round trip and still post after every session!
2. I fished 5 different swims on a rotation and had to spend at least the first 10 mins in each clearing up discarded line and picking up hooks and swivels. If I can take it home so can you!!!
3. The fishing was really good I had 15 of the barbel by constantly changing swims and resting a small baited area. It pays to fish the swims where others fear to tread...
WUF it's a lovely beat but tricky for those less able, with the money the owner makes surely they can be persuaded to introduce some wooded steps to open up some of the better looking sections.

17 Barbel, 4 Chub

River low and gin clear and weather bright with heavy down pours, which made for tough angling conditions. Access to the river was difficult with mud and steep slopes. Morning at the top of the swim was a blank. Mid-afternoon at the bottom produced three barbell (8lb, 8lb, 5lb) and a 5lb chub on luncheon meat. Canoeists were friendly and the location is stunning.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fished towards the top end of the beat,had 3 Barbel each in the morning before a lull until mid afternoon when Barbel started to feed again.Barbel were mostly from 5-8 lbs with the best one 8 lbs 8 oz,feeder and pellet.Also some nice Chub on meat baits. River was up slightly with some much needed colour which made a big difference. All in all a very nice place with easy access ,will definitely return next year.

20 Barbel, 5 Chub

Bad weather didn't fish for long

Bad weather lost one good fish

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

Six barbel and one chub river low and clear all fish caught to pellet and feeder

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

Rather more inclement weather meant only one of the group fished for a couple of hours in the morning. The result was one Barbel.
In less than favourable conditions the four of us had 36 Barbel and 22 Chub in essentially three days of fishing. The average stamp of Barbel was around 7 - 8lb with a couple of scraper doubles, and the biggest Chub was approaching 5lb.
All in all an excellent trip to a stunning beat. Roll on next September!

1 Barbel