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What a difference a day makes! Couldn’t stop catching yesterday. Today was a real struggle. Same beat, same swims, same tactics. The only real difference was that today was bright sunshine. It was only an issue compared with normal standards. 4 chub and a barbel would be a great result at most venues! And just being at this wonderful fishery is enough really. Had a good chat with Stefan. Great to meet such an enthusiastic bailiff - he clearly loves his job and helping his guests with knowledge , guidance and good humour.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

Magnificent days fishing. I lost count of the Chub after 25 so 30 is a low estimate. Chub were in the range 2 to 5 lbs. The best was 5lb 2 oz. The barbel were again 2 to 5 lb. Not enormous but you knew they were there. All fish caught using feeder - most on meat.

4 Barbel, 30 Chub

Village must have been missing an idiot!!!! Not a problem with canoes..actually quite enjoy the banter!
Fished the very top swim , great access down to waters edge,fishing tight on the inside due to canoe traffic and two fellas arrived out of control spinning around ,on the calmest bit of river you’ve ever seen and actually bent my bankstick. I explained ….. even with my limited knowledge… the person steering the canoe is situated at the rear.. not the front.. Go figure !!
Strange day fishing wise… everything seemed good but…..hey ho ????????‍♂️

8 Chub

1 Barbel, 5 Chub

Started late after travelling down ,lots of Chub knocks with a few Barbel showing in late afternoon ,Barbel all 4- 6 lbs and Chub up to around 5 lbs, Swimfeeder with pellets was the winning method today,looking forward to returning later in the week

5 Barbel, 11 Chub

Brilliant beat thanks to Stefan for all his hard work and being so open and helpful.

2 Barbel, 11 Chub

One eel caught

3 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

What a great fishery middle hill court is you can really appreciate all of the hard work that Stefan has put in to make the banks a lot safer,had a really nice chat with him his knowledge of the fishery is second to none and I have gained a lot of useful information for future visits I would also like to thank him for putting me on the fish his choice of swim was spot on.I arrived at first light and fished a swim at the bottom end of the beat had 1 small barbel and 11 chub met stefan mid morning and moved on his advise had a further 6 barbel and 1chub barbel were in the 5-6lb range chub was around 4lb various baits used meat, 8mm pellet and boilie.

7 Barbel, 11 Chub

Nearley a blank. Caught a fish first cast first swim by car park kiss of death then struggled all day river looked in good order having just come down overnight but the fish didnt play plenty of colur in the water

Dont think any one else did well , just odd fish here and there. much improved bank access

well done to Steffan Bright and sunny conditions with a cold north wind

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Excellent track down to the fishery and swims well made with ground spike and ropes provided. Only had one barbel but will not be put off returning as it is a beautiful well maintained fishery.

1 Barbel