Feedback & Reports

Lovely autumn sunshine but cold morning temperatures and sharp NE wind made for difficult fishing. No chub showed but the odd barbel towards evening.

5 Barbel

30 Barbel, 1 Chub

Easy to find beat, drive through the gate to the hard standing to save your legs. Had my pb barbel 9lb which bent my rod in half. What a scrap. The other barbel were around 6lb and the chub 3lb. Wish I had a proper camera as a kingfisher on the opposite bank was giving me a fishing lesson. I do not know how he managed to fly after the amount of fish he caught. Great to watch these little birds.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

A tough day at Middle Hill Court with bright sunshine and river rising. Also a large amount of debris coming through.

1 Barbel

This report is for 2 days, 21st and 22nd Sept. All fish caught on pellets, river quite low for time of year and drifting weed causing constant problems but another fantastic trip, thanks wuf.

32 Barbel, 6 Chub

Had a good day we caught 6 barbel 3 chub mostly on pellets it didn't help the sun was out most of the day and was very hot which didn't help the fishing disturbing also we counted about 50 cormorants down in the lower section getting ready to roast in the trees for the night.

6 Barbel, 3 Chub

Great days fishing. Fish fed consistently throughout the day. All fish were taken on the standard feeder/pellet rig. Best barbel was 8lbs 13ozs and a number of the chub were in the 3-4lb range. The river level had dropped slightly from the previous day and the amount of weed in the flow had reduced. Great to see the numbers of kingfishers in such peaceful surroundings.

31 Barbel, 13 Chub

Arrived at the beat at 8ish. There were only 2 of us as 1 called off. Me and the father outlaw decided to go to the top of the beat to start off. I had my 1st barbel about 9am on crab pellet and it just got better and better. I decided to try cheese paste on my old mark 1v split cane rod and was soon rewarded with an 8lb barbell, which was great on the old rod. David missed a few bites and lost others to snags. I'd had 7 when David went to pick his wife up who said that as we'd got a spare rod she'd have a go. Whilst he had gone I went really far downstream and hit a great spell. At 1 point I had 6 barbel in an hour - really wild fishing in amongst the bushes and nettles. When they came back at 4:30 they went back to the top of the beat and I joined them to help Liz out. She didn't need it and soon had her 1st ever barbel of about 7lb. David also got 1 about the same weight. Liz then got a roach - she was well chuffed.
It's a great stretch with kingfishers fishing in front of us and well kept. Canoeists were very polite today and even told their party to keep the noise down for us. The river was up from last time we came. I also had 2 eels of 3lb+. Can't wait to come back, thanks WUF.

20 Barbel, 3 Other

All fish were caught on standard feeder tactics with drilled pellet. Best barbel was 8lbs 8ozs with chub to 4lbs (estimated). River was low.

12 Barbel, 4 Chub

5 Barbel, 1 Chub