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Pellet and feeder, a little rain at night made a little difference but river still very low.

16 Barbel, 2 Chub

Great venue, lots of swims and great fishing. All fish caught on 12mm Hallibuts and feeders.

13 Barbel, 1 Other

Best barbel was 8lbs 2ozs and the chub was 4lbs 8ozs. All fish were caught on pellet. Mixture of cloud and sun with a little light rain. River level was low. The end to a great 4 days fishing. Thanks to WUF for making these great fisheries available.

22 Barbel, 1 Chub

Best barbel was 9lbs 7ozs. All fish were caught on combinations of pellet. Bright sunny conditions with river level low.

28 Barbel, 2 Chub

Very difficult day, river exceptionally low and clear. Fishing downstream was just about impossible so I restricted myself to the top of the beat and even there bank access was difficult. I fished in two shifts. Morning 7am - 11am nothing, then back at 3pm - 9pm where I managed to lose one but catch 2 barbel, 7lb and 9lb and a chub of 3lb. Fish took along time to recover before release and were obviously suffering from low oxygen in the water. The river needs rain and a good flush through.

Best barbel was 8lb 12oz and the chub were up to about 3lbs. All caught on combinations of pellet. Bright day and river low.

20 Barbel, 9 Chub

Very nice place on a working farm with a great view of Goodrich Castle but did find a previous angler's bag of litter with the day before's copy of the Sun (I took it home to dispose of).
Caught at least 10 mint condition Barbel (I lost count to be honest) to 7lb 8oz and one pretty little Chub about 2 or 3lb but lost a few fish as well and unfortunately had a feeder crack off on the cast. All fish on Hemp, Corn and Pellet.
It wasn't clear in the provided instructions where I should park, so just did my best to leave my car out the way.

10 Barbel, 1 Chub

Water level was very low grounding some of the many canoeists who seemed to take great delight in disturbing as much water as they could. We only managed 1 small barbel between us, trying various baits and methods. Please note the upper limit is marked by a yellow topped post and we used a foot path along the field edge to the ford stream area, slightly different to the beat map.
I would recommend anybody fishing this beat to talk to Adam Fisher the bailiff first as he was most helpful. Our thanks to him.

1 Barbel

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

It was tough going with the river low and gin clear. We persevered and made the most of a spell in the evening to land a couple of nice barbel to 8lbs 11ozs!

2 Barbel, 4 Chub