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1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Peaceful situation despite the generator running noisily next to the parking area. Not a problem though as we fished well away from it . River low and affected by brown algae bloom and quite hot and sunny which made fishing very hard. This has always been a good beat for me but I now see that the far bank attracting more anglers than normal. This could be because the landowner allows them to drive the whole stretch and park very close to their swims nearly all of which have been well prepared with steps and flat surfaces to park their seats on! I lost count of the number of such swims available . Unfortunately , this can seriously affect the choice of a swim for any considerate Whitehouse angler . The swim we both fished was superb and oozed barbel but opposite was a well used swim . We got in first but were rather anxious when we saw to our horror someone get out of their car and look at the swim ! Fortunately, he was considerate and moved on.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

An absolutely superb day on this stretch that saw 5 barbel to just shy of 9lb, as well as several eels landed. To top it all off, the highlight of the day was having some huge salmon surface right under the rod tip!

5 Barbel, 3 Other

Water had a funy colour. only areas of streemer weed produced

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

Eels

3 Other

All we had was eels river was a brown colour from Algie not good fishing

2 Other

What a contrast to Strangford yesterday. Struggled on the coloured river. Small chub to stick and corn. 1 big eel to feeder. Angler on far bank had 2 barbel- he was on the bank early. We didn’t start until 9.30 and packed up at 2 .30 for the long journey home. Some of the middle swims looked nice so maybe worth another go. Hot bright conditions didn’t help.

3 Chub, 11 Other

Lovely summers day but the fishing wasn’t that good. Managed to get most of the fish from the fast water before it went quiet for hours.Caught rest of fish( chub) from slow water before we left late on. All fish caught on swimfeeder and pellet.

2 Barbel, 12 Chub

A hard day with just a small chub, dace and eel. Most of the "wall" is inaccessible as it hasn't been strimmed but maybe there is a safety issue here and this is deliberate to stop access.

1 Chub, 2 Other

First time on this beat. Good variation of swims. Bit busy on the other bank but it was the weekend. Dry track to river, wouldn't do it in in the wet without a 4 x 4. We had a couple of barbel and a few chub in the afternoon then decided to switch into a different swim for the evening and that got us another 9 barbel.

11 Barbel, 7 Chub, 1 Other