Feedback & Reports

Overcast, humid, drizzly, river a nice colour..but save for a couple of chub the morning was uneventful...odd. Then the sun came out, I expected the worst but from then I caught on-and-off for the rest of the day til I ran out of bait.

All barbel on the float. Chub on everything, anywhere

4 Barbel, 40 Chub

5 Barbel, 19 Chub

1 Barbel, 12 Chub, 1 Other

Overnight 1m rise in levels meant a change of plan from trotting to ledger and pellet feeder. Fished from the Croy at the upstream end all day with barbel coming late morning and chub throughout. Others were an eel and a huge dace.

4 Barbel, 9 Chub, 2 Other

River up a bit and caught all fish on meat and pellet ledgering

2 Barbel, 8 Chub

Lovely bit of river one barbel at 8lb and loads of chub great days fishing

1 Barbel, 15 Chub

Fantastic days fishing on the float with nearly 100 Chub 5lb and 3 Barbel to 6lb caught.

1 Trout, 3 Barbel, 90 Chub

Fantastic day on this lovely stretch. Fishing from the croy produced an eel that required landing net. It bit a hole through the net in no time leaving behind just a ring of slime. My second fish was a stunning 10 lb barbel followed by 2 smaller ones. One chub finished the session. Walking back to the car with all my stuff took some effort. I get it now why you call the last bit the “heart attack hill”.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Lovely stretch, take the advice and travel light. Also may be advisable to take a rope. All fish caught on meat and pellet.
River was carrying quite a bit of colour, even though it was only slightly up on the gauge.

1 Trout, 25 Chub

Hoped for some trotting but the river came up over half a metre overnight so spent the day roving the section with the feeder rod. Caught chub from most swims and found barbel in just one - close in the slacker water in the morning and then further out in the flow in the evening once the water had dropped about 20cms.

5 Barbel, 16 Chub