Feedback & Reports

JB caught 1 small chub and a dace trotting with casters and hemp in the morning and then went on to the feeder with pellets in the afternoon and caught a pb barbel of 9lb 5oz.
RG caught four barbel to around 6lb ledgering with boilie on the hook.
Weather was overcast with intermittent sunny spells in the afternoon.
Overall a nice stretch of water but not too many swims with access down to the water,also be wary of the very steep and uneven walk down to the water from the car park space (a bit of a struggle getting back up the hill with gear at end of a long day).

5 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Fishing was hard, water level was dropping all day. Fish didn't come till late in the day.

3 Barbel, 10 Chub

Fantastic day. 7 x barbel, 4 over 7lb with the biggest 8lb. 3 x chub between 2 and 3lb. All on feeder with hemp and pellets.

7 Barbel, 3 Chub

Very enjoyable days fishing. Caught in deeper water on feeder and pellet tactics. Barbel to 8lb and chub to 4. Fish came on and off through day.

14 Barbel, 11 Chub

Very hard days fishing, river coloured up after heavy rain night before. 1 barbel caught in the morning and that was it for rest of the day, not even a sniff. Oh well, that's fishing!

1 Barbel

Bright and sunny conditions to start with. Fished in the first field. River low and clear; no action until the evening. By then the rain had started falling. One Pike (5lbs) on luncheon meat and 2 Barbel, 6lb 12oz & 5lb 12oz on Elips pellets. All taken to feeder tactics. By the end of the session the rain was torrential and we struggled to get up the extremely slippery banks. The path through the woods was running like a river with wash-off from the road, which added to the fun! Given the forecast of more rain for the weekend, the river should be in a much better condition for fishing next week.

2 Barbel, 1 Pike

Enjoyable but extremely tough day in wonderful surroundings. One barbel taken on pellet from croy. Many chub seen but none caught. River still painfully low.

1 Barbel

Another great trip but with the ridiculous journey I have to make, didn't manage to start fishing until 8.30am. Walked to top end of beat to fish off the croy. Savage bite third cast which resulted in a large Barbel being hooked but lost. Then the sun got above the tree line and it was obvious that the fishing in the low clear water would be difficult.
Moved around 12.30pm to one of the swims with deeper (slightly) water.
First Barbel landed at around 3.15pm (7lb 1oz) then quiet until 6pm when bites started to come regularly. Three landed (7lb 10oz, 7lb 12oz and 8lb 3oz) and two lost. All to Halibut Pellet/feeder in amongst the streamer weed.
Minnows a pain in the butt, munching their way through the pellets at an alarming rate!
As mentioned in another report if you are staying until dusk take a torch as the path through the woods is step and dark!

4 Barbel

All fish 6-7lb. Good condition. Fished late afternoon into evening and enjoyed a quiet session watching a family of kingfishers in between fishing!

3 Barbel

Better days fishing, slightly overcast following rain the previous night. 4 fish caught and landed weighing between 6 and 9lb. On the downside, met 2 poachers. I have spoken with Seth at WUF on the matter since.

4 Barbel