Feedback & Reports

I fished 2 swims and caught 1 barbel from each; parking is available next to Foy Bridge and this gives you immediate access to the river and the 220 yards of bank either side of the river. The near bank swims have also been made easily accessible with steps down to most pegs and the far bank looks suitable for wading and trotting tactics at summer water levels. A short beat with loads of potential on the right day with the right tactics (locals report catches of 20+ barbel), I don’t think I got the best out of the visit but I will return now I know what to expect and the reduced cost helps.

2 Barbel

River very, very low and clear - 30 Degrees! Lots of canoes out of control and walkers on the Northern Bank. Nice location, needs rain.

1 Chub

River running low with fish taken to float and pellet. Good access to the beat and venue owner was very helpful.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

A short, shallow stretch. We fished the two holes, one central from the right bank above the rock ledge, me 4 barbel, and one on the left bank below the rock ledge, BB 2 barbel.
Because of the full sun on the water we waited until the evening but in the four hours had a really good time and were sorry to pack up as it got dark.
Thanks to DB for the info of where to fish above the tree.

6 Barbel, 5 Chub

Very hot day, river low,clear. Didn't even seen Barbel. I tried far bank under the bridge, 1 Chub there. Close bank to the car park in the middle, 1 Chub. Tried other 2 swims but not even bite. At 10am familly of 5 came and jumped in the river on the far bank under the bridge. Not many canoes. Lost 2 rigs in the snags. Disappointing day for me, but still nice day.

2 Chub

What a lovely stretch of water. When we got to the water the sun was up and it was really hot, fishing was going to be hard for us we thought. We took a look round first before fishing and found that the river was running low. My mate P fished the top end and I decided to fish the very last swim on the beat, road side. I did find it hard to find a swim with a bit of depth in it as the river was running low. The bottom had a few snags in it, large rocks and due to this I lost a bit of tackle. I moved to the middle stretch, to try my hand at a bit of long trotting and ended up with three nice chub of about 4lb. P fished about 100 yards down from the bridge, road side. He had two barbel of about 5 and 7lb with about 9+ chub. All of Paul's fish were caught using the barbel bomb with pellet hook bait. There was not so many snags in P's swim. Considering the weather conditions we didn't do too bad. Parking and access is good. We had a great day many thanks.

2 Barbel, 12 Chub

River was very low and sun was hot, not best conditions.

4 Grayling, 4 Barbel

Lovely day at a lovely location. Fishing probably could have been better but river very low and a hot sunny day. Our own lack of ability also didn't help, however we managed to put 2 Barbel and 3 Chub on the bank using cage feeders and pellets on the hook. Seemed to be a well looked after fishery with good access and plenty of swims to keep me and my Dad happy. We fished a couple of swims on the right bank as you look down stream. Would love to go back when there's a bit more water.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

All caught just below the bridge, far bank after parking.

3 Chub

Saturday 29 June. 4 barbel, 11 chub and a large eel. Barbel to 7lbs but average about 4lbs. Chub average 3lb. River low and clear. Feeder fished pellet and corn. Sunday 30th. 8 barbel to about 7lbs again, 11 chub again averaging around the 3lb mark. Fishing tough between midday and 7pm. Another top weekend at Foy.

12 Barbel, 22 Chub, 1 Other