Feedback & Reports

All happened in the last 90 minutes or so as others have reported. Floating weed caused some problems even with the rod tips low but a 7lb 12oz barbel at the death made it all worth while.

1 Barbel, 9 Chub

River still falling and a bright, very warm day. A lot of floating weed made bottom fishing difficult. Four anglers on the opposite bank caught only three barbel between them. OK, there's the excuses, but basically I failed to master the prevailing conditions! In addition to the one barbel caught, I lost two, one owing to a severed hooklink, the other due to incompetence. Not my best day.

1 Barbel

Two barbel around 8 1/2Ib. Smaller one of 7lb. A number of good chub, largest was around 4lb.

3 Barbel, 8 Chub

Very high river, difficult fishing nothing to report.

A great day’s fishing. The river, whilst still low, had a nice colour and looked in good condition. Several barbel caught during the day and came alive in the last 90 minutes. Most enjoyable, thank you!

12 Barbel, 1 Chub, 3 Other

Another very hot day with record temperatures forecast. We decided to fish for four hours after sunrise without any success. We returned in early evening to find the river still very low with high water temperature. More successful this time with three barbel each. Floating weed still a big problem but we overcame this by having the rod tips low at water level.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Another tough day on this beat. The water temperature had gone up to 20c and rising. The barbel were not interested in feeding during the day. Then, just as the last 90 minutes into dusk started, rafts of weed came down even in close and made keeping a line out for longer than 5 minutes was impossible. Just one barbel last knockings.

1 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

The river was still very low and the colour was slightly less brown although far from being clear. Very pleasant temperature for fishing. Floating streamer weed still a nuisance. The barbel were seemingly not interested in feeding during the day and all fish bar one were caught in the last couple of hours .

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

We were hoping that heavy rain the day before might have raised the river level and got rid of the algae bloom. Sadly the river was very low and still coloured brown. Lots of floating streamer weed which was a nuisance. Nearly all fish caught in the last two hours.

7 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

All fish caught on pellets using feeder or pva bags biggest barbel 7lb 3oz. Fished from 2pm till dark canoe traffic was not too bad but banks were slippery after the rain we had so take care.

6 Barbel, 5 Chub