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Not a day for fish for me. Really struggled again here. Fish seem to hide away when I turn up! Fished late afternoon through to evening. Not a single take on float or feeder. Chatting to nice guy who also booked, he managed to grab a few decent barbel. This venue is my nemesis without a doubt.

arrived at around 645 and had a walk from the line of trees to the right hand boundary. settled in to a swim and caught a barbel within the first hour which was around 8lbs on pellet feeder.

no further bites here and found it a bit hit or miss with finding clear spots / weed - the water was a dark copper colour so visibility wasnt good for spotting fish / weed / river bed.

tried several swims along the beat and caught only chub thereafter. the bailiff visited and commented that sometimes the fish are there to be caught and sometimes they seem to dissappear. happy to catch one but gutted i didnt have a day with multiple fish

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

River slightly high with lots of loose streamer weed coming down, fishing once again very slow with two barbel caught to DC, cage feeders and 8 mm pellets used by both anglers.
Some very large branches were coming down river all day causing some tackle to be lost

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

A very hot day, but the fishing was steady. The largest fish was a shade under 8lb and the others all over 5lb. All caught on small pellets.
Last fish of the day was an eel.
Fished the lower part of the beat in the deep channel.

9 Barbel, 1 Other

Two of us fished using cage feeders with 8mm banded fish meal pellets on the hook, very slow with just one barbel between us.
River slightly above normal also with what looked like some algae bloom

1 Barbel

Normal feeder tactics, 1 rod fished 4 swims catching a nice 9lb barbel.

9 Barbel, 10 Chub

Started just after lunchtime in the blazing sunshine but we managed to catch using steady tactics with light feeding.
No prolific feeding spell, just picking fish off here and there.
Lots of wildlife, a barking deer in the wood behind us, 65 Canada geese in front, Kingfishers and buzzard active, baby swans learning the ropes. One of my favourite beats and remains so. Best fish was 3oz short of a celebration.

14 Barbel, 3 Chub

David my fishing partner ( trout fly angler) caught his first ever barbel which was brilliant!
we ended up with 4 between us up to 7lbs

4 Barbel

3 Chub

very tough day only 1 chub and one eel

2 Other