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Arrived to a very warm overcast day, directions spot on, loved the kamakazee pheasants down the lane enroute to the river. Nice cut out swims on really nice stretch of river. Ended the day with 10 barbel and 3 lost, 7.5lb to 8.5lb and 3 chub to 2.5lb all on pellet. If it wasn't for the weed coming down and bending the rod double every 2 minuntes I'm sure we could have doubled our catch quite easily.

Apart from that we had a brilliant days fishing on a lovely stretch of river and the fish were stunning, worth the drive a hundred times over. Also, a big thanks to local lad Joe for some good tips. Can't wait to return.

First time on this stretch and thoroughly enjoyable it was too. Level dropping after previous day's flush, colour still reminiscent of wife's gravy and a bit of weed coming through. Found a fish or two here and there and, sticking to the near bank, finished with 4 barbel landed, a chunky one lost, one chub and a gudgeon.

Like the cut-out swims and steps - very posh! Bailiff visited and offered useful (but unproductive on the day) advice.

A small criticism but no mention in the instructions of the vast numbers of kamikaze pheasants playing chicken (or whatever they call it) in the lane. Reminded me of Pamplona where my car is the bull.

Saw a huge bird of prey high in a tree above me. Just looked black in silouhette but bloke opposite with a better angle and binoculars reckoned it was an osprey.

Our visit coincided with the first major influx of water for a while which brought the level up my over 1.3m. This in itself was not a problem but the amount of weed and debris coming down was. It made fishing very difficult but we persevered and by fishing just of the rod tip managed a number of nice barbel from the obvious swims.

Plenty of variety on this beat - from stepped and comfortable swims to overgrown and not so comfortable swims. Chub spotted but not fished for at the top end. We caught barbel from the middle section and even had the pleasure of hand feeding them just inches from the bank. I would think the lower swims could fish well in a flood, but in those conditions I wouldn't want to hook one of the huge carp spotted on this day!