Feedback & Reports

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

No fish today, but next time will be better.
Spinning and worms.

Caught Three Brown Trout On The Upper Beats, Lost Three Too. Lots Of Activities Up There.

Lower Beat Only Caught One Brown Trout, Also Saw A Medium Size Brown Trout Leap Out Of The Water And On Last Pool I Spent Half Watching Small Trout Surfaces, Had A Fantastic Day.

4 Trout

Access down to the river was terrible, the pathway was totally overgrown and, had I not fished this beat many times before, I would not have even known that the pathway continued. I love wild fishing and far prefer the natural arena of a river, but, having paid £60+ for our tickets I do feel some maintenance should take place. The pathway near the river is very rocky and we couldn't see where we were putting our feet, it would have been very easy to have slipped and fallen. I'm not asking for anything that detracts from the natural feel of the place, but a bit of strimmer work to allow a clear path to the river to be seen seems a fair thing to ask for the cost of the ticket.

My son and I managed to get down into the river to wade to the best looking spot. The river was clear and very shallow, the sky was clear and sunny all day. We started on feeder and had a few knocks but nothing positive. After multiple casts resulted in snags and lost tackle we decided to change tactics and fished float instead.

This resulted in 6 chub to around 3lb on pellet, meat and bread, with a few lost fish too.

We really enjoyed the day, my son fished with great focus and determination and I'm glad a change of tactics resulted in some good fish. I'd love him to catch his first barbel though so we will return as I've done so well here in the past.

River level according to Gov.uk at Lydbrook was dropping from 1.01m to 1.00m through the day.

6 Chub

No fishing, water temp still high and levels fallen dramatically this week

Sadly caught no fish today

One trout on CDC fly
Grayling on Midge
Second trout on attractor
Sunny and hot most of the day.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Caught and released 3 perch on worms.

3 Other

Low water and very spooky fish so needed a bit of riffle to find the fish. Struggled to get them to look up so most on small s20 nymphs

13 Trout

No trout caught - fishing with various spinners, spoons, crank baits and dry flies but it seemed the fish weren't very active after the hot weather.