Feedback & Reports

As perfect a day fishing as I can remember. I went to the river twice today and caught consistently on a very small gold-beaded nymph under a klinkhammer. The river was nice and full with the colour fining out as the day went on. I also caught on a nymph set-up through the deeper pools and finished the day - still cool but brighter - catching some on a dry. At least three fish comfortably nudged the pound mark (maybe a touch more in a couple of cases). A beautiful day.

20 Trout

Firstly river was up by 2 foot and pushing through with trees and branches Amazon style. Packed up to return in evening. Put out a feeder rod. 15 min later PB Barbel of around 7lb on double krill dumbbell. River level looked to be lowering ready for the morning. Parked car ar top and walked down. At least 2 vehicles got stuck on the track of doom.

1 Barbel

Had a lovely afternoon on this beautiful beat. One good Brown Trout of approximately a pound in weight caught and returned. Caught using a small brown, coachman classic. Some areas were extremely slippery under foot due to the brown algae/sediment covering the bottom, so wade with caution. Saw a Kingfisher.

1 Trout

Lovely stretch well looked after. Caught barbel second cast then slow until 3 then steadily picked up 5 more. Chub all in afternoon.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

Have been fishing this beat for the last 4 years and have never drawn a blank before. Tried everything without a single bite, very strange. Conditions good, river had a good colour and levels reducing.

Both caught to pellet via a feeder.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

14mm Halibut/Meat
Only 4nr accessible swims to fish on the entire stretch which is a poor return for £27.50 when there were 3nr people booked in. I will not use this beat again.

Sometimes it all comes together. The river was up and a perfect colour; it rose 6 inches during the day. There were no canoes (4) and the fish were feeding. I was expecting to be inundated with Chub as that seemed to be the trend elsewhere, but only one today. All the Barbel were pristine, all below 7lb with the smallest at 3lb. All scrapped wonderfully and all returned quickly.

12 Barbel, 1 Chub

First visit to this beat and it's a cracker. Fished the upper section and there were about 5 very decent swims that had been well strimmed (thank you to the owner). Had 5 barbel - a 5, a 6, a 7, an 8 and a 9.5 (new PB). Plus a 4lb chub. All on either meat or pellet behind the feeder. Superb.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

10 Chub