Feedback & Reports

Good river conditions but fresh rain needed to liven the water up. All fish taken on pellet, we fished from noon til 21.00 so all in all more fish would have a bonus but a good day. A lovely stretch of water with fabulous wildlife, a large Grass Snake swam right past me!

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Back on the same beat I have caught 60 fish in 4 sessions this year. The conditions were low and clear so not ideal for static bait fishing but I caught some fantastic chub on rolling meat and a blob of plasticine as a weight. I did lose to very big barbel on my feeder rigs to the snags (where they hide in these low water conditions).
Another great day on this stretch and building a picture now of what works when....I will be back.

The river was quite low and clear. We were new to this beat so probably did not take best advantage of the conditions. We fished the upper stretch first, wading out to the pebble bar and then beyond into mid-stream (the water was not much more than knee high). This produced one very well-conditioned 3lb chub to me on trotted meat. Wading back through the bankside mud proved treacherous! We then moved to the lower part of the beat, carefully avoiding the bull with his harem of ladies. First cast for both of us produced a small barbel. I then experienced a number of unproductive sharp tugs and eventually a 2lb eel (miraculously lightly hooked in the V of the jaw), whilst my fishing partner got a few chub up to 4.5 lb. After 3 pm it went dead and the swims produced only a further 5lb chub to me at 6 pm. This is a pleasant fishery that we would fish again, but preferably with a bit more water. Be prepared for quite a hike along the riverbank if you want to explore the entire beat.

2 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

6 Trout

Very windy. 3 rainbows, 1 smaller brown. Site suffers from the litter left behind by bait fishermen and illegal campers.

4 Trout

Rather low water conditions, fished on the bottom with a swim feeder

2 Barbel, 10 Chub

First visit to this stretch.Easily accessible and great views across the river. Water was a little low and clear but we had fish throughout the day on feeder and pellets and rolling meat.Lots of small Barbel here which is great to see for the future of the river but could not land one over 2 Lbs or so. some very good chub with a large amount of the total caught around the 4 Lb mark or more.
great days fishing enjoyed every minute and would love to try this spot again when there is a little more water running.

16 Barbel, 34 Chub

No Salmon caught, some fish seen.

1 Salmon

Arrived at the Creel, parked in the Church Yard and walked the beat, very disappointed that the caravan site has taken over the last field and lots of people fishing the river.
Not like last year and decided to fish elsewhere for the 2 days we were booked on the Creel. I understand the farmer wants to make money of course but being selfish it has put a damper on this beat now.