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River was low and clear and a very bright sunny day made fishing difficult. Both fish caught on pellets.

2 Barbel

As other posts have stated the far bank is lined with angers from Birmingham AA and while we understand WUF cannot guarantee exclusivity it does get frustrating having paid double the going rate to find a large proportion of the opposite bank full, even midweek.
A man walking his dog told us that the landowner of the opposite bank was not too happy with the opposite bank being very busy with some anglers fishing into darkness.
Moan over.
Similar weather to the previous 2 days did not help the fishing and the 3 of us struggled aside from the 4 fish in total we caught. Picturesque the venue maybe but the change of use of the far bank will ensure we will not be booking this length again.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Weather was bright and sunny all day with river running clear and quite slow so adopted the trotting and light feeder tactics. No surface weed or debris although there is light subsurface weed running through but it didn't detract. Looking towards the Island Pool where the river widens it looked really impressive, it will stop you in your tracks, and a fantastic area to fish. Unfortunately not a lot of swim access to that part so we fished the Mill Pool and towards the Pump Pool area as the swims were well set out.
Didn't have time to fish the upper stretch as only there two days. This beat really does leave you spoilt for choice and does cater for the wandering approach. Biggest barbel to 8lbs and nice perch to 1 1/2lb. All fish caught on maggot. Awesome venue which has left a lasting impression. Plenty of buzzard action and even what looked like a mink . Thanks WUF.

1 Trout, 7 Barbel, 4 Chub, 4 Other

High pressure in charge this day - river quite low-but ideal for dry fly activity. Fished for five hours from 11am. Only one 10 inch trout came to hand but managed to rise but not land two better fish. Good head of pin fry evident.

1 Trout

Cold bright day ... one on a nymph klink and dink and one on a sedge

2 Trout

A good flow but water very clear and bright sunshine.
Two Grayling at the bottom 14 and 10 inches on Copper head nymph. Three Trout at the top end the biggest around 10 inches on ptn.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

Water level low, cold overnight, misty morning which gave way to bright sunshine-not ideal fishing conditions! Nevertheless, a very enjoyable day in beautiful surroundings with 1 barbel of just under 1lb and 4 between 5.12 and 7.8 landed (on pellet-all in great condition) and one lost when the hook pulled out. Around 20 dace on float.

5 Barbel, 20 Other

My last day this season so second beat of the day. Water was low but still slightly coloured. Caught in the runs into the deeper pools on weighted nymphs.

9 Trout

12.15 5lb (weighed )male fish on Collie Dog. Pool was Dog Holes. Trout of 1.5lb also on Collie Dog.

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

Dawn start with cold overnight temps down to 2c driving to the venue this morning. Cold, clear skies and bright sunshine. Groundbait and pellet feeders to start and first drop I had the rod tip bending round after 10minutes. A strong fight with no quarter given had a fantastic condition chub taking the scales round to 4lb 15oz. The barbel caught yesterday was returned unweighed but looked around 4lb. Not bites for the rest of the morning when we left at 12.

1 Chub