Feedback & Reports

We are very impressed with this beat. It covers a long length with many easily accessible fishing spots. We only had time to try those nearest the car with some success. We walked to the far upper end of the beat and here there are some great looking places with deep smooth water which will be worth a try next time.
The pump was on for a short time but we moved further away to avoid it. There is no longer a second field to park in if cows are in the field. The fence has gone so we parked back at the last gateway - only a short walk to the water.
If you fish from the beach to the overhanging willow don't cast too close to the far bank as there are some nasty snags.
Otherwise a great beat, easily room for 4 anglers who will be spoilt for choice of swims.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

4 chub on bread flake.

4 Chub

Dead bait. River looked perfect but the Pike did not want to play.

1 Pike

1 Barbel 6lb. 4oz. to pellet. 1 Chub on meat. Both fish
fighting fit although barbel a little "Tatty" lower part of tail. Conditions seemed good and quite stunning surroundings but a tough day's fishing. Not sure if this was due to fish numbers or lack of local knowledge as this was our first visit to this stretch of the river. Plenty of bird life to observe and enjoy including, unfortunately, one Cormorant travelling upstream in the morning and seven downstream in the late afternoon.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Arrived early morning to a wet drizzly day. Never fished the area before so had no knowledge of the water. Hard going all day. Managed 2 small Chub and 1 Barbel. Very enjoyable scenery. The area was lovely where we were. We will definitely return in the future. Unfortunately on the footpath back to the car I lost the quiver-tip from my feeder rod. If anyone comes across it perhaps they would be kind enough to email me. lorrainehornsby@hotmail.co.uk

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

What a great session in damp cold conditions. 4 barbel to 12lbs 4oz and another at 10lbs 6oz. Had to move to find the fish. Largest barbel I have guided on the river.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

A grey and overcast day with a slow start but things improved from mid morning with three 2lb rainbows caught on small spinners. A dry and relaxing day to end the season.

Three perch.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub, 3 Other

Nice warm day, sunny start around 10am. Started bottom on the swim, road side trotting bronze maggot. Waded out behind tree, water surprisingly strong! Loose fed 10 or so maggots every run down. After one and a half hours and 4 lots of hook links gone for nowt, I put the straight lead down the end of the faster water and lost a further 3 rigs. Time to move. Over the bridge, down in front of the two trees, feeder on stuck with the maggots to use them up. Whoopy! 2lbs chub first chuck, (poor fish had been got at by a cormorant or some other predator) cloud cover happened so anticipation heightened.....this is when I started encountering willow suckers and small branches continuously pushing through my swim. This cost me 4 sets of feeders!! Debris pulling the line under rocks or into bigger snags(?) etc. Getting low on kit, I moved back to the bridge to try to avoid the debris - nope... 3 more losses of end kit did it for me and off home by 4pm to be honest not one of my better days, looked fine but hard to understand where any fish would hold in that sort of flow and constant debris?

1 Chub

Warm and sunny start, so decided to try dry fly for one last time. Landed 3 grayling, 2 at 8" and one at 12", but missed loads, either completely or hook and instant release! On a grey duster. Did not solve the problem before thick cloud and a cold downstream wind put the fish down. Carried on but only caught one trout - on a pink sparkly shrimp in a grayling type glide! Instructed him on proper trout behaviour before putting him back...

1 Trout, 3 Grayling