Feedback & Reports

River Ht .42m Fished the last two pegs at the far end of the beat. Caught 3 Barbel between 6 and 8lb and 3 Chub all between 2 1/2 to 3lb.
Barbel caught on sweetcorn and Chub on halibut pellet. All caught on ledger tatics fished to the nearside swim of the river.
I appreciate the Foundations policy of keeping rivers in a natural state but walked the full stretch of the river and realistically found approx 4 fishable pegs!
I'm not as young as I used to be and high slippery banks with access difficulties can lead to accidents. Even the game lads would have difficulty accessing this beat. A balance does need to prevail between access and enviromental quality.
On the positive great days fishing in fantastic surroundings.

WUF note - This beat was walked by WUF staff on 2nd July and there are 7 accessible swims along it's length with the option for anglers to cut their own wilder swims should they so wish.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

Barbel caught between 5-7lb

4 Barbel, 5 Chub

Only fished the morning. Conditions still a bit bright and sunny with the river carrying a slight bloomy tinge. All good size chub averaging around the 4lb mark. Had 1 barbel 7lb'ish also one barbell lost.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

River low, very little flow so we knew it was gong to be difficult to catch. Had 4 barbel to 7lbs and 3 chub to 4lbs on pellet and sweetcorn at the rocks. Plenty of snags about and lots of tackle lost. Only spot with any flow so stuck it out. Anyone going soon would be advised to take something to prune back some branches of overhanging trees unless expert at casting underarm which I'm not!

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

River in good condition for trout. Hot day.

1 Trout

Well arriving early saw a good few chub feeding at first light 4am, but few barbel. However as the feed went in it drew the barbel up into the swim. Caught plenty of chub between 2-3lbs plus a few at 1lb. Then at 10am the barbel came up into the swim and the activity from then on was none stop. Keep casting out every 10 minutes. Used plenty of pellets plus a good few kg of ground bait. Finished right the day. At 7pm knackered but happy. Thanks to WUF and Don and Rudi for a great day. Looking forward to returning. The end count was 26 barbel between 2-7lbs and 31 chub. Plus one eel.

26 Barbel, 31 Chub, 1 Other

I'm afraid no fish caught. I think water pump on all day did not help, need to invest in hearing aid now! Lovely stretch but not even a bite, still, weather was great thanks.

Steady flow, most barbel on feeder and pellet, many chub on boilie wrapped in paste plus feeder. As usual a good day out on a WUF ticket! We fished the lower end of the beat in the woods!

18 Barbel, 27 Chub

Canoeists spoiled the fishing, shame as the beat was nice place to fish. Many thanks to Don for his help.

2 Chub

Not many swims available to fish on this beat, the croy seems further away each time but a nice day and a friend had his first barbel.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub