Feedback & Reports

Fished from first light until 10ish. River very low. All fish caught before 9.00am. Touch ledger pellets, corn and spam all did the trick. Enjoyed this beat.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

River levels were low and fish taken to pellet on the feeder.

12 Barbel, 5 Chub

I love this beat. It is very beautiful, with fabulous pools and trenches for salmon to hide in. A pity then there are next to no fish, not even trout. Even taking my ineptness into account, when wading, you would disturb fish if they were there. I did not. I have caught poachers before now, and there was evidence of them again - empty beer bottles, rubbish etc. Then there were bathers! Yes, 24 people I counted, swimming, sun bathing and even one group going up the river in a rubber duck dingy.

Fantastic evening fishing. Trout came on for that magic 2 hours, 8pm to 10pm. caught on black klinks, deer hair emergers & pheasant tails. Couple of good fish at 12-14inches, most at 10inches or smaller.

10 Trout

Fished all day below the Orchard. Air really cold until the sun got up then it got too hot and bright. A few bites and one chub until the sun was up then nothing, bites dried up completely. Could see massive chub against far bank but couldn't temp them.
Willow tree split and fell into field early that morning which meant the the cattle were crowded around BB's swim until all the leaves were cleared off. A surprisingly disappointing day from a stretch we thought would fish well in bright sunshine as it has the deeper swims! Better luck next year.

1 Chub

Another hot sunny day on a low river. Based upon our last 2 days we didn't expect much, but 3 out of the 4 of us had some barbel. We needed to use fine lines and small hooks but despite losing the odd fish had some good sport.

21 Barbel, 1 Chub

Water very low and clear and temperatures scorching. Still managed to find some fish in the middle of the river on groundbait feeder and pellet. Best fish just short of 10lb but average very good about 7-8lb. Boats very much a problem but some good sights!!!

8 Barbel, 1 Chub

Both fish returned

2 Trout

A very long walk on a hot day, not many swims until the end of the beat, fished near the Pumping Station, 3 chub early before leaving at lunch time nice beat.

3 Chub