Feedback & Reports

It’s been 4 years since my last visit to this beat , it should’ve been sooner , I forgot how great this place is ! With great parking and a stunning backdrop! Luckily we had the entire beat to ourselves so we tried to fish as much as possible, an early chub and barbel got us excited , and a cracking perch took our pellet , that’s a first for me !
Feeder fishing proved quite slow throughout the day , so switched to trotting which brought us a flurry of specimen chub , fantastic!
2 late barbel put the icing on the cake for what was a brilliant days fishing .

3 Barbel, 7 Chub, 1 Other

2 Barbel, 42 Chub

Spent an hour trotting maggot whilst resting swim.

Fishing Passport Note : This beat has a dispensation for the use of maggot (outside of 15th September and 14th March).

2 Barbel, 20 Other

Overcast day, slightly breezy, water cool for August after some rain in the last few days. Plenty of water. Just the most occasional fly coming off the water and almost no fish seen on the surface all day.

3 trout to hand, at least 3 more on and off, plus some other nice takes. All on weighted pheasant tail variants fished across and down or (on my very first outing with my new Euro nymph kit!) Euro nymphing!

Always interesting to see how the river has changed from season to season. The bottom end feels as fishy as ever all the way up - although there looked to be an otter / mink at the top of the "island' (too far away to see properly). Two fish from there in the morning. The bank is much eroded next to the field though, and there aren't as many ways down as there used to be!

Top end was full of fish with one landed and lots of is on and off, especially half way down the top run and then into the pool / bay by the outfall.

There middle of the beat is much changed with the appearance of a new pool (or certainly to my memory it seems new this season!). That looked fishy but despite a good take we had none landed there.

We noted the gate to the upstream car park couldn't be opened with the normal combination - perhaps just us?

3 Trout

Conditions seemed good for the time of year but no fish showing. Hooked up with a few fish on heavy nymphs in the faster water and got 2 to the net which were returned in good condition.

2 Trout

Sat on a feeder and picked up a 5lb barbel and several chub between 1-2lb nice bit of river

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

3 Barbel, 50 Chub

Lovely beat, 2 barbel

2 Barbel

Fished by the old oak. Had 2 commons from the shallow bay reeds both 12 pounders. And a bream 4lbs from open water
Lovely peaceful day watching the kites,kingfishers and buzzards but fishing was pretty slow going no bites until late afternoon.....
Will be back !

3 Other

1 Barbel, 1 Chub