Feedback & Reports

Very last minute booking for me as i had a spare day to take from work and the weather was looking good, so i thought..
This was a new beat to me, the beat i wanted was booked up and chose this one as it had been very prolific over the season.
As usual i chose the wrong bank (Mordiford side) although the river was done 2-3ft the usual fishing spots were still underwater, so pegs were very few and far between, anyways i found one eventually, the river was looking good although it was very pacy i did manage to find a few slacks, but unfortunately not a bite, with skys opening up from cloudy to bright sun shine i decided to pack in early and spent the rest of the day exploring the beat on the opposite site (which looked a lot more Barbel'y) ready for next year.
Thanks to the WUF and the land owners for giving us great access to a great river and all the nature that comes with it.
I'll be back next year.
1st blank of the season.

12 grayling, nothing more than 1/2 lb and 1trout. Trotting with maggots on a Centre pin and stick float. Nice conditions. Nice height and very little wind.

1 Trout, 12 Grayling

First time on the beat trotting for grayling. Lots of tempting runs but struggled to find the fish. Could do with some local knowledge but lovely place to fish. Just one tiny grayling and 2 lost fish which spat the hook but they felt like trout so wouldn’t have counted anyway. Looking forward to my next session to see if I can do any better.

1 Grayling

2 Trout, 24 Chub

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

2 chub to 4.7lb.
-4 when I got there at 7 not a good start.

2 Chub

First time on this stretch and started in top pegs by parking but nothing showing apart from a grayling and odd chub. Walked to bottom field and chub were feeding despite the frosty day. Caught on mixture of pellet meat and corn.

1 Grayling, 24 Chub

Used pellet and cage feeder
River in flood

4 Chub

Blanked

10 x grayling 6-14 inches plus 2 x out of season trout. River high but clear. Slow work totting slack water on the inside of a bend. One of the trout had just eaten a salmon parr which it coughed out into the net. .

10 Grayling