Feedback & Reports

Lovely beat....all fish on feeder & pellets/meat.Special thanks to the two anglers from Essex/Suffolk who helped us when our car got stuck on the hill...v much appreciated...????????????

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

32” hen slightly coloured at 4pm. River had about 3’ visibility but held steady all day despite the spate from Wednesday rain in the upper river.

Saw a few coloured residents show on the flat above but didn’t see any fish show in Cadora where it took a small Willy gun tube in the riffle of the submerged rock in Cadora stream.

Access to fishery and water very tricky -overgrown as one might expect at the time of year and little if no evidence of being fished for sometime if at all since the spring.

I made a mistake of driving all the way to the hut despite the warning not to do so unless very dry - usually do not have a problem in any conditions in my 4WD pick up truck. However the track runs very close to the river and had a few hairy moments when it started snaking towards it …having got a 1/4 of the way and realised I’d made a mistake had passed the point of no return and had to carry on to the turning point passed the hut.

But without a vehicle it would be a long 1/mile walk to the end of the beat where you stand the best chance.

1 Salmon

Lovely stretch of river with good convenient parking at church carpark and access to river along a farm track. Access to swims is quite steep but there were several available to us allowing comfortable fishing. All fish came to various pellet on lead or feeder tactics. River came up slightly while we were there and flow increased necessitating a change to heavier leads/feeders later in the day.

5 Barbel, 12 Chub

Weather overcast and banks muddy and slippery - note no rope access in place. On a bad day an unfit / infirm person could get stuck at the bottom of the bank!! I slipped over at least three times!

Water was slowly on the rise through the day.

Bites were hard to come by today with surprisingly few chub, though managed barbel of just under six and just over seven. Three chub to 3lb also caught. Boilie and meat with GB feeder on the day. This is a lovely beat from the croy at the far end back. Near end water is slower paced and generally appeared deeper.

The walk back up the hill matches Fownhope 5!!

Would fish again, whether on bottom or trotting.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Again three anglers fished this beat, but the heavy overnight rain and cooler air temperature seemed to put the fish off from feeding.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

7 Barbel, 10 Chub

No fish. No bites. We are sure a discharge from a farm didn’t help the days fishing. Reported and did get a refund from the fishery manager which much appreciated.

2 fishing very bad weather banks were treacherous

2 Barbel, 4 Chub, 3 Other

Great days long trotting on a very accessible beat, three Chub over 4lb, and two nice dace caught on sweet corn, only downsides were being dogged by an Otter for much of the day and a very dangerous access on to the road

7 Chub, 2 Other

1 barbel just over 7lb on halibut pellet. Access to the fishery is via a narrow road leading to a narrower track. The final decent down a very steep hill through a field to the riverbank would be very difficult in anything other than a 4wd vehicle. Driving out again after any rain would be impossible in anything but 4wd. Banks are steep here too but it is a nice stretch of the river. The walk back up the hill carrying gear is a tightner.

1 Barbel