Feedback & Reports

1 Barbel

Weather and river conditions looked ideal. Started on the lower section of the beat without success. Moved to the wooded section and fished the bottom crib. Majority of fish caught on meat with the Barbel of about 5lb caught on pellet. Mixture of some nice Chub in the 4lb to 5lb bracket and Chublets of varying sizes. The others were Eels, biggest about 1lb 8oz

1 Barbel, 26 Chub, 8 Other

Bank access very difficult over the whole beat i could only access 3 swims 1 of which was already taken which i found disappointing , river was quite low , I caught 7 Eels some of which were over 2 lb not my target but that's fishing , Found the payment side on your website difficult to get processed so had to make a phone booking at a higher cost (NOT IDEAL)

7 Other

4 Chub

Not a venue I will be fishing again

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Ledgered Luncheon Meat
River very high and fast, and heavily coloured.

2 Barbel

Dangerous banks with the wet conditions, there are no proper swims with steps, so you could easily fall in! Also very difficult access by car, we had to push ours up the hill! I wouldn't advise fishing this beat in the wet unless you own a 4x4.
Fishing pellets and boilies for 3 barbel and one chub (slow going for the conditions). Another 6 other anglers fishing the opposite bank on the day made it hard to move! Not the best beat I've fished.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Decent days fishing. Hadn’t realised when booking that is was opposite the Bishopswood day ticket stretch but even with muddy banks and anglers on the far side there were still plenty of places to fish. We managed to get up and down the track and through the field but wouldn’t have wanted to do it without a 4x4. Only bad bit of the day was that we were held on the road down to the fishery for over an hour because the army were doing some sort of training on the road to the YHA and had abandoned their vehicles all over the place blocking our way through entirely.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

4 barbel up to 8lb 13oz. All fell to meat in nearside slacks. Decided to park at the top of the hill, the walk back up the hill laden with gear wasn't too much fun!

4 Barbel