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A good day and not too hot. Fished the lucky stones in the forest-path ok if your travelling light. Really good chub fishing on both float and feeder using pellets. Barbel are there if you are patient enough with 2 @ 7.5lb caught on barbel bomb dumbells with feeder. Fishing was a bit up and down with slow patches but some great sport!

2 Barbel, 32 Chub

Two fished. All the chub were in the 2 to 3 pound bracket, with the barbel being around 8 pounds. We also caught 3 eels.

The walk through the woods is treacherous, so be careful.

1 Barbel, 18 Chub, 3 Other

12 degree air temp on arrival this morning with a 20.8 degree water temp. Just me today so I had the stones to myself. Started trying to catch a barbel as it was cooler, and committed to this till 1000. 10 chub later I decided on one last cast on my bomb and bag and was rewarded with a 6lb barbel. Gave them a good while in the net before unhooking and again before release. Lots of kicking in the net and swam off strongly. Pushed for another one for half and hour before having 6 chub on the float on meat. Packed up at 1330.

1 Barbel, 16 Chub

Water level very low and hot day but 18 Chub (2 to 4lb) on float

18 Chub

River level low but nice Chub 2-4lb on float

5 Chub

Fished in the woods and decided to fish on the float and not ledger at all. I guessed I would stop fishing early afternoon given the water temperature was rising through the day and had gone above 25 at Holme Lacy Bridge the previous day. I fished for chub and thats what I got. I didn't want to target the barbel in the very hot water conditions. As it happens the water temperature was just slightly under 25 when I packed up at 1pm and by then I was too hot and needed a rest from the constant activity!

38 Chub

30 Chub

Chub only showing at the stones. Fished for 5 hours until dusk no sign of Barbel. Access very difficult through the fields and woods

27 Chub

I only fished for 4 hours so I could get back home for the England game. Fished in the woods on what is now pretty much the only fishable swim in there now. The footpaths from the car park lane across to heart attack hill are well overgrown compared to last year. The gates are also full of weeds and brambles and a real struggle now. The path through the woods was never great but now feels even more eroded. Access will probably stop me going here again for a while at least. Caught 13 chub but not a sign of barbel, 10 ledgering and 3 on the float. It was easier to catch the chub on the float, however the ducks went mad for any feed and attacked my float constantly so gave up.

13 Chub

alongside the chub 3 eels caught - approx 2lb each, caught on sweetcorn!
All chub between 2-3.5lb
River level low and warm.

12 Chub, 3 Other