Feedback & Reports

after several 9lb fish this year it was great to finally get a double -10lb 6. i was happily picking off chub trotting a small lump of meat along crease line in the swims in the woods when i hit the barbel right and the end of the run. with a size 14 hook and 5lb hook length it took me a while to coax it to the net. feeder was hard work with all the debris coming down and too much pace on the water to fish up by the lucky stone.

1 Barbel, 15 Chub

3 Chub, 1 Other

Tough going again today with lots of debris forcing us to fish the near bank. Fallen tree at the bottom of the field past the forest has closed one swim - would be good if it can be removed. One good barbel though to make it a great day - despite the rain at pack up time! Barbel was 9lb 5oz.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Usually a prolific stretch for us but an influx of cold water made it challenging. All fish caught other side of woods in pellet tactics

2 Barbel, 14 Chub

Didn't have a single bite despite trying a couple of swims. Left earlier than normal.

Water very low. Rain made the banks very treacherous. We fished to mid day with no action.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

4 barbel.
10lb.
9lb.
6lb.
4lb.
Happy days.

4 Barbel

We decided to fish the downstream end of the beat which meant a fair walk with a steady incline up and round the top of the wood and down a steep finish to the river ( which therefore was a fair push up hill on the way back, travel light!).

Having walked the first field and also into the wood to find the Lucky Stone swim (which is the only swim we could find in the wood) we decided to settle into the first two swims before the wood. My swim (the second one ) could have been enhanced and opened up with a bit of maintenance to remove a small tree that had grown out into the river.

Bites were at a premium and only 2 chub were caught coming in a short spell in early afternoon, both to meat.

2 Chub

We caught 7 Barbel to 8lb 8oz & 6 Chub.

7 Barbel, 6 Chub