Feedback & Reports

I was expecting a better days fishing than I had, especially with the chub. I started by fishing the first swim next to the woods in the lower field but couldn't muster any interest. Moved into the woods and with the water level at about 1m at Mordiford the only swim that I could just about fish from was the luck stone (I think it's called). The overhanging trees restricted casting but managed a barbel at just shy of 9lb. It was too hard to fish easily so moved to the last swim in the field by the gate and settled there for a few hours. A decent chub of 4-5lb and then a fat 90cm pike which I guessed at 10lb plus on spicy sausage pellett! Maybe it was the pike disturbance but all went quiet after that.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Pike

River fining down nicely and showing 0.82 at Ross gauge .Steady all day with all fish caught on krill pellet and halibut pellet and crumb feeder. Barbel both around 6lb, chub 3 lb. Only fished lucky stones as others in lower field.
Great day, nice colour to the river and good to be back on Fownhope. Been too long since my last visit here. Access easy and plenty of choice and always chances of fish.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Fished the first two swims over the hill. River looked good. L, started well, but found a feeder stealing snag about 20 meters out, and lost a couple of fish.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

River up 2m so only fished lower field . Bright day but managed to get fish throughout the day in the 5 swims that could be fished .

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

3 Barbel, 10 Chub

Long walk - will pack lighter next time!

We were worried in advance that storm Amy would wipe out the day, but in the end conditions were really good. One of us fished the lucky stone all day for three barbel between 4 and 7lbs. Took quite a bit of leading about to find the deeper hole.

The other one fished the first swim downstream of the woods and had a busy day with the chub. Started small but got bigger as the day went on. Probably averaged 3lb but had a couple towards the end of the day that were well over 4lbs. Thought it was going to be a chub only day, but just before I packed up a 3ft twitch resulted in a barbel of about 8lb, making it a good day overall.

4 Barbel, 16 Chub

Lucky stone proved hard going and unusually quiet in the morning. A move to the top of the upstream section produced some quality barbel to 7:13. The stretch on the bottom/last field of the downstream section is a complete waste of time. There is no access to the river whatsoever. It’s a shame as it looks a nice stretch.

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

4 fished, biggest barbel 10lb+

15 Barbel, 15 Chub

Walked over the hill to the top end of the beat. All the chub & 1 barbel on the float with punched meat. 1 barbel to touch ledgered pellet. Both barbel small fish in excellent condition which must bode well for the future of the fishery.

2 Barbel, 11 Chub

Hard fishing today. Caught a barbel on pellet feeder early afternoon or so. Then fished in the woods for a few hours but couldn’t get a bite. Back to the first swim at the bottom of the field for the evening stint, and picked up 2 chub and a nice roach. No barbel though which felt surprising as conditions seemed perfect and had caught the evening before (on a different stretch). Maybe the colder nights have switched them off a little.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other