Feedback & Reports

A bit slow during the day apart from a cracking 5lb chub from the field below the wood. Things woke up in the last hour in the top field. Other was an eel.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Other

Others were 2 eels

1 Barbel, 2 Other

Again, an overcast day (temp circa 18 degrees) with on and off rain through the session, but on a rising river due to the overnight rain (river level 0.51m @ the Mordiford station as of 11:15am 27/07/20). Fished 4hr session from 1pm - 5pm.

Fished The Lucky Stones peg, some treacherous walk that, catching from the first cast. Caught 9 fish within the first hour. Fished 50g closed swimfeeder, packed with 4mm pellets, and a banded 10mm pellet on the hook. Started filling the feeder during the session with hemp and 4mm pellets, which may have been a mistake, started catching more chub in lieu of the barbel. Lost 2 barbel to hook pulls.

Points of note:- the path through and to the woods is hilly, the path when wet is treacherously slippery, getting down to the pegs is difficult when wet, and so taking a rope with you is advised.

Tight lines all.

10 Barbel, 8 Chub

Only fished half a day

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

8 Barbel 10 or so chub. Lucky stone again. Noticeably less chub, which gave the barbel a chance. Had some lovely fish one pushing 10lb.
Fish came steadily during the day. All but one of barbel on feeder with ground bait and double 8mm pellet. other on trotted meat. They were quite cute and didn’t want big baits. Had to fish lighter than I would have liked in order to get bites. Canoeists back in force which I think effected such a shallow swim. River gin clear and low.

8 Barbel, 10 Chub

A few weeks off 70 and the "Fownhope yomp" dosen't get any easier!!.Arrived to find the river was low but with overcast skies expectations were reasonable. Very slow through the day, just three Chub between us although one was a fine five pounder. The rest of the fish came in two bursts from 17:00hrs. to 21:30hrs. The Chub 3 to 5 lbs., the Barbel four in the 4 to 6 lbs. bracket and one beauty of 9lb. 13oz. , a new pb for the "Silver Fox". Chub to legered meat and trotted bread flake, all the Barbel and the 5lb. Chub to legered pellet.

5 Barbel, 17 Chub

This was the first time that we had fished this stretch and despite having high hopes and an early 7am start the fishing was extremely tough going. I had read about the 'Lucky Stone' and having travelled with too much gear it was really not an option for us this time. We settled in to the swim directly next to the Fishing Hut. The river was very low, coloured and not looking like ideal conditions.
The 2 small Chub were caught with feeder tactics and a mix of corn and pellets and thats about as good as it was ever going to get with continued dog owners allowing their dogs to jump in to the river and a steady stream of noisy canoeists bumping along the bottom.
We will be back though to try the other, more prolific swims but will try and plan a time when there is a bit more water and less activity!

2 Chub

6 decent chub, all over 4lb and 1 barbel of about 5lb. River very low, without much flow. Moved twice to find fish, most of which were caught during the evening on the last peg in the first field below the wood.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

Day 3 of 3. Even better than Day 2 at Strangford! Beautiful day, mainly overcast with a light breeze. River the lowest we've known (0.49m on Mordiford gauge). Fished the lucky stone swim and with the very low water it was much more comfortable than on some occasions. We could even fish from the flat river bed just above the main part of the swim and attack the favoured spot from above. This swim tends to fish well all day and so it was today with a couple of barbel early on and then a load of chub queueing up to take the pellets. The day was rounded off nicely with 6 barbel from 4pm til 6pm when we had to leave. The highlights were a 9 pound freshwater submarine (new PB) and his slightly smaller brother at 8 and a half. Fownhope delivers again!
Many many thanks to WUF - you guys do a wonderful job for us mad anglers. And thanks also to the owners.

8 Barbel, 11 Chub