Feedback & Reports

River looked good, one angler fished the woods, found it very difficult to fish, but managed to land 8 Barbel , all on pellet. The two other anglers fished near the hut. One angler managed a 9lb 2oz Barbel and 5 Chub. Third angler only managed 1 Chub. Not a very productive day, but a joy to be on the river again.

9 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

9 Barbel, 5 Chub

5 Chub

Picked the hottest day of the year to climb the hill and walk to the lucky stones. The heat was overpowering in the afternoon meaning a siesta was taken. Chub were taken during the day but despite trying feeder tactics, trotting and rolling meat the barbel didn't come until the evening when both of us landed one and lost one .Best was 7lb 2oz. One fish lost to a snag and the other to a hook pull at the net. The other was an eel.

2 Barbel, 15 Chub, 1 Other

A productive days fishing in a picturesque location.
On first reconnoitring the beat, the first peg you come to (fishing hut) was clearly the spot for local dogs to enjoy their daily swim in addition to their constitutional walk. It was a little surprising when later the dog owners themselves jumped in! Canoes were launched throughout the day.
We fished the wooded area. Its worth noting that at present, the path at the near end of the wood is impassable. You have to walk to the far end of the wood, then walk back along the bank to get access to the natural swims available. Its a long walk up and down a hill!
Lastly, the 2 clear pegs in the wood were full of fish. But, they were both very snaggy. I don't see any other reports of this. Possibly somethings moved in and lodged there recently.

10 Chub

Arrived early and fished the hut, raining most of the morning, one small chub and an eel on corn, lost several larger fish, two or three salmon were leaping all morning which was great to see, one of which was a substantial fish. Packed up around 11am but returned to the same swim at 6pm, the fish had definitely switched on, 4 very nice chub to 5lb 8oz and a barbel of 6lb on the last cast of the day, several other barbel hooked but lost. All the evening fish taken on meat.

1 Barbel, 5 Chub, 2 Other

A difficult day all in all, bites were extremely slow coming throughout the day.
The Barbel taken fell to Sweet Corn and Double 10mm Halibut, the fish were about the 6-7lb stamp.
All the chub fell to meat and corn. The "other" were 3 Eels of considerable size and one Dace.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub, 4 Other

R L 46 chub 2 barbel. T H 21 chub 2 barbel.

4 Barbel, 67 Chub, 1 Other

Having caught 40 Chub the day before there were still plenty feeding...only a couple of Barbel but they were both good fish in the 6 to 7lb bracket...We left early for the long trek home and catch the last hour of the cricket on the radio which was one of our better moves!!

2 Barbel, 24 Chub

There were anglers fishing on the opposite bank in the area of the fishing hut. We decided therefore to head further downstream and take a look at the pegs in the woods.
These carried a little more pace than those upstream and we decided to settle there.
We fished from early afternoon until around 8pm and had bites steadily throughout this time. There are lots of Chub present and we each had around 25 of these in the 3lb to 5lb bracket. We also caught 8 good sized Barbel which were from around 6lb to 8lb+. All caught on pellet and feeder tactics.
A thoroughly enjoyable session.

8 Barbel, 50 Chub