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Swims on the lower stretch have suffered from the floods and banks very damgerous. River low and clear with no barbel showing, but chub available.

6 Chub

Hard fishing with water clear and relatively low.

2 Chub, 1 Pike

Nice chub 5lb. Wanted to trot the float for them but stretches that looked best to dangerous to wade, or so it looked to me on first trip to this stretch. The ford stream stretch easy to wade, nice gravel bottom, but to fast and shallow for a nice chub. In end resorted to ledger on upper stretches.
Lovely surroundings, and Goodrich Castle within easy view. Woodpecker was very busy most of the morning.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

An originally overcast day became increasingly sunny but with recent bank erosion making access difficult in some areas and water temperature remaining very low, memories of a previous summer visit to this beat were soon fading. Nevertheless, we persevered and after a helpful discussion with Adam, we explored further options. It’s fair to say the first barbel was sliding over the net less than ten minutes after bidding Adam farewell, so thanks Adam.
Only one group of canoes all day, but debris from up-stream tree-cutting caused a degree of disruption and resulted in some losses of terminal tackle for us both.
Met Simon later in the day who timed his presence perfectly to photograph barbel no.2. Thanks for taking the perfect photo Simon.
By the end of the day, we had deceived the following into taking our baits:
CH - 2 Barbel (6lb 6oz, 5lb 8oz) and one small Brown Trout of approx. 8 inches.
BP - One solitary but memorable freshwater mussel.
All were caught on maggot, all were in excellent condition and all were duly returned in good health.
Overall, another enjoyable day in wonderful surroundings. Buzzards overhead, Pheasant and Partridge commonplace, all in the shadow of Goodrich Castle.
To both Adam and Simon, many thanks for taking time out from your clearance work to chat. It was an absolute pleasure to meet you both and to see the Foundation ‘in person’.

1 Trout, 2 Barbel

The River was still in flood and the colour of strong tea! Tried for Barbel & Pike in any slack water we could find but no joy. Lovely stretch and look forward to returning once the River has returned to normal levels. Thanks.

River rose over a metre in 4 hours and was almost over the banks when I packed up. Water temp dropped from 7.5 to 7.2 which I think explained why I blanked !

Beautiful location and good access, river looked in great condtion, level and colour...however, we couldn't buy a bite! Tried everything, didn't even see any fish, just one of those days...never mind, that's fishing! The pheasant shoot near us faired better....we'll be back though!

6 barbel up to 8lbs 5oz and 4 chub up to 5lbs 10oz.

Only 1 bite & 1 chub caught on pellet despite trying several fishey looking swims. River was up & chocolate coloured. On another note I was surprised when 2 other anglers arrived as I was the only one booked on the beat, they claimed to be members of a syndicate & not sure where the beat started, you can draw your own conclusions from that one.

Day 3: Yet more rain over night! The banks were very slippery so just getting in a swim was tricky. A had a chub of about 3lb on pellet and a roach around 1lb.