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river in good condition but the banks were very slippery after the floods. I had the majority of fish on maggot feeder best chub on a paste wrapped dumb bell at 4 lb 12 oz . all other chub from 2 lb to 3 lb 8 oz 2 Barbel both about 7 lb. 9 chub and 2 barbel for me ,my friend John had 6 chub to 4 lb 10 oz and 2 barbel best at 8 lb 4 oz all caught on paste wrapped boilie.
good day for us both.

4 Barbel, 15 Chub

Hard day.River very high and fast. Keeping bottom difficult resulting in a check book and pen!

River very high and coloured. A few knocks but that was about it. First time I’ve blanked on this beat. I’ll be back again hopefully in better conditions!

A hard day on a high but dropping river, fished the swim near the bottom with the big slack, 2 bites & 2 Chub, water didn't feel that cold to the touch so thought the Barbel would be about buy not to be on this occasion

2 Chub

River high, coloured and rising above 3.5 on the Ross gauge but temperature pretty mild and water temps felt ok so we were confident of a few bites
between us. Managed 5 all from the top end including a double at exactly 10lb and a 9lb 11oz.

5 Barbel

Terribly disappointing today. Had high hopes and having just been ill for over a week missing most of the recent warm snap I was raring to go. One chub on my second cast. After that a couple of clangs but no proper bites. Fished the last swim opposite the castle. Wetted pellet wrapped around a lead, boilie or meat on the hair.

1 Chub

An interesting day, water very high but 10 degrees c.....no chub this time.

8 Barbel

The river was up and coloured as expected but between the 3 of us managed some good sport mainly from the bottom end.
Very friendly and helpful gamekeeper/bailiff.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that there is now parking at the lower end of the beat but you are better off reversing down the track (or reversing back up it) during the winter months as turning your car around can pose a problem - I speak from experience and have a 4x4. Thanks for the push everyone!

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

River at 2.6 at Ross, higher than I've fished MHC before, but with a morning temp of 13.5 degrees making it feel more like September than Februrary, I was hopeful. JC was on the bottom field straight so I dropped into the bottom slack that has held chub recently and odd barbel. Apart from pulling out of something first bung I only had knocks and taps not amounting to anything fir the next 3 hours on both gb and maggot feeders. As it's the best looking swim in these conditions I gave it 10 more minutes chucking the maggot feeder down the end of the slack. Two 7lb barbel in 2 bungs followed by a 3lber half hour later made it a brill day already. I fancied a go at the top swim so moved after a chat with JC who'd had a small barbel and 2 chub from slacks further up on meat. One bite was all from the top swim but JC had a 7 and an 8 from the slack to make it 3 - 3 on barbel and a really satisfying day where the promised rain didn't amount to much.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

No fish caught...tried several pegs but no bites or indicators. Tried many different baits also. River was running very high with a lot of debris coming down the river. That said I had a very enjoyable day in beautiful surroundings..