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Water was chilly and fairly high so the fishing was not easy but managed to catch 3 barbel and a good chub.

River carrying a lot of extra water and pushing hard, so fishing the slacker areas 1 to 2 rod lengths out was the approach for the day. 2 rods landed 3 barbel, all around the 7 pounds mark, plus a chub of about 4 pounds. All fish taken on the standard pellet and feeder approach.

River coloured, and medium paced, G. caught 7 Barbel,
P. caught diddlesquat.

Biggest Barbel 7.5lbs down to 4lbs, all clean fish, no otter or cormerant marks.

Bait consisted of Halibut pellets, boilies, sausage
A beautiful setting, extremly tranquile, will be back.

Rod 1 - 14 Barbel 6-9.5lb
Rod 2 - 13 Barbel 7-10.5lb

We got there early before light. The river was 2metres in flood. We knew it was going to be a challenging day. We stuck it out until dark fell. We were rewarded with some barbel for our efforts. Thank you WUF.

3 rods caught 13 Barbel to 8lb 14oz and 2 Chub, pellet & meat being the successful baits. First time on this stretch thoroughly enjoyed the day. Watch out on this stretch, the Barbel bites were more like taps than grab your rod. Will be back.

RE’s quest for barbel continued……
A beautiful day dawned, blue cloudless sky, light breeze.
Arrived at 8.15am, walked the beat till 9.00am. Beautiful stretch of river but disappointed with the lack of access points along the bank, three in total. Decided to fish the Croy (CH) at the top of the beat and 200m downstream (RE).
Superb start to the day - CH – 3lb Chubb, RE – 4lb 8oz Barbel (Breaking his duck) followed closely by CH’s ‘Biggest Catch of the day’ – 5lb 12oz Barbel all caught on pellet within the first hour.
Disappointingly no further catches to report, but neither of us could complain, just felt privileged to be in this wonderful part of the country enjoying the sunshine and spectacular scenery and not forgetting the company of some magical wildlife, including swans, buzzards, Canada geese, cormorants, mallards, kingfishers, long tail tits and dragonflies to name but a few.
Leaving at 19.00 with a full moon lighting the way, a perfect ending to the day.
As Andy Williams concluded, ’Moon River and Me’.

Nice looking section & the walk was not too bad. Had 5 barbel on meat & corn between 2 rods. All taken at the top end of the section. First field has cattle in at the moment. Had problems parking in lay by, because 2 cars were already there, they were walking.

Had a great day roving. 12 barbel to 9lbs caught on halibut pellet back next year for sure.

We walked the stretch and were a little disappointed that the access to the river on the upstream part of the beat was so poor. We counted a maximum number of swims on the stretch at about 6 (including the croy at the very top).
One rod (Paul) fished above the stream that enters at the top of the first field, and i made a fishing spot on a bit of flatish bank halfway up the first field. Fishing was poor during daylight hours and we had no fish to show for our efforts. Paul moved 150 yards below me and once the light started to fade the fish really started to feed for both of us. Between about 5pm and 7-15pm we both caught some lovely conditioned barbel - smallest 6-0 biggest 8-12 total fish caught to 2 rods was 11 barbel, all caught on pellet. We left having enjoyed our day and both felt that the stretch looked like it might produce a big fish