Feedback & Reports

Not much to say really… desperately need some water in the river!
It was scorching hot today with very little shade on this lovely stretch, so I was happy to have caught 2 chub.

2 Chub

Difficult conditions, river low and clear, blazing sun.
All chub caught trotting meat

15 Chub

Difficult conditions, river low and clear, blazing sum. All fish taken trotting corn or meat. Barbel came in the last half an hour as the light faded

7 Barbel, 14 Chub

Fished from 4pm until 8pm with the river levels and hot weather and with the hindsight of the previous two days fishing felt it was a waste of time fishing through heat of the day,chub first cast then nothing until about 6 then another chub of about 4lb waited until 7-30 for next bite then 3 barbel in successive casts largest around 7lb did not weigh them more interested in returning them in a healthy state.Swimfeeder fished pellet and luncheon meat.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fished the wooded area hoping to find a bit of streamy water and shade from the sun,morning session 6-10 am produced nothing,returned later in the afternoon and a double blank looked likely untill a nice Barbel of 8 lbs 12 oz saved the day at the last moment.Had a look around
Legge meadow with a view to fish there but found most of the swims were getting overgrown .Probably will not book this beat again as its looking a bit neglected and also the opposite bank has better access.

1 Barbel

River still low and neading rain. Started off on beat 2 on the bottom of the rapids but only had one small chub. Moved around the bend at 2.00 too a deep pool nearly opposite the Boatman pub, and by 5.30 had had 1x 4lb barbel and 4 small chub on small pieces of luncheon meat, between us. Canoes ok in morning but busy in afternoon. Had a couple of salmon jumping right out of the water in front of us! Will have another go in the winter as this area looks very pikey!

1 Barbel, 5 Chub

1 Trout

Fished the evening after a warm day. Low water and bank side vegetation a challenge. 1 small trout caught on a PTN.

1 Trout

Bright sunlight and low water made challenging conditions. I couldn't locate a trout and surprisingly there were none in the faster heads of the pools. I did find plenty of grayling feeding with very subtle rises. Most were happy to take a small F fly or black klink. The best in the net was a 19" hen which was probably not far short of 3lb. I lost my footing and took a plunge, but drying out in the warm sun was not too much of an ordeal!

13 Grayling