Feedback & Reports

A great day on a high river, I had 4 barbel in 1 of the usual swims on the beat & managed to find some slacker water in
an area not fished before, it produced another 8 barbel, biggest 9lb 14oz.

12 Barbel, 1 Chub

High water conditions but barbel were feeding through out the length of the beat, mainly caught close in on feeder tactics.

19 Barbel

Tough day with the river very high again . Still managed a 6lb barbel in the margins fell to halibut pellet

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fished in field near woods gate I had15 barbel my mate had7 and again no vermin????????river rising

22 Barbel

Found the banks difficult to navigate in when the river was as high as it was , have had Fantastic fishing from the opposite bank , abandoned the trip due to bad weather

Nothing caught today.

Braved the hill in monsoon conditions and fished the first field after the woods. The river was tanking through but managed to find a decent slack and had a barbel first cast and lost one second cast. Then had a nice session around lunch time with a bite a chuck for 2 hours. 6 barbel to 8-9 but lost just as many in the fast flow. A cracking fishery.

6 Barbel

My nephew Josh, caught a 7lb Barbel on the 1st cast of the day from the Dead Tree peg, used feeder with bacon grill on a hair hook. River was running fast, so the bait was only cast 10 yds out. This was the only fish / bite of the day.

1 Barbel

We decided to brave the horrendous weather and headed out in torrential rain and wind. My accomplice and I tried two up stream swims for an hour with usual feeder tactics. The water was rising and our 1.75lb TC rods were unable to withstand the flow. I was considering going to get a carp rod from the van when the bailiff arrived who was a very helpful and after short chat said we would be better off at the end of the beat in the rock pool as the water would be calmer. Not one to ignore the bailiffs advice we set off to the end of the beat to the rock pool. The rain was still hammering it down and the banks were a extremely slippery and muddy. I baited up with X 5 ground bait and boilie packed feeders and was instantly awarded with a 4lb chub. After thei the barbel moved in and the action was pretty much non -stop until we packed up at 17.00 I had barbel of 8lb,8lb9oz, 6lb and 4lb my mate had an 8lb and a 6lb. All on boilie and ground bait. Beautiful place especially the autumnal woods behind. Will defiantly return. Easy parking if that’s your thing and beautiful fish.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

Braved the torrential rain on Home Fishery and got rewarded with my new PB of 11lb! 1 bite, 1 fish and my first ever double. Caught in slack water on a spicy sausage boilie wrapped in my homemade cheese paste.

Chuffed is an understatement - been a real struggle on my home turf (River Severn) so this more than makes up for it.

Fishing karma struck later, rushing to open a tin of spam. My hitch hiking career is over

1 Barbel