Feedback & Reports

The river was high and coloured and full of leaves from the high blustery wind which made for challenging fishing. My favourite spot was charging through so fast that a float was out of sight in seconds and a ledger was dragged round by leaves. I moved towards the bottom of the meadow where there was some slacker water and found some dace willing to feed. Unfortunately they were very small but I persevered in the hope that larger fish would turn up. I caught about 25 of these and a dozen Grayling, plus 1 acrobatic Trout. This may seem impressive but sadly the largest fish of the day would have failed to make 8ozs. As the water level fell by a few inches during the day, I had one more go in the faster water but only added one more small Grayling. Not too much wildlife about either but one Salmon leaped fully 4 feet clear of the water. I suspect that the larger fish remain in the main flow despite the extra speed, but presenting a bait to them was difficult. In hindsight I think a much heavier more visible float may have had better results. Something to try next time.

1 Trout, 12 Grayling, 25 Other

No catch, blank session.

River up and coloured. 9 Chub 1 Barbel on the first day. 3 Chub, 2 Barbel second day all on pellet.

3 Barbel, 13 Chub

River high but starting to drop. Lots of debris/weed coming downstream, should be perfect in the next couple of days. Fishing quite hard and had no bites for a couple of hours and then 2 fish in 2 casts, then another 2 fish just before I packed up. The last barbel of the day being the best at 8lb 15oz on meat.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

After the end of season update from the MR syndicate CARROTS fishery. 4 salmon to report.
28-03-2014 - 19lbs spinning
17-04-2014 - 8lbs spinning
06-05-2014 - 11lbs spinning.
04-06-2014 - 9lbs Fly Willie Gunn gold body.
All measured, photographed, and safely returned. Followed by a glass or two in the excellent Carrots Pub. Beat total up to 11. Looking forward as always to the meeting. JL

4 Salmon

The river had been up pushing through & lots of debris present. Great day on a great section, can't wait to go back with a few less tree's floating by.

4 Barbel

River looked in good condition with some colour following rain the day before. It dropped a foot whilst we were there but the fish would not respond! We managed only 2 chub and 1 barbel between us.
The only disappointing element is that this beat has very few usable pegs - we only found 2 that we could fish, the others looked rather dangerous!

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Washed off

2nd day of my trip, after blanking at Foy Bridge. The plan was to fish off the croy down the crease. Walked 20 minutes to find it under a foot of water.
Slow walk back down the beat to find a likely swim. Fished a swim behind a big tree creating some slower moving water. Caught 2 smallish chub and 4 barbel, 2lb, 3lb 12oz, 5lb 6oz and 8lb 1oz, all on feeder with pellet or spam as bait.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Although I am a great fisherman and I've caught all kinds of fish, this time luck was not on our side, but me and my partner had a nice day. The river was in perfect condition, was perhaps time variant with a little rain and sun. We had some bites and watched carp and trout. It was a beautiful afternoon.