Feedback & Reports

Nothing caught or seen, steps going down to the river almost impassable.

Sat 21st July: 9 Barbel to 7lbs 14oz, 2 Chub and a (PB?) 10oz Dace. Fish fed better in the morning than later on.

Sun 22nd July: A much tougher day, the hot sun seemed to put the barbel off. Decided to fish a new swim at the bottom end, managed to take 4 Barbel, a Chub, a couple of Dace and a nice suntan.

11 WBT caught from 4" to 13". Water a little rough but a very pleasant day. Fish all caught on Greenwells Glory.

Not many flies about and no fish rising. No bites. Pretty hard work forcing a route through prolific bankside vegetation to reach the lower limit, in fact didnt reach it. But an exciting river with lots of variety. The Royal George Inn (about 4m NE) does excellent freshly cooked lunches and good ales.

10 Barbel all on feeder fished pellets. Extra water on but dropping not rising. Lots of fish in the swim and if fished hard would produce as many fish as you wanted, I'm sure. We fished on the right hand bank (facing downstream) about 50 yards down from the bridge. There's a nice run of smooth water against the bank and a crease about 20yards out where it joins the shallower more turbulent flow of mid river. If you hit the crease right on the head you were guaranteed a Barbel in the 3-6lb region. Tremendous fights in the heavy flow.

River conditions perfect but only managed to catch 1 barbel around 6lb on pellet. I only managed to fish in the afternoon and it was very hot and sunny.
It is a lovely stretch of river and I will return to fish it again early morning and late evening when I'm sure it will be more productive.

I arrived on the water mid-morning to bright sunshine and gin clear water. I chose to fish with a 6'4 rod and 2lb leader and size 16 klinkhammer black bodie and a size 18 goldhead fished New Zealand style. The results were instant landing a dozen or so grayling to 2lb and losing a nice trout at the net, all to the goldhead. The best performing pool for me was where the lane and river meet. The one gripe is that I could find no beat signage to mark lower and upper limits so as not to stray. The fishing is not easy but they are there.

Barbel - 9lb 2oz, 7lb 15oz, 7lb 8oz, 6lb 9oz, 5lb 2oz. Chub 3lb 12oz, Eel 2lb 2oz.
All on Sonubaits elliptical pellet with soaked pellets in a feeder. The river was still fairly heavily in flow and travelling debris a problem but a good short session and the first time I've caught barbel, so there's a result!

Fished the top half of the beat without success in the morning, nothing seen. Moved down to the Wood stream and then caught and released a slightly colouring 13 1/2 pound cock fish from the Bridge Stream. Gold Willie Gunn Tube. Good company from the other rods. Could have done with one of them at the net and camera.Water high,but clearing fast.

First visit to Bridge Meadow, super spinning water with only a slight cloud texture. Caught a 7 lb salmon at lower pool on gold mepp.
Also caught and released 1 small trout and 1 small salmon parr. Didn't see any further signs of salmon moving.