Feedback & Reports

Very few rises despite lots of small insects (gnats) over the water + yellow insects emerging and being taken by birds (sorry, no expert at identification).
Caught one 14" brown trout on a nymph. Companion caught similar fish and two small (5") brown on dry flies.

4 Trout

River was a bit low but did have a little colour from recent showers, our day started really well with five barbel taken early in the day on feeder and pellet. All fish were between seven and eight and a half pounds and in pristine condition.
Mid morning produced a further five fish to the roving approach mainly from various pegs on the middle meadow, again the pellet and feeder working well for us. Banks have been subject to damage from winter high water which has limited access to the river reducing the number of pegs that can be fished safely, care should be taken as a day on this beat can be a pretty physical day out.
Another great day on our favourite river and a pretty good result for this early in the season with a low river.

10 Barbel

River looked great but I blanked.

7 chub on the 17th and 3 on the 18th....no barbel. All on pellet and feeder. River good/a bit low. Good fishing, clear pegs.

10 Chub

The river looked good but catching was hard for this beat where there are usually large shoals of barbel and chub. We thought they were either still spawning below in the rapids or resting. However we enjoyed the day and will come again in July.

3 Barbel, 12 Chub

Beautiful Beat with lovely pools. Began fishing 12.30pm. 4 fish, 2 Chub taken on worm, 1 Barbel and 1 Trout. Fished until 6 pm before heading home. In the words of Arnie "I'll be back".

1 Trout, 1 Barbel, 2 Chub

The barbel are still spawning (I observed this one evening on the camp site I was staying at) so I think they are two to three weeks behind due to the low Spring/early Summer temperatures. Fished all day around a now famous snag that lost me more hooks than leads so this seems to be a sunken tree and the barbel are under it. After the first cast leading to a slamming bite and a tug of war around the snag which I subsequently lost, the rest of the day I only got the the odd knock, then I had one barbel over 7lb on pellet. Unfortunately could not fish the last two hours of light.

1 Barbel

Caught two chub trotting pellets, largest about 4lbs. No barbel from either side, all very slow feel they must be on their spawning grounds.

2 Chub

A difficult but ultimately rewarding first day of the season. The river was low and clear, but had a reasonable flow at the top end of the beat. Caught chub up to 4.5lb on 2 small elipse pellets glued to the hair with marine halibut groundbait in a medium cage feeder. Caught using my Hardy Marksman specimen feeder rod with 10lb mainline and 9lb hooklink to a size 12. Dad also caught a >3lb eel on a large piece of luncheon meat. Fished 4 swims all in front of the house and managed 6 barbel up to 9lb - all on 2 10ml elipse pellets glued to the hair. 1.75lb test curve Daiwa infinity specialist barbel rod, with 12lb straight through and size 10 hook. Hard work but a good day in the end.

6 Barbel, 12 Chub, 1 Other

Struggled tonight, didn't see so many big fish, but did catch 1 @ 10 ins. CAN SOMEONE DO A RAIN DANCE!

4 Trout