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Last day of our trip to Whitney Court and fished beat 2 again in the hope we would gat at least 6 hours fishing in before travelling home. Again weather very hot and the water gin clear but we managed to winkle out 3 Barbel to 5lb and many small chub plus a cookie of roach. With buzzards circling above and 6 sightings of one or 2 resident Kingfishers the day was not to disappoint. It needs to be noted that the walk to this beat is very long but accessible for those of a certain age and minor disabilities like me. The Agents house, guest house/B&B was a massive bonus and highly recommended.

3 Barbel, 20 Chub, 5 Other

We fished beat 2 on the beach and caught 3 barbel to 5lb and 15-20 chub to 2lb on pellet and meat. Very hot day so happy with what we managed to land. A lot of canoe traffic from 11 am throughout the day.

3 Barbel, 16 Chub

as this was day 3 of our trip to Whitney Court we arrived a lot earlier on beat 2 (the beach) 2 anglers fishing shallow water in very hot conditions with over 75 canoes and paddle boards passing through our swims. However even with these problems we both caught 3 Barbel between us first thing and 16 chub to 2LB, alas even the sight of 4 Buzzards and a regular fly-by a beautiful Kingfisher could not make up for the loss of the first 2 days fishing.

3 Barbel, 16 Chub

Nightmare to start the day as we were thrown off the beat by a woman stating that they had to set up for a wedding for 250 guests and the designated parking area for anglers was not convenient for the land owner with large vehicles turning up.
We had already got all our tackle to the river and set up so this was yet another delay to our fishing holiday. We don't know the area and we were lucky enough to see the 2 anglers leaving beat 2 at the nearby lay-by and so we fished there for the remainder of the day (41/2 hours as it was 32 degrees. Again hot conditions and only 1 chub and a couple of roach caught. We aimed to return to the same beat the next day early as we were going home in the afternoon.

1 Chub, 3 Other

Ver hot weather. Water low. 4 bites 4 fish 1 chub and 3 roach. Very long walk to access the beat. Also received email to cease fishing as water temp to high. And oxygen levels low.

Fishing Passport Note : The fishing suspension applied to trout and salmon rods

1 Chub, 3 Other

another fiasco on beat 5 after parking where advised to unload our tackle and walk down a very steep hill, through a gate, across a field to find barely enough room to set up and fish the sweeping bend on Lockstep pool. After 20 mins a woman screamed at us to pack up and leave the field as there was no longer anywhere to park and abruptly asked us to remove our vehicles due to a wedding being set up for 250 guests. We left after 30 minutes getting burnt in the process as it was over 32degrees and I only got out of hospital the night before. Not much rest for me! We returned to beat 2 as the 2 anglers that were fishing the morning were leaving therefor we managed to get 21/2 hours fishing to end the day very upset. we would plan to return to this beat 2 next morning before we travelled home to London.

1 Chub, 3 Other

Total fiasco with parking arrangements to fish beat 5 Lockstep pool as previous angler has mentioned. Complete right off.

only fished for a couple of hours late in the day as very hot

1 Chub

1 Chub

Arrived very late in the day in very hot weather. No bites.No fish