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River was still clear despite the rain, caught 1 grayling, 1 perch, 3 chub, biggest was 6lb.

1 Grayling, 3 Chub, 1 Other

River levels looked perfect. Tinge of colour. Pellet took the first couple of chub, maggots the other 4 as well as those pesky trout. All fish returned unharmed. A great day on a lovely stretch.

7 Trout, 6 Chub

River had risen slightly following the heavy rain of the past few days. Fished the middle of the lower section - amongst the cows - but the increased flow brought down a lot of weed and falling leaves were beginning to make life difficult. Moved to a swim out of the main flow avoiding most of the debris and managed 1 trout, 4 chub up to five pounds and 2 barbel, the largest just over 8lbs. Fed hemp and 4mm pellet and caught on hair rigged 10mm pellet.

1 Trout, 2 Barbel, 4 Chub

First time fishing here and had Difficulty locating the beat. Conditions blustery (fished on the lower stretch near the cottage) and had a very disappointing day with no fish, not even a single bite. Fished ledger with all kinds of pellets and boilies. Advice appreciated for future excursions to this stretch of water.

Just the one pike 10lb 2oz. No luck with barbel or chub. We both felt description of lower beat was poor.

1 Pike

Very bright conditions, fished in the field above parking.
5 Barbel to 8lb 2oz, 8 Chub to 4lb. All fish caught on the feeder various baits. Nice stretch stayed at the Portway Inn good value for money.

5 Barbel, 8 Chub

River was up and after a couple of hours trying for barbel. decided to try maggots in some slack water. Caught plenty of dace, a gudgeon which was nice and 2 chub.

2 Chub, 11 Other

Good start to the day on the lower part of the of the beat, but as the day went on the flow increased considerably as did the amount of weed and debris coming through, which made fishing very difficult. Enjoyable day though.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

Water very low and clear made fishing difficult. Chub caught in shallow water around dusk. No sign of barbel despite trying several of the deeper swims in the cattle-grazed field. Made the mistake of carrying my tackle through the wood at the top end of the beat. The path through the wood was hazardous and after a long walk without finding any swims, I gave up. I still do not know if there are any fishable swims in the wooded section, but if there are they are a VERY long walk along trecherous terrain. This could be made clearer on the beat description.

3 Chub

Top and bottom ends of this stretch need some work to them to open up access. Despite a low clear river bites came right from the off. Moved swims a bit but all the barbel came from one particular spot, although I did get chub on float fished corn and bread from other swims.

6 Barbel, 5 Chub