Feedback & Reports

5 Barbel to 8lb 2oz and 4 Chub to 3lb.
Feeder and Fluro hooklinks to hair rig on size 8 or 10
River had risen after 2 days of rainfall and during the middle of the river we needed 3oz feeders. Normally this time of year 1oz would be fine.
Baits used were a variety of hookbaits Pallatrax Squabs and Barbel Blitz plus some dynamite bates fruity boilies as well. Used a feeder with ground bait, hemp and loose feed pellet.
Beautiful stretch of river with reasonable access either from the Orchard or further down the road by the gate.
Would fish here again

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

River in perfect condition after rain at the weekend. Water noticeably cooler than a couple of weeks ago, and the chub in particular were far less active. A slow day in the woods section livened up considerably in the top field in late afternoon, with several very good barbel caught in quick succession.

8 Barbel, 5 Chub

NIL

Water clearer second day and levels dropped circa 6 inches from yesterday. Fishy no fly. Tried a few different sizes. Nothing touched. No salmon seen.

6 barbel to 8lb Afternoon and evening best

6 Barbel

Many small brown trout caught. All released alive. Lovely to have a bit of rain. Took to spinners and feeding on the surface for the fly.

6 Trout

2 Chub

A lovely river to fish with plenty of features, pools, glides etc. I needed to keep moving to find the fish and I only saw a few risers. I managed to bring each one up to my small, barbless, dry fly but hooking them and keeping the wild trout on was a different matter. I lost four which shook the hook but landed two grayling, one of which required the use of the scoop net.

2 Grayling

We arrived hopeful as the river had risen to .75m overnight after a long spell at its lowest but it turned out to be a pretty tough day. We fished as many swims as we could throughout the full length of the beat with standard pellet approach. Access to the water is good and the beat is a nice flat walk along its length. We found campers fishing the lower meadow but after checking with w&u now understand that there is no agreement in place with the fishery owners to allow this so they should not prevent your access to this meadow

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

12 Trout