Feedback & Reports

A 5lb grilse Saturday 28 from the Eardisley beat.

1 Salmon

No salmon caught. Did see 4 although they looked abit stale. Heavy canoe traffic from 9.45 am but still had an enjoyable days fishing.

You did warn us that access to the upper part of the beat had been reported as 'difficult'. That is certainly true, if the river had been higher then it could have been dangerous to exit the river in many locations. At the height we had on Saturday it was ok as you could wade large sections of the river and walk back against the flow when necessary.

1 Trout

Barbel of 6.5lb and 5lb, both caught on eliptical barbel pellets.

2 Barbel

A totally blank date: not even a decent bite! The highlight of my day was watching a sparrowhawk unsuccesfully chase a small bird. Lots of canoes and people on the footpath, but I don't think this explained my lack of success.

Fished very slow for Middle Hill. Been there a lot of times, this time they didn't turn up till 4.45 and then only 3 bites. Wasn't our day with only one landed.

1 Barbel

River very very low. Tried a number of swims throughout and caught a lot of weed and not a lot else. Was slightly peeved to find the beach section already being fished from the other side via syndicate water. The idea was to pay the higher fee and have the whole stretch to ourselves. Undoubtedly a good looking piece of river and would try again with higher water levels.
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1 Trout

Another very enjoyable fish at the Wyebank beat. Fished bottom pool all day till around 5pm. Caught 3 barbel and 1 chub all around the 3lb mark on pellets and caught in the afternoon. Decided to get my waders on and fish the top end of the beat, free-lining meat on lighter float gear using a pin. I'm very glad I did as it produced four excellent chub in the 4lb range, putting up a great fight in the shallow fast waters. This is a excellent venue for all types of tactics and would urge fishermen to take advantage of warm temperature and low water conditions while its available.
Thanks again Don.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

Delightful setting but opportunity to fish marred by jungle conditions, particularly at the top end. Too much time spent looking for access points. Barbed wire a problem but understand about stock control - biggest issue was rampant balsam and general brambles etc. It should be possible to fit plastic piping to several stretches of barbed wire to ease access. It doesn't represent good value. Our catch return includes 2 juvenile grayling so the true figure for 2 experienced anglers is even worse. It was low water which didn't help but we suspect a limited population as most of the pools produced nothing. We did however lose a few trout and grayling which would have lifted the return. Method: nymphs and dries.

3 Trout, 4 Grayling