Feedback & Reports

A lovely venue and a really helpful guide in Ian Boney. The access was good with safe, secure parking. Cars without 4 wheel drive may struggle through some patches but once the fields dry out a little this should not be a problem.
The river was fairly high on our visit (approx 1.5m up) making swim choice limited but we managed 2 barbel and 4 chub between us. We would definately come back here again and try in lower water conditions.

Nil Return. River too high and coloured. Had a good go on the fly and then spinner. 3 fish seen running but difficult conditions. Will try again next month.

Fished the bottom of woods section for 8 chub to nearly 4lbs and 4 barbel to 8lbs, all on pellet feeder. River in flood many swims underwater but very happy with catch.

Had two very good days Fishing the Meadow. Almost 50 barbel caught to 10lbs and another of 9lbs 8oz. Plenty of chub with a few 4lbers. Many of the barbel were above 5lbs and there was a good scattering of year classes. The weather did hold and the river did rise but only about 6". Most were caught on pellets. I think all 3 of us went home very happy people. Fish were caught throughout the day.
P and A both had pb's for chub and barbel and couldn't thank Don enough for having a wonderful fishery.

Water high but a great day, lovely location. Caught 3 big chub and 3 medium/small barbel. I am sure they have never been caught.

A lovely looking lake but afraid the same can't be said for the fishing. On my first cast hooked a smallish carp which came off. This was the only bite of the day for the two of us despite fishing for another 8hrs plus. Saw a few carp feeding in the side in the very shallow part of the lake but as soon as tried for them they disappeared. They only thing we seemed to be able to attract was the pair of swans on the lake.

1x Trout- 8oz spinner.
1x Salmon- spinner, 8lbs Silver fish, sea liced, taken.
Lovely water, told by the ghillie that it was a great height. Very well maintained beat. Apart from the caught fish saw possibly only one other. A very enjoyable day and fish was a bonus!

The bank was very muddy and slippery and I was unable to get to the swims I had fished previously. Just one barbel, but a very nice fish. It looked 9-10 lbs to me, and I was surprised when the scales only registered 5lbs 11oz. The the frustrating thought came to me later - could it be the scales went round twice and it was really 11lbs 11oz? I'll be more careful weighing next time!

For some reason we struggled today. Fished mainly in the first field section. As others have said before this is a very snaggy area and more time was spent tieing new rigs than fishing! One rod blanked and I only managed 1 barbel and 1 chub on the usual hair rigged pellet and feeder combo. We stayed at the Greenman at Fownhope which isn't the cheapest but I couldn't fault it. Fantastic food and beer!

17 barbel (biggest 8½lb), no chub.