River Swale.

[Barrie Spence]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Holme
Date:17th July 2003
Day Ticket/Club/Private: M'bro AC
Time fished: 19:00 to 22:00
Weather conditions: Warm/Humid T Storms.
Water conditions: Clear Steady Flow
Water Temperature:not taken
Bait: hemp, meat
Method: Pre-baited swims with hemp, left them to settle then fished.
Results: 1 chub 4lb
Brief description of the session and any remarks: Very humid started to rain heavy late in session.

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Asenby
Date:25th July 2003
Time fished: 15:00 to 22:00
Weather conditions:rain for first 3 hours then brightened up.
Water conditions: came up @ 3 inch whilst fishing but still quite low
Water Temperature:not taken
Bait: maggot & caster
Method: feeder with hemp /maggot/caster
Results: chub to 4lb 12oz, perch to 2lb 4oz, roach, dace, gudgeon and an eel
Brief description of the session and any remarks: Enjoyable mixed fishing with some quality fish interspersed with the smaller stuff.

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Thornton bridge
Date:27th July 2003
Time fished: 07:30 to 17:00
Weather conditions:sunny
Water conditions: a few inches on summer level and a bit of colour
Water Temperature:not taken
Bait: maggot & caster
Method: feeder with hemp /maggot/caster
Results: afew small chublets ,dace and a perch
Brief description of the session and any remarks: Disappointing results for what looked like a river in good nick and a decent swim, still what do i know ( not alot ).
Im going to carry on trying to crack the swale in between the Ribble exploits.

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Topcliffe
Date:8 aug 2003
Time fished: 16:00 to 24:00
Weather conditions:sunny
Water conditions: low and clear
Water Temperature:not taken
Bait: maggot & caster ( and 1 dace)
Method: feeder with hemp /maggot/caster
Results: chub to 4lb 14oz, perch to 2lb 8oz, roach, dace, gudgeon, ruffe, eels and a jack pike @4lb
Brief description of the session and any remarks: Enjoyable mixed fishing with some quality fish interspersed with the smaller stuff. Got the pike after it hammered a dace as i reeled it in , on went a steel trace and float with the dace on it and first trot through it leathered it again.

 

[Geoff Cowen]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Swale Cundell Farm.
Date: 31/08/2003 Time fished: 7am - 7pm.
Weather conditions: 16 Deg C. Light cloud & dry.
Water conditions: Summer normal and clear. Water Temperature: Not taken.
Bait: Maggot, meat and boilies over pellets.
Method: Feeder.
Results: 1 x 9lb Barbel.
Brief description of the session and any remarks: Stretch fished slowly with only one take at 5.30pm a Barbel on Maggot. Very pleased as this was the first good Barbel landed from this swim. Wind strengthened about 6pm with some light rain.

 

[Geoff Cowen]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Swale Cundell Farm.
Date: 05/11/2003 Time fished: 6am - 5pm.
Weather conditions: 12 Deg C. Light cloud & windy.
Water conditions: Up about 1ft on summer level and some colour. Water Temperature: 7 Deg C.
Bait: Maggot, meat and boilies over pellets and Hemp.
Method: Feeder.
Results: 1 x 3lb Chub.
Brief description of the session and any remarks: Stretch fished slowly with only two takes on Maggot.

 

[Geoff Cowen]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Swale Cundell Farm.
Date: 07/03/2004 Time fished: 7.30am - 5pm.
Weather conditions: 10 Deg C. Sunny, Light cloud some rain & windy at times.
Water conditions: Up about 1ft on summer level and some colour. Water Temperature: 3 rising 4.7 Deg C.
Bait: Maggot, meat flavoured pellets and Hemp.
Method: Feeder.
Results: 2 x 3.5lb Chub and 1 x 4.2lb Chub.
Brief description of the session and any remarks: Stretch fished slowly with only three takes on Maggot. One 18lb Pike taken from the big bend area.

 

[Graham Quinn]

swale topcliffe
16/06/2004 fished from 6.30pm-10pm
weather mild and overcast
bait boilie
1 barbel 10lb 2oz
only bite of the evening

 

[John Duncan]

Swale Leeming/Gatenby
Since Start of the Season
All evening/dark sessions. 6 sessions.
Bait: Halibut Pellet/Carp Bites/10mm Boilies
4 Barbel over 9lb best 9lb 14oz last night. Several back up 8lbers plus others. Chub a welcome nuisance but nothing over 4lb yet this season (6lb 6oz last season). All species are very finicky until dusk sets in then bites come rapidly until about 1 hour after dark then things die off.

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Topcliffe
Date: 27 july 2004
Time fished: 15:00 to 24:00
Weather conditions:sunny
Water conditions: low and clear
Water Temperature:not taken
Bait: maggot, caster , meat, pellet
Method: feeder with hemp /maggot/caster
Results: 6 perch to 2lb , some gudgeon and dace , 1 barbel 5lb.
Brief description of the session and any remarks: had all the fish except the barbel on maggot and caster over feeder.
switched to pellet and meat later in the session and had my first swale barbel at 22:45 to a classic 3 ft twitch on the tip

 

[Jim Hinchley]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Asenby
Date: 28 july 2004
Time fished: 15:00 to 23:00
Weather conditions:sunny
Water conditions: low and clear
Water Temperature:not taken
Bait:, meat, pellet
Method: feeder with hemp/pellet
Results: 1 barbel 5lb 09 oz.
Brief description of the session and any remarks: Upped my swale best from yesterday by 9 oz. Had a wander , fished a few swims but only managed 2 bites of which i connected with the second one.
Obviously alot to learn on this river in between my Ribble exploits.

 

[john broomfield 1]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:Mbro club waters Ainderby
Date:16/17/21st June 05
Time fished:15.00 hrs till dark
Weather conditions:Warm sunny settled
Water conditions:summer level 16/17th up six inches and cloured 21st
Air temperature: 23deg
Water Temperature:warm
Bait: Bread /meat / 14mm HNv pellets/15mm Dynamite squid and octopus boilies (dipped)
Method:Free lining /Ledger
Results:several Barbel between 9lbs/8.5lbs,numerous Chub to 5lbs +
Brief description of the session & remarks:
Numerous chub to 3lbs on free lined bread or meat out of the fast shallows during the afternoon.
Nothing to ledgered baits till gone 20.30hrs Barbel out of deep water 40 yds above fast shallows to 15mm hair rigged suid and octopus and 14mm HNV hair rigged pellets. Used 8mm HNV / giant hemp as feed. took a PB chub of 5lbs 4oz on the hair rigged 15mm boilie. Blanked 21st in the coloured water

 

[Geoff Cowen]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Swale Cundell Farm.
Date: 21/08/2006 Time fished: 12:30pm - 7pm.
Weather conditions: 20 Deg C. Light cloud & windy.
Water conditions: Up about 2ft on summer level and a lot of colour. Water Temperature: 16 Deg C.
Bait: 20mm Pellets.
Method: Leadger.
Results: 3 x Barbel 8lb 6oz, 7lb 14oz & 6lb 13oz.
Brief description of the session and any remarks: Very few people fishing one lad downstream had 7 Barbel to 9lb.

 

[Steve Nicholson]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:Swale Cundell Farm
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Brief description of the session & remarks:Hi There . This is my first post and I am enquiring about tha availability of Day tickets at Cundell farm or elsewhere on the Swale . Really for a day out from Gloomy Burnley to catch a few Barbs .I normally fish the Ribble but would like some variety . Can anyone suggest anywhere Thirsk to York area ? . Thanks Steve

 

[Geoff Cowen]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Swale Cundell Farm.
Date: 16/09/2006 Time fished: 7:00 am - 7pm.
Weather conditions: 20 Deg C. Light cloud & windy.
Water conditions: Up about 1ft on summer level and some colour. Water Temperature: 16 Deg C.
Bait: 20mm Pellets, Maggots and Boilies.
Method: Ledger.
Results: 1 Bream 5lb 13oz.
Brief description of the session and any remarks: Very few people fishing until late in the day as I left most swim were taken. Pike and Perch very active in the margins.

 

[George387]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Great Langton
Date:10 Nov 06
Time fished:10:00 - 14:00
Weather conditions:Cold with light winds
Water conditions: clear & low
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Bait:maggots
Method:trotting a float
Results: 21 Grayling & 12 Dace
Brief description of the session & remarks: Grayling and Dace now shoaling up on this stretch and some nice fish showing up to 2lbs, try the slower runs for the dace and the shallower ones for the Grayling

 

[Geoff Cowen]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Cundell
Date:19th to 20th June
Time fished:24hr
Weather conditions: Brigth & Windy 18°C
Water conditions:Water rising to 2ft above normal.
Air temperature:18°C droppint to 10°C over night.
Water Temperature:Not taken.
Bait/forum/smilies/tongue_out_smiley.gifellet & Boiles
Method:Ledger
Results: 6lb 4oz & 7lb 13oz Barbel.
Brief description of the session & remarks: Hard work in the windy conditions; four Barbel taken from the next swim all under 4lb on caster.

 

[Geoff Cowen]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:
Date:27the June 2008
Time fished:11:30 to 21:00
Weather conditions:Wet & Windy
Water conditions/forum/smilies/confused_smiley.giflightly up with a good flow through.
Air temperature:16°C
Water Temperature:Not taken
Bait/forum/smilies/tongue_out_smiley.gifellets
Method:Ledger
Results:7lb 10oz, 6lb 8oz & 5lb 1oz Barbel. 3lb 10oz Chub.
Brief description of the session & remarks: All the Barbel taken in the first 4 hours lots of pluck from Chub.Two otheranglers informed me that they hada goodnumberof Pike to 18lband some good Roach.

 

[Rob Egan]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:Helperby & Brafferton
Date:9th July 2008
Time fished:12noon to 5.30pm
Weather conditions/forum/smilies/tongue_out_smiley.gifleasant to start then rain
Water conditions:Up a couple of feet but dropping, little colour.
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Bait/forum/smilies/tongue_out_smiley.gifellets, meat & paste
Method:Ledger
Results:5lb 4oz Barbel, 4 inch Chublet
Brief description of the session & remarks/forum/smilies/surprised_smiley.gifnly had 2 bites but had a few plucks, very slow going. Then the rain came.

 

[George387]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Asenby Area
Date: 16 / 07 / 08
Time fished: 1400 - 2000hrs
Weather conditions: dry with occassional shower
Water conditions: up 3 feet on normal levels
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Bait: Halibut Pellet
Method: Ledgered
Results: 2 Barbel, 1 x 6lbs 4oz, 1 x 4lbs 7oz and 1 chub around 4lbs
Brief description of the session & remarks: slow going to start with but after a supply of bait went in kept missing finicky bites but connected with the fish above.