River Dane

[EC]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:Holmes Chapel
Date:26.02.05
Time fished:1pm-5.30pm ish
Weather conditionsvercast but cold, with the odd shower
Water conditions:nicely coloured
Air temperature:11degrees C dropping to 6, it felt colder with the wind
Water Temperature:39.4F (4.1C) rising to 39.9
Bait:maggots, dendra's, bread
Method:feeder/lead
Results:1 chub of 3lb 7 first cast....then nowt
Brief description of the session & remarks: I rang the changes throughout the session, a few other touches but nothing worth hitting.

 

[barrie roberts]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:holmes chaple
Date:26/2/05
Time fished:1 till 6
Weather conditions:milder than of late
Water conditions:good winter conditions
Air temperature:6dec
Water Temperature:4c dec
Baitaste pellet bread
Method:touch ledger
Results: 2 chub both 3lb 14oz
Brief description of the session & remarks:river looked good and air temp up on last few days but water temp still low but was pleased with the 2 fish and missed a few raps.

Billyrivers

 

[Martin Girdwood]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:below Congleton
Date:4.3.05
Time fished:09.30 - 15:30
Weather conditions:snow showers
Water conditions:low and clear
Air temperature:3degrees
Water Temperature:
Bait:maggot
Method:float and feeder
Results:21 chub to 41/2lb and 6 grayling
Brief description of the session & remarks:
after 10am could not buy a bite on the float all chub came to small feeder.

 

[John Prendergast]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Holmes Chapel
Date: 09.03.05
Time fished: 12 til 6 ish
Weather conditions: Mild
Water conditions: a little coloured, some flow, normal level
Air temperature:
Water Temperature:
Bait: Maggot
Method: Stick and small feeder on the tip
Results: 1 Barbel, 8lb
Brief description of the session & remarks: Couldnt get a bite at all on the stick, even after working it quite hard, put out the tip, towards the end of the session and had one bite for one fish on a bunch of maggots on a size 12.
There were some fish coming out along the stretch but a lot of people were struggling. Could have been that the snow melting in the hills was affecting things even though it had been mild for a few days.

Brilliant result for you, Martin

 

[EC]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:Holmes Chapel
Date:12.3.05
Time fished:1.30-6.30pm
Weather conditions:clear then going cloudy later
Water conditions:slight colour, dropping
Air temperature:7C
Water Temperature:6c
Bait:bread, maggots, casters
Method:link leger, small feeder
Results:blankety blank
Brief description of the session & remarks:The river looked good, but I was fishing with an old mate whom I hadnt been out with for ages and as such it turned into a 'social' in which we probably made too much noise! That said it might just be that I am c*ap! Was hopeful of a chub as the light fell, but no joy!

 

[barrie roberts]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:Holmes chaple
Date:11/3/05
Time fished:1 till 6/30
Weather conditions:very windy
Water conditions:looked good
Air temperature:
Water Temperature:
Bait:bread and pellet
Method:touch ledger
Results:3 chub X 3.5 lb--1 barbel 6lb 12 oz
Brief description of the session & remarks:looks like it fished better on friday as there were a few blanks on sat i,ve been told, so i had a good last day on the Dane also went on ribble today and had a chub 4lb 14 oz and my best fish of the season 11lb 1oz barbel, so a great finnish to the season for me.
Billyrivers

 

[barrie roberts]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:holmes chaple
Date:17+18-6
Time fished:3 till 8
Weather conditions:hot
Water conditions:nsl
Air temperature: mid 20
Water Temperature:
Baitellet
Method:lead
Results:17/6 1 chub 1 barbel 7lb 10oz, 18/7 8 chub all over 3lb
Brief description of the session & remarks:fairly good start to the season for me

 

[barrie roberts]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:holmes chaple
Date:23/6/02
Time fished:4 till 9
Weather conditions:warm
Water conditions:nsl touch of colour
Air temperature:
Water Temperature:
Baitellet
Method:touch lead
Results:3 chub 2 barbel best 5lb
Brief description of the session & remarks: nice evenings fishing the barbel have spawed as the 5lb fish looked more like 6.5 lb

 

[Ric Elwin]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:Above Byley
Date: 05/07/05
Time fished: 18.30 to 22.00
Weather conditions: showers
Water conditions: Up 12 inches and dropping, nice colour
Air temperature: 16
Water Temperature:Not taken
Baitellet and paste
Method: Leger
Results:18.45; 3.12 Chub
Brief description of the session & remarks: Equaled my best Dane Chub after 15 minutes. I've now had 5 at this weight! Maybe I should move to a different stretch Conditions were perfect for Barbel. Went into my banker swim which has hardly been fished all season. Nothing! That's what keeps us going fishing, you could rarely say it's predictable.

 

[barrie roberts]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:above byley
Date:08/06
Time fished:9 am till 6pm
Weather conditions:nice day bit of cloud
Water conditions:up about 6inc and a bit of colour
Air temperature: about 20 dec
Water Temperature:
Baitellet
Method:straight lead
Results:4 chub 1 barbel equal dane chub pb at 4lb 4oz and new stertch barbel pb at 8lb 12oz
Brief description of the session & remarks:good day after a bad start to season, felt i would have cought more if i stayed but had to be home early . Billyrivers

 

[Ric Elwin]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Above Byley
Date: 29/07/05
Time fished: 10.00 to 15.00
Weather conditions: Cloudy and dry
Water conditions: Couple of inches up, nicely coloured
Air temperature: 16-20
Water Temperature: Not taken
Bait: Pellet and paste
Method: Straight lead
Results: Blank
Brief description of the session & remarks: Suprised to see the river only a couple of inches up after yesterday's rain. Didn't look like it had been higher either. Missed a couple of good Chub pulls, no sign of any Barbel.

 

[Jonathan Whitham]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Cotton Farm
Date: 29/7/05
Time fished: 8.30am to 3.00pm
Weather conditions: Cloudy & dry
Water conditions: Low but coloured
Air temperature: Mild
Water Temperature: -
Bait: Pellet
Method: Straight lead
Results: 3 barbel to 5lbs plus maybe 10 chub to 4lbs
Brief description of the session & remarks: Whilst the river level was only up slightly the fish were feeding a little better. No big fish although another chap had one of 6.11 and said that 2 weeks earlier he had had a 12.3.

 

[Jonathan Whitham]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Holmes Chapel
Date:4/8/05
Time fished: 9am to 2pm
Weather conditions: Overcast turning to sunny
Water conditions: Very, very low and clear
Air temperature: Mild
Water Temperature: -
Bait: Pellet
Method: Ledgering
Results:
Brief description of the session & remarks: 3 barbel - all around 4lb - 2 chub plus a trout of 1.5lbs (fantastic colouring - big red spots on its belly)

 

[EC]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:Holmes Chapel
Date:30th June 2007
Time fished:1700-1945
Weather conditions:grey, raining
Water conditions:Up, coloured and rising
Air temperature:
Water Temperature:
Bait:10mm boilies, flavoured corn
Method:ledgering
Results:3chub to 2lbish
Brief description of the session & remarks: Went for a short tea time session on a stretch I had not visited before, and found the river up and quite coloured. First cast I caught a chub of about a pound on 2x10mm scopex boilies, a few missed bites and I changed hook/hooklength before catching 2 more chub on flavoured corn, this while the river was on the rise and colouring up quite quickly.

 

[Grey Duster]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Swettenham
Date: 12/07/07
Time fished: 12:00 noon - 5pm
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Water conditions: clear but fairly high
Air temperature:
Water Temperature:
Bait: long trotted maggot
Method: fly (klinkhammer) and long trotting
Results: 1 Grayling on klinkhammer from bridge pool, 5 Grayling on maggot further downstream; 1 chub 2lb 8oz - my first over 1lb for 40 years!
Brief description of the session & remarks:Very good intro to a great stretch of water