Mucky Meadow - so named because the pool is on the site of a former marshy meadow adjacent to the stream which runs alongside the Furnace Mill site - is nowadays better known for its head of chub which provide exciting year-round sport for anglers, as well as its good stocks of common, mirror and ghost carp which provide exciting sport whatever the time of year.

The chub are normally taken on shallow fished maggot on the waggler, quite often just below the surface in summer, and range in size from just over 1lb to about 4lbs.

Covering one-and-a-quarter acres, Mucky Meadow holds 24 comfortably spaced pegs and ranges in depth from about eight feet at the outlet end to four feet at the inlet.

Overall, the average depth is about six feet, making it an easy water to fish on pole, waggler or swimfeeder.

The average sizes for the fish in Mucky Meadow are: roach up to 3lbs 6oz with plenty of fish between 12oz and 2lbs; tench around 3lbs with some over 5lbs; bream 3lbs to an impressive 11lbs; common carp to about 6lbs; mirror carp to a similar size; ghost carp to about 3lbs; and crucian carp to about 1lb.

The biggest roach to have come out of Mucky Meadow was taken by John Knight, fishing for Willow Creek in the 2009 / 2010 Winter League match which was held on Easter Sunday.

Fishing Peg 43 with Furnace Mill's 4mm expander pellets he landed a specimen which weighed in at 3lbs 6oz.

A truly pristine fish.

The biggest mirror carp are around 20lbs whilst the biggest commons weigh about 18lbs and the biggest ghost carp around 24lbs.

In addition, Mucky Meadow also holds some nice golden orfe, perch, rudd, barbel and ide.

Whilst most anglers use the pole or waggler, most methods tend to work well on Mucky Meadow and a lot of the carp are caught in the margins in summer.

In winter, a small swim feeder or light lead are most effective.

Best year - round baits are caster, maggots, sweetcorn, luncheon meat and chopped worms for the bream.

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