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No fish caught as the river was fairly high & difficult to judge. Very enjoyable day though in fantastic surroundings.

Trotting for grayling I landed a large chub and a small lively trout but no target species. I was joined for my entire session by a really friendly springer spaniel from the farm, he stayed right up to me waving him goodbye as I drove away. It was great to be out on the river again for a day.

1 Trout, 1 Chub

No fish

River at .71, too high and strong to wade to the best spots. A blank today despite trying all the options I could think of. Really good to see that Salmon have reached the usual pools again and to be able to watch them at relatively close range.

River was at a good height - not flooded like previous week. Used a pork/ham mixed luncheon meat on hook and a breadcrumb/meat mix in the feeder. Fish came in an hour spell at 10.30ish. Beautiful and powerful fish.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 Chub

Lovely day, 2 Chub lots of snags

2 Chub

4 Chub

hard fishing very snaggy 1barbel on halibut pellet

1 Barbel

Another delightful day by the river in social isolation...it's what we have to do! The only company was the local wildlife which was entertaining enough. A very tame robin sat on my bait box/rod/landing net on & off throughout the day; I now know that a little robin can swallow a 9mm. halibut pellet whole & come back for more. A kingfisher was fishing off a willow branch not 10 metres upstream from me , so close in fact I could hear the 'splash' every time he/she dived onto some poor minnow. Cock pheasants everywhere revelling in their extended pass this season, mergansers, goosanders, little grebes diving around the calmer water, moorhens running back & forth across the river, long tailed tits working the bank treeline & much more.
The other creatures working the river bank were Monty's troops on the beat above. On more than one occasion I caught large willow trimmings which tend to start off like a barbel bite but eventually pull your rod in. Probably my fault for not paying attention!
One of the barbel was a decent size & the other a 2lb.ish fish. Good to see the next generation coming through
Thanks again WUF for access & the chance to break the monotony of lockdown.
By the way the Woolhope diversion into Fownhope is much the best. I made the mistake of going via Brockhampton which is a narrow set of roads . You can end up in reverse quite often that way.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub