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River was in flood, dirty and unfishable. A big shame as I had travelled from Australia to fish it with my best English fishing buddy.

Water very low and clear as Gin. We all needed to get new knees if we were going to be successful as crouching and kneeling is a young mans game. Fish beat us.

Very quiet. Few small fish rising. 1 good size grayling caught on hares ear nymph.

1 Grayling

Disappointingly, no fish caught or seen. I persisted without result. Tried with dry, wet and nymphs.
Weather a little cold but other than that .....
One of those 'confidence' sapping days!!

I must be doing something wrong
Not a fish to be seen no rises and nothing caught
Need a guide to show me where they are
Water very low

1 Grayling

First time on this beat. The river was lower than I expected and it soon became obvious that any grayling would be holed up in the deeper pools. I decided to fish nymphs, both tight line and duo and sure enough the fish came from the deepest few pools. Although it was quite mild, the wind picked up and so I cut short the trip.

This is a nice beat with excellent access and easy wading - just need a bit more flow.

9 Grayling

2 salmon Parr ---- excellent. River high but fining down after torrential rain for 2/3 days.
No fish taken. All on deep fished nymph. Grayling elusive.

2 Trout, 2 Other

The Colonel’s Water!
We knew it would be a difficult day. The sudden overnight temperature drop and cold easterly wind were well forecast. And that’s exactly what we got on arrival. So we can’t really complain at the complete lack of fly life and fish. So in other words we didn’t catch anything.
But we met a man who might well have. He was fishing with a telescopic rod, fixed spool reel and something on the end that looked like a multi hooked Devon minnow. We told him he ought not to be using that method since the fishery was fly only and £20.00 per day for the privilege. He told us he fished the stretch often, caught lots of fish using worm too and paid nothing. We thought he might not be The Colonel.
This was our third visit, we’ll not be rushing back.

Booking Office Note:
Anyone coming across illegal fishing (in this case the use of spinner/lure could only have meant the poacher was targeting out of season salmon and trout) should call NRW immediately on 0300 065 3000.

If possible, the owner should be informed too (a telephone number is sometimes included in the booking details) as they may be able to act themselves. As well as breaking byelaws, fishing without the owner's permission is a criminal offence (theft of fishing rights) and can be called into the police on their 101 number too.

River very full