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Windy day, water low and warm. Fishing very slow only one good fish caught (a 3.5lb chub) and several small chub and an eel. plenty of large salmon leaping all day. Disappointing overall.
Fished the beach and all fish taken on feeder, no takes when trotting.

7 Chub, 1 Other

1 eel, 1 small chub. Very hot day. Beautiful stretch of river but limited bank access and very precarious descents in

1 Chub, 1 Other

A productive day here and steady sport…Very light boat traffic which was a touch surprising but good and some entertainment provided by the resident Sand Martins who zoomed around all day… Not good news here though is a new swim has been created on the opposite bank of the beach area and another angler fished here for a couple of hours in the evening… Best Barbel was probably 8lb and some of the Chub were 4lb plus…Will be interesting to see how the fishing pans out here with the extra pressure.

2 Barbel, 13 Chub, 8 Other

2 Barbel, 9 Chub

1 Shad at Poulston on purple Flying C with silver blade. Dog walkers are an issue not keeping their dogs away or out of the water and blocking access to swims and croys. Canoeists not behaving and mooring. Such a shame as this is a cracking beat. However, I will return. Most hits were at the end of the beat.

1 Other

No salmon caught or seen. 1 1.5lb trout took a cascade fly from the top of the run downstream of the foot bridge.

1 Trout

Only obliging fish were Trout, in excellent conditions.

Beat plagued by canoes, dogs, and even horses/riders in the river n March, and mid-week. This is not a day-time fishing beat, only early morning and evening.

4 Trout

Very difficult conditions river up and still rising and belting through.

2 Barbel

Had hoped to float fish the beach section but with the river up 3 ft it was whomping through too much.
Be aware that BAA have the opposite bank upstream from the bridge and runs about 50% of the Caradoc beat. A few BAA anglers out but we fished the top 1/3 so no issue this time. Sit it out and wait was the way to go as bites came sporadically during the day and everyone managed a barbel. Plenty of chub on maggot feeder, nothing over 1.5lbs though.

5 Barbel, 15 Chub

River in good condition, the three barbel all came from one swim to pellet/feeder tactics

3 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other