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River just starting to drop, similar approach to yesterday yielded 4 Barbel and a Chub

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

2 Barbel

River till rising topping 3 meters at Ross, fished top end, tried most fishable spots with meat in the slacks but nothing willing - had 2 barbel on static pellet on the crease

2 Barbel

River up and coloured, came up about 150mm while fishing. Caught steady throughout the day. Nice stretch of river.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Very hard day on middle hill the river looked in great condition but the fish failed to feed until late in the day and then only for a very short spell. tried a variety of baits but only 2 chub caught.

2 Chub

A lovely day spent in beautiful surroundings that was worth the fee on its own however landed a nice 20lb Pike as a bonus.

1 Pike

The unseasonally mild weather tempted me into another 'last' trip to MHC. I woke to a 10 degree temperature reading in the car and arrived to find the river at 2.25m and dropping with nice colour to it. Despite the time of year and a number of recent frosts I felt optimistic (a condition I do suffer with).
This had drained out of me after the second swim at the top of the fishery without a bite. A move to the bottom produced a chub pushing 4lb. No further bites but a blank avoided at least.
I moved back up the top to a swim I'd not fished before and had the worm bitten off on the first cast. 2 casts later a proper bite and after hard but short fight a pristine 4lb barbel was on the mat. Not the munter of my dreams but great reward for having a go.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

No dice.

River rising and very cold indeed (5-6 degrees c). Also, so much debris, could hardly keep the line in the water for very long without encountering problems. Very challenging conditions.

Beautiful spot though and will be back when its warmer.

Well, the conditions this week were as bad as they were good last week:
Temperatures dropped every night leading up to a frost the morning we fished and clear blue skies. The river was also clear and water must have been released into the river as it came up a half a metre from Wednesday night to Thursday afternoon. It was also full of leaves and sticks which came through all day.
So despite fishing 4 swims and trying 2 different feeder approaches and a veritable smorgasboard of hookbaits we managed just one 4lb chub between us. Still nice to be on the bank though ;o)

1 Chub

Tough day. Low and clear overnight frost and clear blue skies was always going to be a struggle. Tried numerous swims one chub about 2lb each on meat. Couldn’t even get bites on maggot

2 Chub