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A great day's fishing in superb weather. Unfortunately, the catching was not so good despite a slight rise and some colour.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

Difficult day with bright sun on a low clear river. Lacking the agility of a goat and the skills of a mountaineer my choice of swim was limited to one that I could access. A good barbel at 8lbs 10oz came early but once the sun came out the fish disappeared. I stuck to my pellet attack thinking they would come to the feed but my 2nd and final fish did not come until late afternoon. A good fish at 6lbs 8oz. Lot of floating weed about which made life difficult at times. Found the walk back up the steep slope quite exhausting on my mid 70's frame. I was due to fish the stretch again the following day but but with heavy rain in the morning I abandoned the idea as it could be quite dangerous for a lone angler.

2 Barbel

All 3 fish came from 2 swims about half way along beat, largest 10lb, and 2 at about 6lb taken on Robin Red pellet. Tried other swims with no luck. Heavy rain all afternoon so we had had enough by 4pm, will return when drier conditions forecast.

3 Barbel

Water dropping and clearing - no fish till later in the day.

5 Barbel, 6 Chub

3 Barbel

River very coloured and running fast, fish came steadily all day.

7 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Other

Nothing caught fishing through the afternoon till dusk.

9 Barbel, 1 Chub

River once again down to its bones. Had to wander far and wide to temp barbel from 5 to 7lbs and one 4lb chub. A very enjoyable workout on a beat with loads of spots to try.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

JB caught 1 small chub and a dace trotting with casters and hemp in the morning and then went on to the feeder with pellets in the afternoon and caught a pb barbel of 9lb 5oz.
RG caught four barbel to around 6lb ledgering with boilie on the hook.
Weather was overcast with intermittent sunny spells in the afternoon.
Overall a nice stretch of water but not too many swims with access down to the water,also be wary of the very steep and uneven walk down to the water from the car park space (a bit of a struggle getting back up the hill with gear at end of a long day).

5 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other