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Saw no fish, caught no fish, not even any bites, very strange day on the last day of the season.

First time on this stretch, thanks to Adam for his advice. Great stretch, water low and clear, fished feeder with hemp and maggot to catch 17 Chub to 4lb 13oz and a single 7LB 4OZ Barbel. Morning was difficult, all fish came in a 3 hour period from 3pm.

The last time that I fished this beat was June 16th 2011 when access to the river was somewhat limited, so it was nice to see all of the new pegs that have been cut, this contributed to a wonderful days fishing. Roving tactics with stick float, centre pin, castor, maggot & hemp seed resulted in catching many salmon parr, brown trout, grayling, several chub between 3 and 5lb and one barbel of around 6lb.

16 Barbel, 13 Chub on Meat and Pellet.

The weather was kind to us and the fish clearly appreciated this too as we had 13 barbel, 17 chub, 4 WBT & 2 grayling between the three rods. 12 of the barbel fell to one rod with the best going 8.05. All the fish were taken on maggot fished on a 3-4ft tail in conjunction with small maggot feeders. All the fish were taken at the lower end of the beat. We also had a slight incident concerning some youngsters who decided to start pitching rocks into our swims from the high bank opposite us. Fortunately it was short lived and soon stopped.

10 Chub - best of 4lbs 10oz. 4 Barbel - Best of 8lb 14oz Lovely day's fishing. Cracking Beat! Will be back!

River low and clear, didn't catch any pike at all.

1 barbel 6.5lbs - 1 chub 2lbs.

The second of two days on this beat and I stayed in the lower section until the late afternoon, spent the morning trotting the big pool for regular trout up to 1lb and chub to 4lb +. Really enjoyed this, roved about looking for barbel without success in late afternoon. Tried most areas near and far with a feeder, only found chub. Water temp at 9.3 c. Finally finished with barbel of 6lbish. Bankside steps were a great help where installed.

Water at 9c looked promising, water level not high on this the first of two days. Tried several swims including the jungle woodland at the top, this will be impossible to access with some growth. There really are only a handful of swims for an angler wanting to sit comfortably in the top section but a very nice beat that I will fish again. Very quiet and private. A trickle of chub before I found some barbel and caught three up to 7 lbs before packing up. Parking is right by the river so a good spot for those less able and several swims with steps that were okay. Faces West so nice sunset.