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All fish to pellet feeder 4 barbel and 2 chub during day and then 10 barbel in last 2.5 hours.

14 Barbel, 2 Chub

With plenty of rain the day before and forecast looking good, expectations were high. Having travelled the one & half hours I arrived just before 7am, the river was coloured and dropping. I chose the sewage pipe as recommended and after three or four casts I was rewarded with my first bite and after a short battle with a heavy fish, the hook pulled..!! After that the swim went very quiet at mid-day I decided it was time for a move, with weather improving and sun popping in and out I didn't think I'd catch again. How wrong I was.... early afternoon came with a flurry of two fish in quick succession, 1 x 7lb 4oz & 1 x 8lb 6oz then the swim went quiet.

The canoe traffic was predictably heavy, most again very courteous, some never seen a fisherman, and did not know what to do when a line is in the water.... go around? All in all it was a great day on the river, I will be looking forward to returning ASAP.

Bait - Fishmeal ground-bait mixed in with 4 & 6mm Halibut pellets, hemp & corn and banded pellet on the hook.

2 Barbel

River low and clear, fish caught on legered pellet.

8 Barbel, 4 Chub

Blankety blank from the meadow, not a fish in sight

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

River very low, very clear and despite it being a Thursday their were quite a lot of canoeists, most of which weren't very good! We struggled in the day and caught only one chub until sunset when we picked up 3 further chub to 4lb.

As ever a great day, but the river desperately needs some water!

4 Chub

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

A lot of blanket weed made it hard work. Corn was the best bait.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Fished from 13:30 to 20:30 in the woods section. Fishing pellet and feeder had 10 barbel upto 7.5lbs. After 5pm it was virtually a bite a cast. The small amount of rain and overcast conditions seemed to make the difference.

Not sure whether it is an issue but three mink were observed. I know they can cause quite a lot of destruction to fisheries and other general wildlife

10 Barbel