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River was at an ok height reading 0.56 at Cilmery gauge, but the clarity of the water was really poor and
pretty much killed the fishing (my excuse anyway!). Fished euro nymph and duo without touching a fish even after slinging a squirmy worm at them. Stunning beat with a good mix of water and good accessibility.

Lovely few hours on this beautiful beat. The river was a tad high and had a good pace but was fairly clear. Despite the wading ban I was able to Euro nymph from the bank and had plenty of places to try. Luckily the cottage was unoccupied and I was able to fish the garden. I ended with 3 good grayling and 2 OOS trout all of which gave a good account of themselves. Access, especially by the bridge, has deteriorated since last season and the beat would be out of bounds for anyone unable to scramble over broken styles and barbed wire fencing.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

2 Chub

Caught a small chub about 1.30 pm on luncheon meat, at the bottom field. Half an hour later hooked a PB Chub of 5lb 11oz. Again on Luncheon meat. Really pleased. I have to thank the fellow fisherman who told me he was getting bites on large pieces of luncheon meat, saying he was after Barbel and thought it was small chub. So I went back to my swim and changed to luncheon meat. I started in the same manner, so I reduced the size of the bait, and made the hair shorter. It worked.

2 Chub

Very last minute booking for me as i had a spare day to take from work and the weather was looking good, so i thought..
This was a new beat to me, the beat i wanted was booked up and chose this one as it had been very prolific over the season.
As usual i chose the wrong bank (Mordiford side) although the river was done 2-3ft the usual fishing spots were still underwater, so pegs were very few and far between, anyways i found one eventually, the river was looking good although it was very pacy i did manage to find a few slacks, but unfortunately not a bite, with skys opening up from cloudy to bright sun shine i decided to pack in early and spent the rest of the day exploring the beat on the opposite site (which looked a lot more Barbel'y) ready for next year.
Thanks to the WUF and the land owners for giving us great access to a great river and all the nature that comes with it.
I'll be back next year.
1st blank of the season.

12 grayling, nothing more than 1/2 lb and 1trout. Trotting with maggots on a Centre pin and stick float. Nice conditions. Nice height and very little wind.

1 Trout, 12 Grayling

First time on the beat trotting for grayling. Lots of tempting runs but struggled to find the fish. Could do with some local knowledge but lovely place to fish. Just one tiny grayling and 2 lost fish which spat the hook but they felt like trout so wouldn’t have counted anyway. Looking forward to my next session to see if I can do any better.

1 Grayling

2 Trout, 24 Chub

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

2 chub to 4.7lb.
-4 when I got there at 7 not a good start.

2 Chub