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One small sewin on the fly saved the day.

1 Sea Trout

11 Chub

Found fish in a number of swims but most came from just upstream of the waterworks. All the barbel 6 to 8lbs

9 Barbel, 8 Chub

Limited number of swims accessible. Water in perfect condition. Fish came late in the day just after light dropped. Halibut pellet on straight lead did the biz. 8lb 4 and 8lb 3 on the scales.

2 Barbel

1 Trout

I was plagued by small chub attacking my bait as soon as it hit the water in the morning but they moved on and in the afternoon I had 3 decent barbel 7 - 8 lbs and one decent chub of about 4 lbs.
I am glad I was the only angler on this stretch yesterday as there are very few swims , at least along the hut section.
I didnt venture further downstream past the landslide , but the river looked very rocky and shallow as far as I could see down river.
The steep bank made fishing quite uncomfortable, I wouldnt go back to this stretch.

3 Barbel, 20 Chub

Did not fish.

Didn't manage to start fishing until after mid day ,river was completely different from 2 weeks ago then 0.895 at Cilmery today 0.475. fished for maybe 1.5 hrs without a nibble so change to a pink headed pheasant tail within 3 casts got a small grayling with didn't make the net then hooked on to a good size grayling 17" plus (which did make the net) no more than 3 casts after first had got off. Both where in a deeper gully. left lunch in the car but didn't forgot the can of "Veltins" out of date lager( what a surprise)which i consumed on the river bank. fished until 2.45pm not another bite. Back at the car ate my last of the season tomatoes with Cheddar and half a French stick. Went home feeling very pleased with myself.
I am sure a better angler would have caught more , a beautiful stretch of river will be back.

1 Grayling

River very low. Tried beaded nymphs in the deeper spots without success. A few risers tucked under the trees in the late afternoon. Fished upstream where access was tricky and probably impossible in normal flows if you couldn't cross the river. Nice spot.

1 Trout

There were three of us fishing today and a great time was had by all in ideal conditions. One angler fished the top of the beat, one the middle and one the bottom.

15 Barbel, 16 Chub