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Lovely bit of River ....blanked

Bright sun and coloured water. Slow start to the morning but picked up around midday. Plenty of grayling coming to beaded flies. Trout were small with one larger fish ~1 lb.

4 Trout, 5 Grayling

2 anglers, we fished various swims all along the fishery throughout the day.

1 Barbel, 10 Chub

Not a bite all day. I guess the fish were not hungry unlike me.

Nothing caught but a salmon showing in top of gravel catch and rock pool.

A lovely stretch, with some delightful trotting water. River with reasonable flow and fairly clear. A bright sunny day for the most part, only occasional clouds. Trotted meat baits, with a centrepin all day. Tried runs at the top of the beat, lower down (opposite the pylon) and at the bottom (just above the confluence). Most chub were around 1lb, a couple touching 2lbs, and one fish around 3lbs. Sadly no barbel.

13 Chub

Only one angler fished today. Water carrying only slight colour after recent rain. Good access to lower half of the beat but ran out of time exploring top half. Lots of fallen trees making progress up the stream difficult in places.
8 wbt on gold bead nymph and 2 parachute adams, with a couple of long range releases and a few missed splashy rises. 4 fish in the 10-11 inch range with the rest around 6 inches. Great fun on the 4wt 6.5 ft rod.

8 Trout

Thankfully cool after last week but very sunny for most of the day. I'd hoped the bit of rain yesterday would cool the water temp enough to switch the fish on but no, 6 bites between us all day resulting in 3 Chub, a beautiful 9lb barbel and 2 barbel hook pulls. Tried hemp and gb feeders, and straight bomb with a load of hookbaits. Fished down the bottom and maybe should have moved to the top in the afternoon but the swims in the bottom field looked most likely in the conditions. Still a glorious day on a beautiful beat with great work done on it.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

3 Barbel

8 Trout