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A day’s fishing to remember 10 beautiful fish

4 Barbel, 8 Chub, 1 Other

One fish lost in the Orchard. No other fish caught.

2 wild carp

2 Other

Later afternoon, I did four lovely, stealthy hours on the Upper section of the Lower beat .... lively too, with good sport from about three ish .... took refuge under a big oak from half two , only a quick heavy shower but really lashing it down!!!
When it stopped activity was good from the off in fairness ... dry fly sport on both an olive klinkhammer and iron blue was bang on, lots of insect life appeared after the rain, including sedges ........ The usual stamp of brownies here, between six and ten inches today.... feisty strong little fish, that absolutely smash a well placed dry, suuuuuuuuuperb stuff !!
Nine made it yi the net, and two or three that slipped my hook ..... still a fun afternoon .... this beat is huge so breaking it up is perfect for me .... I used another grass verge pull in, close to where I go out four days ago, which I'd earmarked, ... was perfect to set off from were I finished the other day .... its great dry fly water and even in the glides, cast tight to the sides and they're quite happy to come out and nail your offering !!!
Lots of grey squirrels seen today, and in fact I could have bagged about a dozen .... starting to feed up heavily now on all the nuts and beech mast!!!
Will have to touch base with the farmer .... see if my services are maybe welcome !!! Anyway, a great few hours, got out shy of the main drag and walked back down to my truck, it's fast becoming a favourite dry fly water of mine..... Great fun,nothing huge ,but that's not what a wild stream is all about .... back home and a bottle of very chilled Amber nectar awaits !!! Will fish one of the Elan lakes early bells tommoz well before campers, dogs and screaming kids turn up !!! Lol !!! Lifes good sometimes hey.....

9 Trout

Not even a knock. Fished 5 until 8pm. So a couple of fish rising around 8pm but otherwise very quiet.

4 Trout

1 Chub

Touch ledgered Halibut Pellet and Luncheon meat. Open ended feeder with heavy hemp and spicy sausage mix. Float (stick) picked up two decent Chub on breadflake. Barbel ranges from 6 to 10.5 lb, two 10.5 lb fish taken in consecutive casts just before Island swim. Water was warm, relatively low and clearing by the hour. Lots and lots of canoes. One party must've been made up of 30 people. All OK, but a little bit tiresome.

5 Barbel, 8 Chub, 2 Other

Beautiful spot - reservoir level high and rising. Though several fish were seen to jump they declined all we had to offer. We spent the day on the West side near the old stone piers. This was our third and last days fishing - we had a lovely time - albeit not many fish caught. Fishing Passport is a wonderful scheme making access to these special places very easy - especially with the help offered by their friendly staff. The supporting documentation is also excellent. Thank you.

Couple of chub on the fly, saw a few salmon leaping but no takes. Beautiful place, hope to be back next year.

2 Chub