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3 Chub

3 Barbel

River in Flood, unfortunately no fish and no bites

wind at 80mph

Both Anglers unwell so did not travel.

Went for a window in the weather. Some bug life but didn't find a fish. Plenty of likely spots so will have another go.

This was my first time fishing this beat and I have to say the water is lovely! It has a good variety of riffles, runs, pools, glides and dry flats. With that said it was an incredibly difficult day! I covered a lot of water and nothing seemed to be feeding. A few olives were the only thing I saw in terms of a hatch and nothing came up for those. With the temps being quite mild I was expecting to have a bit more action and at least see a few fish rising. I started fishing at 9.30am and decided to call it a day at around 2pm when my gut feelings told me that it wasn’t going to get any better. I did however manage to get two nice fish in the net using heavy nymphs on a French leader. The first fish was around 16 inches and the Second was around 18.5 inches (but very lean). Both were returned and swam off strong. Wading can be pretty challenging in places as there is a lot of slippery bedrock shelves, so it’s definitely not for the faint hearted. Overall I’m pretty happy with today considering the trout season has only just started and I will definitely be back in the warmer months.

2 Trout

Didn’t fish - river slightly too high, cold and chocolately. Fished elsewhere for three chub

High, fast and coloured water. Strengthening wind. Access to fishable swims hard to find. A chub each saved the day.

2 Chub

Tough going, not a bite all day.
Water bitterly cold due to snow melt, from what we saw even the Kingfisher blanked !!