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We had 8 little Perch that's always great fun for me (I'm a kid again!) They were all in excellent condition and returned safely to the water, then during a heavy downpour I caught 2 lovely trout about 3lb in weight, it went quiet for a while time for tea and some food. An hour later my luck was in 2 more beauties again, similar in weight to the other two. No matter how cold and wet it's days like this that make me think "please God let me wake up again tomorrow to have another day like today"

4 Trout, 8 Other

Fished from the start of the lower pool. Nothing doing at this end of the beat.

Spotted 2x 1lb to 2lb trout from the bank directly in front of the access gate. Lost sight before chance to cast.

1xsmall on a nymph.

1 Trout

Had one nice barbel 2 small chub and an eel hard going but very nice place

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

4 Barbel, 10 Chub

6 Barbel

2 Trout

A Friday night (when working full-time) isn't ideal for exploring new water, but when Saturday looks like having enough rain to unsettle the river it seemed like the best option. I'm glad I went, as I now know that I like this water. In terms of the fishing, it was fairly slow - I didn't hear any sewin move as dusk turned to night, and while that can be entirely meaningless as an indicator of action to come I do find it reassuring. In the bottom pool I had a few trouty plucks and one solid pull that resulted in nothing. Further upriver I had a large fish follow to within a rod length and then turn away aggressively, I'm not sure I will ever not be momentarily startled by a big unseen fish erupting in spray at close range. I also frightened some ducks, received the curiousity of a fox and was sworn at by an otter.
I appreciate it's a bit different for association beats, but the usual pool guide found on most WUF directions wouldn't go amiss for those of us on the Friday night crew. As it was, I did have enough time to find a few likely looking spots and time in between to ponder philosophical questions; such as whether everyone who uses the word 'woke' as a criticism has a shared definition of what it means beyond 'stuff I disagree with', and whether conservation charities would fall under it. I suspect not, on both counts.

worming

10 Chub

1/2 day.
No fish, a couple of coloured fish moving in the main pool.