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1 Trout

Slow start early doors, just picking up the odd fish from every other run. By 1pm we figured out where the fish where happiest feeding and we slowly started to pick up fish consistently for the next few hours. Lost a nice fish of about 3lb, average size for the day was 25-30cm. Stunning water, brilliant fish, highly recommend!

20 Trout

Spent the afternoon rolling meat. River low as expected but ideal for wading around various swims. Funnily enough most positive takes were when canoe track was highest. Great fun rolling meat under canoes.

10 Barbel, 7 Chub

11 chub, 1 perch

11 Chub, 1 Other

Water very low, fly fished, float, intermediate, sinker, various flies,lures not a bite no fish to be seen either

Other was a large roach. Enjoyable days fishing until tree work started on the opposite bank killing the swims.

7 Barbel, 10 Chub, 1 Other

All fish caught in wooded section on float and feeder. Barbel approx 6.5lbs and 1lb.

2 Barbel, 70 Chub

Fished from 1pm through to the evening. Fished dries (soft hackle and sedge) and spiders. Very few fish rising and a cool evening. 4 fish on dries and 5 on spiders ranging from 1/2 to 1.5 lbs mostly by prospecting. Lovely days sport and river looking a good height and flow.

3 Trout, 6 Grayling

No fish for the guy from Germany ;) Had to arrange with this beat in the first minutes. Thought the morning would be best and started at 6 am. Unfortunately no fish were rising.
The upper and downer part of the beat were jungle and it was nearly impossible to get trough. So I concentrated on the middle part. Steep banks and muddy shoreline, so wading was tricky - you had to find the right spot.
Wind was freshing up so no dry fly fishing from 8am on.
Tried my best with the nymph, but didn't manage to catch a fish.
I've seen and spooked some fish and spotted a very nice huge brown, but didn't get her on the line.
Scenery was perfect and I think the evening would have been better.
Stopped fishing at 11 am and travelled further.
Next time next try.

Rivers have been so low – but a bit of water on the gauge so we thought it worth a chuck. Not sure where the water was coming from …. None of the gauges up the catchment , including the Elan, looked as if they had seen water. But there it was – cold too, so do suspect dam release.
Wherever it came from the fish didn’t like it! Little by way of insect life either, although Mr kingfisher was showing us how to do it. We finished with one salmon parr …. Never mind, the bad days put the good ones in context.

1 Other