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Slow evening only 2 chub

2 Chub

The Reservoir was very full for the time of year.

7 Brown trout between 9 and 15 inches

7 Trout

River obviously low at the moment but had an odd brown tinge whether that is algae related I’m not sure. Fish not enthusiastic as usual but could still be recovering from spawning they all looked in great condition. Combination of float & feeder. Evening didn’t throw up the usual burst of activity. Overall a good day in fantastic scenery and the bonus of seeing only one canoe !

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Where do I begin to describe this wonderful day! Wow!

First of all I'd like to make a shout out to Rachel and Shaun who are the most welcoming, lovely hosts. They are happy to share advice and keep you posted on the conditions and where the fish may likely be on the day. You don't don't get that everywhere, so thank you guys!

Water conditions were slightly lower than average and clear. Weather was mild and slightly cloudy with a few spouts of sunshine which was warmly welcomed.

My fishing buddy Phil & Myself started at the very bottom of the beat and decided to work our way up stream mostly targeting the faster water. We stuck some general size 14 river nymphs (Hares ear with peacock collar) on under sheeps wool indicators and boy, it all kicked off from about the 3rd cast.. Phil had 9 grayling in the first half hour, (2 of 41cm) which was fantastic for him as he is new to fly fishing. I had 3 on the nymphs but very soon switched over to a dry fly and focused my attention on trying to pull some fish up to the surface having seen sporadic caddis hatches. 17 fish in the first 2 hours.. it was so much sport!

The rest of the day we focused more on some faster moving dry fly water in the middle to upper stretches normally just a bit further down from the heads of the pools and it was a super successful 2nd half with 90% of the fish falling to small size 16 CDC caddis imitations, size 16 hares ear klinkhammers and CDC emergers. We ended up with a handful of decent trout (around 20 - 25cm) in between a substantial number of grayling, all the fish fought really nicely and made for good, non stop action all day!

I can't wait to return, thank you Craig Llyn :)

5 Trout, 28 Grayling

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

nice to see some small barbel 5 between 1&2lbs, they clearly had a very successful spawning a few years back

11 Barbel, 19 Chub

Met Adam mid morning as we arrived who was very helpful. River was a bit low and in need of some rain. I had a 3lb chub on a boilie in my first swim , moved later on to a swim with more flow and had some more chub to 4lb , rang the changes with hook baits . Unfortunately my son blanked but he still enjoyed himself and he liked the look of the fishery and wants to return in the autumn.

4 Chub

Trotting the float using small cubes of bacon grill or sweetcorn.
Caught some lovely roach up to about a pound as well as a few dace in addition to a number of chub up to about 3 pounds.

11 Chub, 10 Other

2 Trout