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Fished at Widdy bank ….seriously windy , dry fly best method . Only fished till about 1.00 pm .

11 Trout

One barbel, approximately 5lb or 6lb, caught on pellet fished with a gripper lead. Caught at about 11am. However, the sheer number of canoes then, became so overwhelming that I curtailed the session. I must have watched around 100 paddlers in groups of around 10 passing by every five minutes or so. Many of them seemed to pay no heed to other river users and I had to regularly alert them to my lines or had to wind in.
I gave up and left at around 1.15pm. Pity.

1 Barbel

Caught a nice lump of a chub down the bottom end in the fast water and a barbel about 5lb ????

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Very strong wind towards the dam. Water was coloured up. Slogged hard with various flies/techniques but ended with 2 circa 8-9”. Lost a much better one at the death.

2 Trout

Day 2
Same stretch from previous day
overnight rain conditions fair , another 5 chub in the morning with 6 later on in the Evening biggest around 5lb …. No Barbel.

11 Chub

low, clear , caught in pocket water, size 18 perdigon on spanish set up, care must be taken on slippy bedrock, quite a few unplanned slides! most fish 6 inches, one fish 16 inches.

10 Trout

An early Barbel from the top beach, about 6lb, on ledger, then a few small chub on float. Home for lunch then tried the lower section into evening, one 4lb barbel at last light and a few small chub on the feeder. Not an easy beat, very overgrown, the owners should clear at least a few swims. Bring a rope and watch out for the Giant Hog Weed, it’s everywhere. Overgrown and hard fishing.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

13 Chub

Despite the high winds , fishing beat 2 right bank between toll bridge and mini rapids 5 chub caught of weights between 4 - 6lb

5 Chub