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Cold day

4 Trout

Water very low but chub were obliging in one of the more downstream swims. Access not great however, a fair few swims on a very steep bank. Grippy footwear and a bank stick a must!

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

3 Common Carp up to 11lb

3 Other

Fished the top two swims without success, then the concrete wharf, which also proved fruitless.
Managed to find the Chub on the beach, albeit they continued to behave skittishly. Finally, encouraged a little activity from the croy.
More fish were caught on sweetcorn and luncheon meat than were caught on pellet and boilie.
Some work on the bank and some roping would prove beneficial as there were only six accessible swims.

1 Barbel, 9 Chub, 1 Other

River was coloured but saw some salmon breaching the water but couldn’t buy a fish to take a fly.

8 trout caught on fly ( black lure)
Would like to enquire if there are any plans to re instate the road that leads down to the reservoir that was storm damaged some time ago as it was ideal for disabled anglers to be able to access a nice area to fish

8 Trout

Having already booked weeks in advance, I was really looking forward to my first session of the opening week of the new river season. I had chosen a new beat for my first session and i was delighted to say i was not disappointed. The guide maps were a great help and once on the river i could see that the land owner had gone to great lengths to give the angler (in most case where possible) good access the their preferred pegs, including steps dug out of the bank down to the river and rope to those inaccessible spots due the the steeps banks which would be invaluable during very wet conditions.
Having arrived extra early, i was a cool cloudy over cast day, the river was low but had good colour and eagerly rushed to get my first cast into the water, i did not have to wait long for my first chub knock which carried on and kept me busy throughout the day, although i moved a number of times i could not get among my target species of the Barbel.
Chub are in great shape these days my best of six being 5lb 4oz, and eel and a trout, all caught on luncheon meat, pellet and bollie.
Thanks again WUF and the Land Owner for allowing us access to some great fishing on the best river in the UK.

1 Trout, 6 Chub, 1 Other

River level up and more colour after rain yesterday, thought might be good day, not a bite! Saw salmon leaping and what could have been a shoal of shad, to big for dace. Try again tomorrow.

1 trout caught but a lovely day overall.

1 Trout

Fly fishing for trout, used surface floating flies. No bites or fish caught. Saw some early rises in the morning, dull midday with some more rises and jumps in the afternoon. Weather was nice and sunny but with overcast cloudy patches every so often.