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Water was very high fished lower part had some nice chub and lost a barbel by slipping while going to net

12 Chub

7 barbel caught & 1 lost in a 3 hour feeding spell in the morning.

7 Barbel, 2 Chub

1 Trout

Arrived early in order to ready myself for a wet trudge over Heart Attack Hill to be met with a pleasant surprise  - a farmer was offering free lifts on the back of his quad bike, along with a 5 litre bottle of local scrumpy and a bacon sandwich!

Only kidding. 

Serious question though  - why does the directions make you go a far longer, far harder way to the beat AND through some poor blokes garden when there's a legitimate waaay quicker and far less dangerous route?

By the time I'd done the short cut over the hill and settled into a peg with some nice slack water, I was soaked.

Turned into a tough day, with a howling wind and occasional sideways rain. One bite resulted in a kinky* barbel of around 6 pounds.

Love this beat but it may be next season until I brave it again. Unless they put in an escalator.

(* kinky as in damage to the spine)

1 Barbel

1 Trout

A very high river and horizontal rain greeted us through the gloom of dawn.

We walked the stretch to find the few realistically fishable swims in these high water conditions and concentrated on them. The fishing wasn't prolific but a clonking chub was caught along with a smaller one and a small barbel of around 3lb, one around 6lb, a scraper double and a weighed 10lb 12oz beauty. One was also lost to a hook pull in the fast water as it made for a snag.

We parked at the bottom of the stretch near the cattle grid as the middle parking area in the field seemed unavailable to use (both fields are full of a lovely looking breed of cows I've not seen before and a very large bull, all with huge horns). However the cows are kept away from the river/anglers/walkers by an electric fence and yes, it is working! That woke me up.

Another cracking day on a wonderful beat.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

7 Barbel

Love this stretch always a pleasure to fish here. We fished in unfamilar pegs today due to river levels but still caught. Spread out the full length of the beat, usual groundbit feeder tactics

11 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 Chub