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Went down for a couple of hours in the evening. River up a bit and coloured. The evening turned cold and windy. Unsurprisingly little fly activity and nothing rising . Tried duo with ptn without success.

I fished a peg around 2/3 down the stretch, starting around 10am on the float. Struggled a bit but had a few small chub on meat, lost a couple into roots in the near bank. Swapped after lunch onto a small lead. Various small and large hook baits, meat, halibut pellet, robin red small boilie with pellets in pva mesh. A few taps but not successful. Switched back to lighter tackle late afternoon, touch ledger with swan shot on a running link and a 10mm carp pellet banded to a size 10 hook. Bites became very frequent, several small chub, another couple of larger ones lost to a snag. x3 lovely barbel in the evening up to 7lb 2oz.

3 Barbel, 10 Chub

Nice summer stretch with good access.

7 Barbel, 10 Chub

First time at this beat. River rose about 9 inches throughout the day becoming slightly coloured. Concentrated on Island and Rock Pool. No fish caught and, apart from a big splash towards the bridge, no salmon seen. Enjoyable day none the less, getting used to new Salmon fly rod and line.

River looked good , caught barbel late in day on pellets and chub throughout the day biggest just over 5lbs

3 Barbel, 8 Chub

Late afternoon/evening on the Honddu. I got to the river to find the water was a good height after recent rain, but horribly coloured - basically chocolate. Only hope was to fish streamers. This worked well, with plenty of fish willing to attack a black leech pattern tied on a jig hook. Bumped and lost a good few. Most of the fish were fairly small (6 to 10 inches) but there were a good handful from 12 to 14 inches.

20 Trout

Plenty Salmon seen. Algal bloom still a problem.

3 Chub

Was a bit hard going, did hope for the early season Chub bonanza on the balsa. Managed some lovely big chub with some smaller tubes too. The all night rain had not affected the river as it was still very low but did have slight colour in it. Unfortunately the wet weather had made the woods a bit treacherous, I did take a fall late on and jarred my shoulder but no damage. Take care. Mixed weather day too. Enjoyable as always fishing here in lovely surroundings. Be back at the end of the month. All canoes were very polite too.

20 Chub

Welcome overnight rainfall; river rose 7-10 cms and a good tinge of colour. Plenty of surface activity but, once again, no luck.

Low river, slow fishing until evening

2 Barbel, 6 Chub