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We struggled all day on our favourite stretch. River was low but we fished the faster water in the near side gully. Not so much as a knock all day until, literally, last knocking when one barbel was caught as I was about to pull the rod out for the day. My good mate had a disaster with his rod by snapping off the top six inches which put him out of action for half the day. We will be back to try again in a couple of weeks.

1 Barbel

Lots of salmon parr falling to small nymphs. Best of the fish were the grayling, again caught on weighted nymphs. A good day on a great beat.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling, 7 Other

River low but overhead conditions perfect. Few fish rising through the day and all taken on the dry. Nothing big.

5 Trout

5 Barbel, 15 Chub

6 Trout

Unfortunately our day was cut short as one of our party slipped into the river and hit his head on the rocks and it was necessary for us to take him to hospital

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Made the decision to climb the hill and fish the faster/broken water in the woods first thing. On the bank and fishing by 6am.
3 Feet of water, 2 Feet of Chub, unbelievable number (i've reported 30 but TBH stopped counting after 20). Bait (mainly Pellets) was being hit on the drop. In fact i'm only just slightly exaggerating when I say I swear one jumped out of the water and caught it in the air :-) Some cracking chub in amongst the half pounders. Glueing multiple pellets together help reduce the numbers and give the Barbel a chance to find the bait. Lost 2 barbel in the rocks which was very frustrating.
In the afternoon decided to move back to the swims by the hut (to avoid the climb at the end of the day) had two good chub 4lb - 5lb and a few smaller, and two small Barbel.
Water had colour but very little weed in swims that used to have it to hold the fish

2 Barbel, 30 Chub

No fish, river was low and clear, only had 5 hours fishing due to work commitments

4 Trout

Another enjoyable day at this scenic venue and apart from the inconvenience of the padlock there is nothing to be critical of here...but the lack of weed issue and strange colour of the river is now a common thread on these posts. On a positive note though it would appear the Coarse fish have not changed their behaviour and the increased Chub catches could be put down to the more coloured water and the possibility that they are homing in on anglers baits due to the lack of more natural food. There is an abundance of fry in the margins so quite clearly the fish have spawned despite the ongoing much publicised problems. I caught a good Perch and a number of small Chub too fishing from 10 until 7 so happy with the return in not particuarly good conditions. Only time will tell in respect the rivers health but this could be the way it will remain and Roach catches might increase too....Dace seem to be in demise and Barbel catching does seem lower but all the fish I caught were in good shape and lets hope this aspect continues.

2 Barbel, 8 Chub, 15 Other