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2 Chub

River at .71, too high and strong to wade to the best spots. A blank today despite trying all the options I could think of. Really good to see that Salmon have reached the usual pools again and to be able to watch them at relatively close range.

River was at a good height - not flooded like previous week. Used a pork/ham mixed luncheon meat on hook and a breadcrumb/meat mix in the feeder. Fish came in an hour spell at 10.30ish. Beautiful and powerful fish.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Two of us had a great day up near the church.
Had lots of chub,a few grayling a small trout and 2 barbel. All on maggot/feeder

1 Trout, 4 Grayling, 2 Barbel, 20 Chub

Lovely day, 2 Chub lots of snags

2 Chub

4 Chub

hard fishing very snaggy 1barbel on halibut pellet

1 Barbel

Another delightful day by the river in social isolation...it's what we have to do! The only company was the local wildlife which was entertaining enough. A very tame robin sat on my bait box/rod/landing net on & off throughout the day; I now know that a little robin can swallow a 9mm. halibut pellet whole & come back for more. A kingfisher was fishing off a willow branch not 10 metres upstream from me , so close in fact I could hear the 'splash' every time he/she dived onto some poor minnow. Cock pheasants everywhere revelling in their extended pass this season, mergansers, goosanders, little grebes diving around the calmer water, moorhens running back & forth across the river, long tailed tits working the bank treeline & much more.
The other creatures working the river bank were Monty's troops on the beat above. On more than one occasion I caught large willow trimmings which tend to start off like a barbel bite but eventually pull your rod in. Probably my fault for not paying attention!
One of the barbel was a decent size & the other a 2lb.ish fish. Good to see the next generation coming through
Thanks again WUF for access & the chance to break the monotony of lockdown.
By the way the Woolhope diversion into Fownhope is much the best. I made the mistake of going via Brockhampton which is a narrow set of roads . You can end up in reverse quite often that way.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

There were a few fish rising in the steadier paced sections, which is always a nice bonus when fishing in November. The oos trout were all 8 or 9", fat, healthy and did not appear to have spawned yet. Two of them came to a dry.
I couldn't find the larger grayling though - all four were 3 inches, an encouraging sign of course.
The river was at 1ft 6" on the Byton gauge and pushing through, probably about as high as you want it for Lyepole.
A very enjoyable, mild autumn day in the scenic Lugg valley.

4 Trout, 4 Grayling

A pleasant couple of hours on a pale afternoon trundling nymphs through some of the deeper pools to no avail, though a small fish did wriggle off in the pool below the bridge. The leaves had a particular affinity for the beaded GRHE on the point.