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Scaled down. Size 10, 8lb hooklink, 8mm pellet and steady sport in a short evening session on a low river.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

My first visit to the Senni. A peaceful scenic beat in a quiet valley, but I'm coming to detest barbed wire. Had hoped to start on the faster water below the parking at the bridge. However, there was no obvious way downriver to the start of the beat other than to wade there, with double fences running down to the river topped with the wretched stuff in the fields on the west side and close alongside the water on both banks, too high to step over without risking torn waders (despite coming armed with pipe lagging)! I expect to find natural obstacles on a wild stream and recognise the benefits of keeping stock out of the watercourse, but excluding anglers as well does seem counterproductive! Access upstream from the bridge is easier once the two watergates are circumvented and there are some attractive pools, a couple of which I judged too deep to safely wade through, even with chest waders, and again the proximity of the barbed wire fencing leaves little room to manoeuvre or to find a easy way back to the bridge at the end of the day. The water was low and clear with filamentous algae in the slower sections making for some slippery wading. I found an abundance of salmon parr splashing at the dry fly and mostly wriggling off the barbless hook. Trout were far less easy to find and although there was a fair amount of fly life with rises in the slower pools, I suspect most of these were parr, with just one positive sighting of a trout as it breached the surface after a mayfly. The calm conditions did make a stealthy approach difficult and progress slow and I left at dusk, a field short of the upstream limit, by following an escape route marked in the vegetation by another recent angler, who had left his footprints on the riverbed (there are no returns made for this beat since 2019).

5 Other

3 Trout

1 Trout

Nothing caught, not even a nibble

The river was perfect and the weather part cloud and sun. 4 rods fishing caught plenty of chub between 2lb and 5lb. using meat and pellet, Single Barbel landed, a nice fish of 9lb 2oz on meat. There were a lot of canoes, but they were respectful and polite.

1 Barbel, 20 Chub

Short session. We didn’t arrive until 1pm and had 2 fish between us

2 Trout

3 Trout

2 Trout landed, fair size, otherwise very quiet.

2 Trout

2 Barbel, 3 Chub