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River well up, though falling, and nicely coloured. Arrived around 15.00 by which time the rain had stopped, but the steep banks were very slippery with limited safe access to the water. A fruitless afternoon, whichever bait I used. A couple of decent chub in the evening but no sign of the barbel.

2 Chub

Had a lovely morning on the river. Caught 3 Chub, biggest was about 4/5 lb. Never caught this species before so was delighted. Fished 07:00-14:00, all fish caught within first couple of hours. Heavens opened after that and killed the fishing. Hope to come back to get amongst the Barbel another time. If fishing the stretch for the first time, I’d advise entering the second beat by the toll bridge. I found beat 1 and 3 very hard to find/access. Thanks Terry!!!

3 Chub

Difficult day, heavy rain, no trout rising. Blanked

2 Trout

4 Trout

2 Trout, 4 Grayling

6 Barbel, 10 Chub

Well looked forward to getting on the Edw fir a while , so was nice to bimble off to the Cregrina beat this morning after a five mile session on the tread mill !! Bowled up at the bridge at half nine and temperature in my truck was reading 13 degrees si just nice , and a little overcast. Water really pushing through so carefully does it on this beat with the nasty angle of the bedrock on the river bed , its a real ankle breaker if you don't go steady here !!!!
Mooched down to the start of the beat , some new additions across the river in the form of ash and alder trees, aaarrggghhh shame really , some good water ruined !!! Cest la vie !!!!
Still initially fished a flashback PTN , good solid takes to it , so worked that all the way up to the bridge , some lovely fish this morning too , spotty Edw fish, ranging from six to thirteen inches , superb!!
The pools above the bridge fished well with a CDC and elk, three fish hammered it big time , as there were some sedge dancing about by then , great fun !!! Really strong feisty fish in the pokey current , took some taming with the two weight rod!!!A really interesting four hours sport, and fourteen beauties to the net , a few slipped the hook , but a sporting few hours on one of my favourite beats , spot on ,back here , or at Hundred House next week , lovely jubley. . . . . . . . .

14 Trout