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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

2 Trout

Ideal day with little wind and overcast but no fish

2 Rainbows, 2 browns(returned) fly- fishing. Mostly calm and sunny. A few fish rising, but very choosy. Had to go down to size 16 flies and 4 lb line. A number of bites missed as the takes were very gentle.
Amazed at the amount of rubbish left over the bank holiday- cans,barbecues, plastic bags and a chair; but fair play, the bailiffs picked up lots of when they came round.

4 Trout

Upstream nymphing. Light wt tackle. Stream v overgrown, challenging casting, in fact casting impossible. Access to stream also challenging as bank fenced off with barbed wire and no formal access points that I could find. A rather frustrating day.

River was up a little and coloured caught on pellet feeder and meat on a sunny day

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

Fished Mill Pool and the Rectory. Fly only now so fished it through once or twice, with nothing seen or caught, surprised really as it looked great maybe a bit high ?

This was my second visit to the beat. Wonderful, again. All fish caught on a self tied (barbless) tenkara style/spider emerger pattern fished both upstream and cast across and downstream. It was cloudy and cold. While there was a fair amount of fly life there was very little surface activity. 1 very large trout hooked but lost just before the net!

3 Trout, 3 Grayling

Last fished the beat back in June when the river was low. River seemed in good condition clear with a nice flow and weather was perfect. Unfortunately nobody told the fish. Initially fished a pheasant tail nymph on the point with a hares ear and plover above. Saw a fish rise on the edge of a fast run and covered it. Changed to a para Adams dry fly and immediately rose hooked and lost the fish. Still a nice few hours out.