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Spent most of the day roving and not catching. A few small chub caught on wagglered pellets. 1 Barbel and 2 nice chub caught on rolled meat in the evening. 1st barbel for my fishing buddy!

1 Barbel, 5 Chub

River level still painfully low and bright sunshine, with a severe thunderstorm just as we arrived making some of the wood section unsafe to fish. Extremely difficult conditions!! Fished in the woods near the faster water where we could get access. All fish were caught on the peg near the nearside snag where a small fallen tree has amassed weed and debris down the inside. Caught most of the chub on floating bread. A couple caught on freelined meat / ledgered pellet. Caught an 8lb barbel on ledgered double pellet late on.

1 Barbel, 13 Chub

4 Barbel

2 Trout

2 Trout

river very low and so clear. fished for two hours in early morning in first peg in wood nothing caught very weedy.
after having to repair puncher on car returning mid evening for a late session. after speaking to Peter the fishery manager he put me on a peg where barbel had been caught previously that week. with only three very small barbel to speak of then around 19:00 had a massive drop back which I struck into. at first thought somehow thought it was weed then it took off.an awesome barbel weighing 10 pound 4 ounces thank you Peter. Cant wait for rain get river right then shall deffo return to Thomas Wood

4 Barbel

Fished faster water but failed to register a proper bite. Lots of weed coming down, but still an enjoyable day.

Last stint of a few days exploring the Lugg - thought I'd come back to the one beat I'd tried before, but sadly the fish were nowhere near as interested as last time! I managed to spot a few, but mostly as they shot off into cover. Fished 8.00-11.00am and would probably have stopped earlier had I not been saved from a blank by a lovely fish (12" or so) which grabbed a heavy nymph in fast water, under a tree stump. For which I was very grateful!

1 Trout

Started on the float for only a couple of small chub, had a walk and threw in a few pellets here and there and immediately barbel came onto them, fed a few swims and left them, returned and as usual as soon as a line went in they disappeared, you could see them come back but just couldn't find a way of catching them.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Lots of small chub on float with sweetcorn in the day and 5 barbel all around 6lbs between 7pm and 8.30pm. Some very steep pegs but a very good day on a lovely beat.

5 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other