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3 Barbel, 8 Chub, 1 Other

1 Rainbow spinning; 1 brown trout on worm ; 3 Perch.

2 Trout, 3 Other

Evening session, ideal conditions, all fish took from a wading position mid river to large pellets, the covering of what looks like blanket weed across the riverbed is not something I've seen before and doesn't bode well, it is everywhere.
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2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Conditions were "challenging" with a very low river and barely any surface activity. Found a few fish upstream of the bridge on Euro nymphing tactics. It was still a very enjoyable day in one of my favourite locations.

2 Trout, 6 Grayling

Absolutely stunning beat with great birdlife. Fishing a little more tricky today with the rain now some time ago, but I managed a few on nymphs. Lots of parr and very small trout around - usually fell off the hook before being landed - but I had 3 which were 13-15". Best fish was in fact a super 16" grayling.

8 Trout, 3 Grayling, 3 Other

3 Trout

15 Trout, 8 Grayling

Despite a decent fly hatch no fish seen rising on the full length of the beat and nothing in my fly box could entice a take. A nice day out in lovely countryside though.

Caught a good size trout and a smaller fish on heavy nymphs in faster water.
As mentioned in previous returns, access has become very challenging and I could only manage to get to the river at single location(Chain pool, I think) and so the rest of beat remained effectively off-limits.

2 Trout

Fished 2 swims around the lucky stone and caught steadily all day. Most caught on feeder apart from 1 barbel and about 5 chub on the float. Hooked a salmon on luncheon meat which proceeded to strip about 70 yards of line off as it went off like a jet ski downstream before the hook pulled. Lost about 20 feeders in snags but that's the price for this magical swim.

8 Barbel, 35 Chub