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Having fished the beat in the summer and only had chub, wanted to go back for a barbel. River was challenging, 1.8mtrs on the Ross gauge, only a couple of swims fishable on the inside, all quite boily, found a reasonable glide behind the large fallen tree in the lower field. Ended up with 2 barbel about 6lbs on large pellet and meat. Was an enjoyable day in the sun sat out of the cold wind.

2 Barbel

The river was still high but certainly fishable and the weather more bearable than the previous day. We started fishing the slack water behind trees in the upper field which resulted in a couple of good chub and a few dace. We then took the hike round the wood to fish the lower field to catch further 7 chub. Would love to return and fish the stretch in better conditions.

9 Chub, 3 Other

2 Barbel, 1 Other

23 Grayling

1 grayling caught on nymphs. River was pretty high didn’t stay for long

1 Grayling

After a heavy frost the night before conditions were always going to be tough but under the circumstances we were happy to catch a few decent chub to just short of 6lb plus a couple of bonus grayling. Only criticism, it would have been nice to know the track past the orchard was closed necessitating a punishing walk through the mud.

7 Chub, 2 Other

3 Barbel

With the gauge at 1.8m didn’t expect much . Found a nice slow slacking area on the edge of a pool and trotted double maggot , feeding every other cast . Soon got the fish feeding and had regular takes of small chub and grayling with an occasional dace and OS trout . Around midday had a few better grayling , with one bang on 2lbs. Finished the day with a lovely chub of 4lbs 15oz

3 Trout, 30 Grayling, 10 Chub, 5 Other

I was only able to fish for the afternoon thanks to work, but grayling were rising sporadically when I arrived at this gorgeous stretch of water, and I managed to land one (and lose two) on a size 18 Vermont caddis. Some dry fly fishing was an unexpected treat, but most of my time was spent nymphing, which produced three fine out-of-season trout up to 15 inches, and one much larger fish who might have been a salmon, but who shook free the hook after a brief battle.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling