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River very low and glides very slow. 0.39m on the Elan guage keeping the water temperature down to 15 degrees. Mainly sunny and quite calm. Some midge, saw no upwings all day, intermittent sedge returnees at times and not much sign of errant terrestrials on the water. So, very little to encourage fish to rise, though there were a few sippers in foam lanes, all of which proved to be trout. Didn't raise a graying all day and only managed to find two on a nymph fished duo. Also dredged a few of the usual likely spots, and others currently more accessible, with heavier artillery but only managed to connect with another trout. Best trout 16 inches which, together with most of the others, was taken on a dark HE CDC sedge pattern, which also caught the most interesting catch of the day, a 4.5lb chub - not what I came expecting to fish for but a welcome lump nonetheless. It was one of a shoal on the fin in clear, shallow, sluggish water at the bottom of the beat. Having set the ambush, and once caught, most of the rest of the fish followed it for several minutes until they were about two rods length away, at which point and much as expected, they all just melted away! Apologies to all holiday-makers, but bring on the rain and lots of it - our rivers need a good clear out before September.

8 Trout, 2 Grayling, 1 Chub

1 Trout

River level fairly low with clear water made for a difficult day. Fished the boat pool area with meat and pellet. No bites on meat but 3 good bites on pellet resulting in the 3 fish to save the day. Canoe traffic heavy during the day up to 4.00pm which didn’t help and resulting with having to wind in and let the less considerate ones and people with no idea how to paddle a canoe pass by.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

early start but didn't get first bite till 3.30 in afternoon after a lot of boat traffic and some deciding to swim the river instead of using boat then caught 2 barbell within an hour

2 Barbel

Never fished the stretch before. Quite uniform but looked nice regardless.
Weather was in the upper 20's so decided against waders & fished from the bank.
We struggled initially but found the fish a few pegs from the end of the stretch on a long cast to the far bank trees, landing & losing a string of fish from 4:30pm til dark.
Best fish was 8lb which pulled the rod in due to a tangle on the tip but a fearless tuck & pike retrieved it quickly!!
All fish taken on small pellets banded to a 14's or 12's hook to a long hooklink... Up to 6ft.
Many Thanks.

9 Barbel, 12 Chub

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

4 Chub

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

A few trout sited swimming, but not a single bite on spinner, fly or using worm. There seems to be some obvious signs of night fishing, i.e. small dead perch lying on the bank side, lots of fishing line, empty beer cans, adhoc fire places and freshly cut sticks used as rod holders....I really wish people would stick to the rules, it ruins what could be a perfect fishing site for those people trying to to minimise their own ecological footprint when visiting a place as beautiful as this.

Hard going, nothing seen rising, just the one fish caught. Shame really because the weather was just about perfect and there was plenty of fly life but nothing showed any interest to either dries or nymphs {except one }!!

1 Trout