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A few weeks off 70 and the "Fownhope yomp" dosen't get any easier!!.Arrived to find the river was low but with overcast skies expectations were reasonable. Very slow through the day, just three Chub between us although one was a fine five pounder. The rest of the fish came in two bursts from 17:00hrs. to 21:30hrs. The Chub 3 to 5 lbs., the Barbel four in the 4 to 6 lbs. bracket and one beauty of 9lb. 13oz. , a new pb for the "Silver Fox". Chub to legered meat and trotted bread flake, all the Barbel and the 5lb. Chub to legered pellet.

5 Barbel, 17 Chub

Windy and overcast mostly, tough fishing with one carp caught on sweet corn. Plenty of fish showing at the car park end

1 Other

1 Grayling

2 Trout

We had a tough day on this beat as the banks were rather over grown and the water levels low. However we did manage to catch a few fish using pellet and feeder. We were especially pleased to see this baby Barbel, which was caught on a 12mm square piece of luncheon meat. Unfortunately luncheon meat also attracts Eels and we had two of those, yuk!

6 Barbel, 4 Chub, 2 Other

1 Trout

This was the first time that we had fished this stretch and despite having high hopes and an early 7am start the fishing was extremely tough going. I had read about the 'Lucky Stone' and having travelled with too much gear it was really not an option for us this time. We settled in to the swim directly next to the Fishing Hut. The river was very low, coloured and not looking like ideal conditions.
The 2 small Chub were caught with feeder tactics and a mix of corn and pellets and thats about as good as it was ever going to get with continued dog owners allowing their dogs to jump in to the river and a steady stream of noisy canoeists bumping along the bottom.
We will be back though to try the other, more prolific swims but will try and plan a time when there is a bit more water and less activity!

2 Chub

21 Grayling

Beautiful 2 rainbow trout

2 Trout