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Two small brown trout caught on a spinner, both fish returned.

2 Trout

Arrived to find the river up and chocolate brown with a fair pace to it Very quiet day with nothing troubling the rod top except vast amounts of blanket or silkweed which coated everything, masking the hookbait and smothering the feeder.
Looking at the river level gauges everything seemed to be gradually dropping in the evening which is when bites started to occur. An eel of 1.5lb started it, a gnarly battered looking barbel of not quite 5lb gave a great fight despite its torn, bent and mangled tail not to mention a 50p sized sore on its flank.
A chublet of 6oz swallowed a 16mm pellet and finished with one of 2.5lb on meat.
Can't wait to return though to what is a breathtakingly beautiful stretch. All sorts of creatures to be seen, egrets, herons, buzzards, deer, all manner of birds but the crowning glory was a goldcrest sat in the tree above me.

Stunning

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

1 Trout

6 Barbel, 10 Chub

River has extra water in still, about 2 ft. Picked up fish steadily. Weed was a problem, not visible in coloured water so it cost us some tackle. Pellet and bomb tactics. No feeders today.

Stunning beat as always. The floods or earlier this year have torn some trees out but not affecting any of the main swims. Lesser spotted woodpecker seen and a red kite too.

8 Barbel, 5 Chub

8 Barbel, 5 Chub

1 Trout

River higher than normal with the brown (chicken) colour and no weed but good flow and not much silkweed. On my own today as friend could not make it. End swim cleared using leatherman saw on the willow branches but only produced small chub on floatfished corn and meat so moved back towards the bridge and found the big swim with nice steps blocked by a huge fallen willow branch. 10 minutes with the leatherman and access to this lovely comfortable swim was possible. Feeder with meat and pellet down the middle produced 4 nice barbel and 5 good chub and forays on the float down the same line with corn produced small chub and one good dace, Only 1 eel on meat. Lovely stretch , great steps. How long will it last with this water problem. Write to your MP.

4 Barbel, 5 Chub, 20 Other

1 Trout

Evening session with my lad. No school of course. Caught two nice Barbel nudging 8lb each and a big chub. Feeder fished pellets, river nice colour and up a foot or so. Was hoping to catch more but getting to know this stretch. Wildlife is great here, Mandarin ducks, lovely Egrets wading the far bank, Red Kites and of course George the bull, stunning herd of Longhorns in the field. Met Andy late on who educated me on the beat so I will try again soon. Good pegs, strimmed back but still got that wild feel. Pleasant evening.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub