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River at about 2m. Only the meadow really fishable & then only a couple of swims accessible with the water at this level (a couple of feet lower would have made all the difference) so after a brief go without success we called it a day.

water still rather high, but most of the beat was easily fishable. started off near the church but could only fish one very small area as it was a bit too deep and very fast. fished various spots along 3/4 of the beat ( 2 other anglers also fishing ) and picked up the odd fish hear and there, all on nymphs. grayling to 11" oos trout to 14" and 3 parr

5 Trout, 2 Grayling, 3 Other

River up around 4ft but perfectly fishable. 5 chub to 4.6. 4 anglers fished from 2pm onwards.

5 Chub

Fished a new swim which proved to be productive in high water. Caught using just a hair rigged single pellet. Lost a few more to a snag. Fished there again later in the week an not a single bite. Location is key.

6 Barbel

Fish were not at home in the usual hotspots. Water had dropped about 4 foot, leaving the banks very slippery and making it dangerous to fish some swims. Found a few feeding fish late afternoon after losing more tackle.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

River only just within its banks so quite a challenge but still caught from this fantastic river in beautiful surroundings

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

High river difficult fishing

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

11 x trout 6-10 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. A bright and still morning after a cold night. The water looked somewhat high and muddy, but I thought I would give it a try as probably this would be the last chance this season. Some of the regular pools were rather too turbulent, but a few trout were prepared to rise elsewhere.

11 Trout

4 Trout

Still 2.5 metres of extra water in, CG ended up with 14 barbel, CS with 6 and a snake (eel). Most fish on pellet and feeder, with the extra water in no pegs were fishable on the lower half of the length

20 Barbel, 1 Other