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10 Barbel, 2 Chub

Missed many more, great day.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling, 1 Chub

No fish caught today. Rain please Dr. Smith
Regards Denis
WUf note: Rain requested....

Well first time here , and in fact first time for donkeys that I've fished the Ithon . . . We re so spoilt for choice in and around Hetefordshire to be honest.

Arrived at the lay by about eleven , bimbled down to the start of the beat , conscious that it was described as only a short one , which was perfect for today , as i was pretty tired from some heavy duty garden jobs on the Sunday !!!!! River looked low but still some tantalising trouty pools on the way down, kept an eye on the cows with calves , although they seemed pretty placid !!!

Initially fished a tiny Para Greenwells , had first savage rise to it ,head of a pool , very aggressive and a nice Ithon brownie to hand , about eight inches , lovely spotty markings . . . Next was also on the Greenwells , then I changed to a fourteen Parachute Adam's and had very savage takes to that too , also interst from five inch parr drowning my fly eeeerrrrr !!!!! Some upwings about from midday , bringing the fish on , and some splashy rises too . . .

Worked my way slowly up , a very enjoyable two hours I must say , brought another six lovely brownies to hand , and also four Parr, so with eight crackers on this lovely stretch I was pleased to be honest , as initially looked pretty dour , but these Ithon brownies go like crazy when they're hooked !!!! So a really fun two hours and ten minutes to be precise, will head to this one again soon , cant see why it's not fished more really, as it's perfect dry fly water and although not ideal conditions , fish still keen too hammer a dry !!! Back soon to this super beat . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 Trout

4 trout caught. 1 returned due to size.

4 Trout

No fish caught in our group today.

Lovely day but unfortunately didn’t catch but that’s more down to my experience than no fish riding. I will be back.

Lovely day but unfortunately didn’t catch but that’s more down to my experience than no fish riding. I will be back.

One Chub well over 5 lb.. felt like a barbel and nearly dragged rod in ! Beat not as productive as last year but looked in good condition.

1 Chub

A good day which started slowly in the bright sunshine. Fishing improved with cloud cover. Fish taken on a combination of drilled 13mm pellet and boilies. Biggest Barbel 8lb 40oz. Biggest chub 4lb.

18 Barbel, 8 Chub