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2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Well bowled up at the lovely Lyepole beat at just gone ten , overcast , slight breeze and mild . . . . Walked down to the beat start , noticed that someone was at the cottage , managed to see the lady there and she said it wasn't a problem if I fished the section in front of the cottage , as they were heading out for the day . . . . That was a good start , and it just got better !!!!!!!

Rigged up my ten foot three weight , French nymphing outfit , seemed unwealdy after fishing my six foot two weight all summer on the wild streams , but soon settled into things , two tungsten nymphs , and did change several times , grayling didn't seem that fussy to be honest , gammurus pattern and pink shrimp patterns seemed the favourite , and the sizes varied from four up to twelve inches , great fun , and nice to get back into the swing of French nymphing tactics . . . .

Fish seemed fairly spread out , being at the head and tails of pools , and interestingly in some of the skinny water too , smashing the point nymph with real gusto !!!! Fish seemed to start rising about oneish , so at the cottage pool , I did change to the duo , Parachute Adams and small olive nymph , hitting the Adams hard and a varied size of fish in that pool too , from six to ten inches , superb . . . Four to hand in that pool , hectic sport , nearly a fish on every cast !!!!

Half way up the beat I saw something odd in the water , and it turned out to be a leg of an otter , very strange , and it looked fairly fresh too !!!! Most odd . . . .

A very enjoyable five hours sport , twenty two gorgeous grayling to hand , no brownies at all , shall head back soon , possibly next Monday !!!!! Spot on . . . . . . . .

22 Grayling

Fished the upper stretch this time and found them taking dries, though very tentatively. All on Grayling Steel Blue, largest 17 inches, others 10 - 12 inches.

4 Grayling

Near perfect conditions with a rise in level the day before & some colour in the water coupled with mild temperatures for October & a good deal of cloud cover.
All fish from the upper end of the fishery to either pellet feeder or lead & PVA with all fish taken on West Country Baits elips pellets or slick sense boilies.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

Guided Day by Shaun - three French anglers Philippe, Javier and Nicolas who were visiting from Normandy. Nicholas learnt how to fish a French leader for the first time and did extremely well landing 19 fish. Javier and Philippe did extremely well considering there was a limited hatch of dark olives coming off. Grayling starting to shoal in the slower deeper runs now. Looking forward to another day together on Wednesday.

28 Grayling

Fished the faster water by the pump house walkway to the end of the shingle bank.
Lovely beat, would love to see some swims cut in going upstream opposite the wood.
Barbel came to pellet and boilie Chubb came to Meat

5 Barbel, 10 Chub

One fish seen all day despite a small water level rise and a little colour. No contacts.

1no Graling of 1/4lb
1no lost Graling of a similar size
1no lost trout of a similar size

All taken by Czech nymphing at the head of the Island Run

1 Grayling

Tough day 4 Barbel to 8lb 12oz

4 Barbel