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11 Barbel, 48 Chub

Wanted to give one of the Arrow beats a bash this morning , a bit of a change , plumbed for Court of Noke , weather was overcast , reading fifteen degrees ; when I parked up at the field pull in at ten to six . Fancied another early one , preemptive strike !!!! Assuming it may get warm again !!!! A bit of a breeze , but pleasantly mild . . . Bimbled down to the gate , waded through the seven foot heigh Himalayan balsam which is always a pleasant chore here !!!!! Nice to get out into the open fields !!

Fished a small Parachute Adams , and CDC and elk this morning , six lovely fish to hand , two of them real clonkers , gave me a good run around in the deep pool , great fun , lovely colours as always with the Arrow brownies . . . . . Takes were confident on the Para Adams and CDC& elk , hitting them hard , did see some mad sedges around at sevenish . . . . Wonder if they get dizzy from there flying antics !!!!

A fun two hours here , fish ranged from eight to maybe thirteen inches , lovely tubby strong fish , and the water height here is still a shade above normal , which is great for nearly July . . . Been a while since I've fished Noke , but a really pleasant couple of hours . . . Spot on !!!!!!!

6 Trout

Turned up a bit l8 to be fair but the fish were on the feed through the day with it being overcast once i found the fish had 4 nice barbel in a few hours all on pellet...

4 Barbel

14 Chub

The river was surprisingly low and clear,but the weather thankfully a bit cooler. Nothing much seen rising and not much fly life but did see a few Mayfly. Around a dozen Trout mainly to small nymph on Tenkara rod. Best Trout about 12 inches most nearer 6. Huge amounts of small Trout and parr attacking the nymph in every pool and run.

12 Trout

Method

14 Barbel, 1 Chub

Barbel of 10lb 4oz and 6lb and a chub of 4lb. River at 1.05m (Lydbrook gauge) and falling. Air temp 21C, mostly light cloud with some bright sunshine.
Fished the Meadow from 5am and had the 6lb barbel at 6:30am. Nothing besides small knocks on the feeder and quick chub bites until I caught the chub and the larger barbel on consecutive casts to the same spot around 5pm.
Lots of swims with issues accessing the water at present due to the steep banks, conditions were dry today but would have been treacherous if wet.
Loads of canoes but none of them came near my line.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

7 barbel to 9 pound 6 chub to around the 4 pound mark balled in 20 balls of ground bait and pellet to nearside downstream overhanging tree and fished running lead and PVA bags over the top .

7 Barbel, 6 Chub

Lovely stretch and very quite , Lost a very powerful barbel in the morning , hooklink cut , small barbel (4lb) a little later ,
Very sunny afternoon and early evening , no more barbel activity , Fresh otter spraint in the last swim in the left bank .

1 Barbel, 8 Chub