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Arrived at the Lyepole beat to find the water slightly higher than normal and fairly chocolatey. Didn't see a single fish rise all day despite abundant fly life but had a decent day on silver and bronze beaded pheasant tail nymphs with a french nymph setup and a klink and dink. We had 10 Grayling and 6 Trout between us. Biggest being a Grayling approx 1lb. Very enjoyable day.

10 Grayling, 6 Trout

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

River in good condition, plenty of coloured water, dropping. Hot sunny conditions not ideal and unsurprisingly fish came early morning and late afternoon/evening. Pellet feeder. Barbel to 9lb8oz, small chub and a couple of eels.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Other

today was a very poor day... Yes, it was bright and sunny which fish don't don't like and very windy (upstream of course), but there was no hatch of fly and no sign of rising fish. My day is usually filled with my incompetence in having takes which I fail to capitalise on, but not today. There were almost no takes. I caught a couple of small trout, and again, there was no sign of salmon.

2 Trout

Fished the fly. Very hot and sunny. No fish seen.

River fining down but still with colour. Pretty ideal conditions except for full sun. Caught steadily and got a sun tan too! Felt like I would have caught more but had to leave late afternoon. No chub today which was interesting.

7 Barbel

Scorching hot day, river carrying a bit of colour. Had two fish from the top peg, then made my way down to the rope pool where I had a further five plus some chub. Blockend with micros and 6mm pellet on hook, fished close in under the downstream bush.

7 Barbel, 5 Chub

A beautiful stretch of water. Only 2 of us made it but good access for 4x4 Very hot and water low, fished better early and late when the sun was off the water and meat proved best bait. First time on this section, we will be back. Far bank very busy with sightseers.

2 Barbel, 10 Chub

10 Trout

2 Barbel