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5 Barbel

Last day of Summer, ?
Blazing sun and summer heat with a low river looking fishy greeted me at 10 am
Spent the next 6 hours frustrated , looking for shady areas on the far bank in all the swims at the upstream end, losing a lot o gear in the process
An afternoon break waiting for the sun to go down
Who can complain sunbathing on such an indian summers day
Not having fished for barbel this year I think my skill base was also sadly lacking...
Soon as the Sun went below the far bank tree line action picked up
You just cant believe the power of these fish or where they had been the rest of the day as when they are on it. they are on it.....
Standard 25mm halibut pellets seemed to be the order of the day with all exotic mixes ignored.
I had fish tearing off up stream, down stream.. hook pulls at the net and 50m away , savage bites which resulted in nothing... except for a fish scale on the hook.
3 big wye fish to the net, all around 7 to 8lb , who knows? but the story of the day was it was just a fantastic day to be out and I was very lucky to be there

3 Barbel

Czech nymphing. All fish between 1/4-1lb

2 Trout, 8 Grayling

We caught 3 Barbel & 2 Chub

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Weather hot and water level quite low - I never seem to catch it right. No bites from barbel but managed to hook and land a 22lb 8oz Pike which made the day which is a personal best. Lovely spot

1 Pike

We had a lovely day on the river, starting as the mist lifted into blue skies all day. The river was rather low and wading the first half of the beat on the bedrock was very slippery and uneven. We found it difficult, even as fit, thirty something year old's. There is some mention of spinning in the beat information which is then voided by the fact the beat is thankfully fly only - perhaps this could be updated. We fished through the entire beat for salmon and didn't move or see a fish all day. We spent the last hour fishing French leader and had several grayling to 12" long. I'd definitely fish the beat again in slightly higher flows, but wouldn't want to be in the Stepping Stones pool in high water!

Booking Office Note: Thanks for the feedback, we'll look into the beat description and make any necessary changes.

2 Trout, 6 Grayling

CM. River was low. Tried pellet and meat. Early afternoon tempted a Barbel about 6lb on meat,and just before packing up tempted a nice Chub of 5lb 4 oz on a halibut pellet. PM . Blanked.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

2 beautifully conditioned Barbel. Both taken on a single 12mm Source boilie.
Water was thinning out in colour, low flow and bright sunshine.

2 Barbel

River slow, most fish caught later in the day
Meat & pellet used on a ledger

2 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

2 x grayling 8 - 14 inches, 2 x out of season trout 12-14 inches, Pink Shrimp, Tungsten Hare's Ear and Grey Duster. Like summer again today with 20 degrees temperature, blue sky and bright sun. Fishing interesting, but quite tough with water very low and clear. Prolific growth of weed this year in the open sections. A couple of rising fish mid-afternoon.

2 Grayling