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Fly fishing for pike - river very high and rising - difficult conditions very coloured water with large amounts of debris coming down the river. Looks like it could be a great beat though!

Unfortunately, we didn't get to fish (annoying as we had paid for the day). We went down to have a look but the river was totally blown out...

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River in flood, very coloured and unfishable

Lovely beat in a very scenic area.
Cold and blustery and alot of water in the river but a good day none the less.
5 Grayling caught trotting with Red Maggots

5 Grayling

arrived at 8.30am to a river up and rising,gale force winds and heavy showers.cooked a lovely breakfast then decided to cut our losses and start our 4hr journey home at 11.trips like this make the good days after 8hr round trip even sweeter!

The river was still running a bit high but was clear and just about fishable although wading against the current was hard work. It was a good day despite an early finish due to wading boot failure! The biggest grayling took a pink shrimp and gave me a new pb. The net in the photo is 15" long. That fish and another bore signs of probable cormorant damage as can be seen in the photo. Other successful flies were a ptn and squirmy wormy ( sorry OB!).

4 Grayling, 1 Other

A days Chub fishing using just good old bread and mash on a perfect winters river. Started at the top of the beat and despite several moves I only had one bite which promptly snagged me solid! A move into the wood and the bottom of the beat produced 6 Chub up to near 5lb. A further lost fish which I just could not stop reaching a bush upstream left me wondering what it was, after a lot of thought I think it may have been a Carp. A lovely day on the river, very enjoyable.

6 Chub

Lowish water level (4.8 cilmery gauge). Clear and 5 degree c. Needed to keep moving to find fish but located some fish at bottom end. The pool above the weir and just below rapids. Largest fish about 10 inches. All czech nymphing.

5 Grayling

No signs of fish activity but very nice stretch of the river. Will be returning in the summer.

1 Pike