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Conditions: Air temp. 15 degrees Celsius river temp. 15 degrees Celsius overcast with downstream moderate wind
Fish taken on Grayling Pink nymph

3 Trout, 2 Grayling, 2 Other

Only small fish 10-35 cm but plenty. One bigger 40+ came off the hook after two impressive jumps. Method:spin. Cloudy with sunny spells. Very low water. I spent maybe 6 hours fishing. C&R

20 Trout

From hut????????

8 Barbel, 20 Chub

River still very low.

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

Five barbel to 8.5lb on feeder and bomb with boilies. Limited number of swims accessible.

5 Barbel

Edw Hergest is a delightful beat we keep going back to and always gives us slightly less gifted dry fly anglers the chance of some sport . It was a shame to see it with only a small trickle of water in places where we had caught fish back in May. In the deeper runs we were able raise a number of brownies and after a few missed splashy takes, managed to land a wbt of around 7 inches on a grey duster para.

Fishing up to the cattle crossing, another 2 wbts around the same size came to the duster para and to para Adams. A very pleasant morning with the prospect of the afternoon on the Edw Cregrina beat.

All fish admired and returned safely

The only downside was the new waders bought for the trip leaking like an onion bag

3 Trout

After a pleasant morning on the Edw Hergest beat we made our way to the bridge at the Cregrina beat. Heading downstream to the start of the beat was a challenge and after some mountaineering managed to get down to the river.
As we gathered breath there was a splashy rise in the adjacent run. A small green klink was hastily attached and de-barbed, which was duly taken by a feisty little wbt of around 7 inches.
Fishing the runs back towards the bridge produced a further 2 wbts around the same size, both coming from the same run.
The river above the bridge changes to a more steady slow pace and offers little to the dry fly fisherman, so we did the decent thing and packed the rods away and headed for the pub.
All fish admired and returned to grow bigger.

3 Trout

Great day on this beat with fish feeding all day. Feeder/PVA bag tactics with pellet

33 Barbel, 20 Chub

Trotting flake. Lots of chublets. Two chub - best was 4lb 6oz.

2 Chub