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Caught my first ever salmon today. Coloured fish of 33" to a tube fly on a sink tip from chapel catch. Was half tempted to just stay at home, what with all the weather warnings etc but glad I didn't. Very windy and blustery in the afternoon but river had decent clarity and I was just about able to get a decent line out. Bring on next season!

1 Salmon

We had been looking forward to this day as it was our first day on a Fishing Passport beat. Sadly we picked a day of a hurricane and the wind blew gale force all day straight down river. We stuck at it because we were there but really we were wasting our time. It hasn't put us off we will be back to try again another day.

First time on this beat and caught it with the water just right but unfortunately no fish caught or seen . Lovely beat to fish though with a good hut which is a great facility to have, other beat owners should take note as most beats that I have fished so far other the angler nothing but fees are still rising !!
Certainly will be back to fish this one.

Lovely beat and great hut, 2 grayling & 2 BT on gold heads, will be back

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

Only fished the last few hours in the end. One proper barbel each. Two at 7lb 12oz, and one at 6lb 8oz. Plus half a dozen very small barbel.

9 Barbel

Very windy conditions. Leaves bit of a problem. Couldn't quite get to end of beat because river just high enough to make it risky especially as had son with me. Fished just below bend son had 3 and me 1 . Wind picked up more so moved below hut were I had 3 more and lost 3 and my son lost 2. Son had his fish on pellets with groundbait feeder. I had 1 on pellets and others on boilies. Lovely stretch and will be back .

7 Barbel

2 Salmon

Choosing to fish on the day ex-hurricane Ophelia blew wasn't the best idea but nonetheless we had a great day on this lovely stretch of water. A stiff downstream breeze did make it difficult but we fished until mid-afternoon when the amount of branches etc. coming down meant we called it a day a bit earlier than we would of normally. All grayling were taken on the dry fly, amazing considering there were so many leaves on the surface that the grayling could hardly have seen the flies. Small out of season trout took nymphs. All fish returned. First time on the Colonel's Water, we will definitely be back. The Fishing Passport is an extremely efficient way of trying new waters.

2 Trout, 5 Grayling

My first day at the fishery and my recent river fishing experience is limited, but I put in an 11 hour shift so obviously disappointed with my catch (one eel, all day)! Lovely stretch of river and conditions seemed good so no excuses but the only other angler on the beat that morning had no joy either. Was it a change in barometric pressure with the approaching storm or that Sahara sand, which also turned the sun into a tangerine about mid-day?

1 Other

Excellent days fishing. Water still coloured but falling. All fish to pellet feeder.

25 Barbel, 4 Chub