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3 Grayling

Used duo nymphs but nothing caught, or seen. Rod Rings freezing up, temperature -2 and foggy (not quite what was forecast !!!) The water was gin clear and there was very little breeze. We really struggled today, perhaps someone could put some advice on site to help us regarding flies to use in these tough cold conditions, despite all the negatives it was still so much better than working.
Thanks to W&U and the Colonel for making this lovely beat available.

Whilst it was a cold day, thought I might be able to winkle out a chub or two on paste/meat/maggot, fishing in the deeper margins , but to no avail. Not a touch, but a lovely day out. I would like to have a moan; there was obviously some kind of clearance work going on further upstream , fishery work perhaps and annoyingly large rafts of freshly cut branches came down stream all day clearly showing freshly cut saw marks. Surely this sort of waste can be easily put on the bank and burned / disposed of, instead of using this beautiful river as a dustbin ? Perhaps W+UF could use their influence to prevent this kind of behaviour.

5 x grayling 11-17 inches, trotting. Two good ones, but all very nice looking fish. A hard frost and the temperature never rose in this valley, so problems with rod ring icing and the net froze on my back. Water 0.279 on the gauge, running fast and a greenish/grey colour. I'm afraid I cried off early to go and warm up in the car.

5 Grayling

Enjoyed a short day on the river with two friends. The water was quite high (showing 7.2m at Cilmery) but we were determined to get out and managed 26 grayling between us. It was nice to have my first 'mixed' double hook-up (a trout and a grayling). A lovely stretch of river, which looked very pretty amongst the welcome sunny spells.

1 Trout, 26 Grayling

Unable to fish, wash off river to high and coloured

Lovely beat but unfortunately the storm had washed too much colour into the river to have a good day - abandoned after a couple of hours with a blank.

New years day - washed out! Tried fishing a few of the pools, but water v high, very coloured, nothing doing.

Booked this in the hope of getting some fishing in over the holiday period, however it was unfortunately a wash-off - river was high, fast & coloured. Lovely setting, look forward to trying it in more suitable weather.

1 Chub