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6 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

2 x grayling 10-12 inches, 1 x large chub, long trotting. Plus a run-in with an aggressive salmon which attacked a double maggot bait being reeled upstream. Thankfully it came off after a few seconds. Otherwise, not much to report. River still high and cold and I failed to contact grayling in any numbers on this very cold morning.

2 Grayling, 1 Chub

Started at bottom of beat and fished all likely holes up to the beat's end, caught two on dry fly rest on nymphs apart from 5, 3-4" graylings the rest were all a decent size including two at 40cm enjoyed the day even though the weather never really warmed up.

3 Trout, 30 Grayling

5 Grayling

I fished this beat regularly before the pollution incident and this was the first time since then. River running clear with moderate flow. A frosty start led me to search the bottom with a pair of nymphs but to no avail, changing to duo led immediately to the large indicator fly being taken by two grayling in quick succession. I changed to a # 16 Greenwells Glory and another followed. Fish between 9 and 11 inches. Good to see that the river has recovered. Found 3 youngsters float fishing on my return to the car.

3 Grayling

-3 when I started! I had my doubts what sort of day I was going to have! to my surprise I started catching straight away, first 4 hours or so I had 12 barbel & 2 grayling on maggot feeder. Then it went quiet until the last hour when I had another 4 fish... barbel between 4lb - 8lb..... my theory for you what it's worth for you winter fisherman out there, as the temp started rising i was catching, as temp started falling, bites dried until the standard witching hour.

2 Grayling, 15 Barbel, 1 Chub

Minus 1.5 degrees and the river running high but clear, so it took a while for things to get moving. In common with other recent reports nearly all grayling were caught in the faster moving water rather than on a deeply fished bug in the slow stretches, nevertheless they all took a tungsten headed soft hackled fly fished below a klinkhammer. Great to see a number of salmon moving through and I hope they escape the attention of the poachers who left a small mepps hanging out of reach in a tree half way up the beat. Best fish was 15 1/2 inches but most in the 10-12 inch range and very lively strong fish. Incidentally I fished the bottom beat of the Cammarch Hotel the following day and fishing was equally good until a sharp rise and colouring of the water put paid to fishing at about 2pm. Again several salmon from medium to large size were crashing around.

9 Grayling

11 chub they were up for it today,missed loads of bit's but still had a great day.

11 Chub

15 x grayling 10-18 inches, 5 x out of season trout 8-14 inches, long trotting. An afternoon season until dusk. Mostly 10-11 inch grayling but several 15 and 16 inch fish and a specimen of 18 inches just before dark. The river was rising slightly at the end, presumably caused by light rain earlier.

15 Grayling

DC & GC found it tough today, the water was running fast with a tinge of colour. All fish taken on nymphs, with nothing larger than 8".
Many thanks to the fishery owner and W&U.

2 Trout, 5 Grayling