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Nothing caught

Another very quiet day.. only saw a couple of fish rise all day and then only once. No sign of salmon at all. Caught one lively 3/4 lb trout and lost 2 good other trout, but the wind started around lunchtime and just got worse and worse. It got the point where i was trying to quickly cast in the brief moments there wasn't a blast. The wind then arrived whilst casting and blew the fly right at me several times. I gave up....

3 Trout

7 Trout, 16 Grayling

Hot and bright with the river very low - nothing caught

Day four at Howcaple and the best of the trip ten barbel with best fish at 8lb 4oz used pellet and boilies over the four days and found both caught as well as the other , i think you should use what ever you have faith in , avoided meat as i did not want tackle tangling Eels ,if you make your first visit to this fishery bring stout tackle 1.75lb rod (mine is a harrison Dark carbon built by mark Tunley superb action ) minimum 10lb line and strong hooks make no mistake these barbel fight hard ,had the best fight ever from a 7lb fish which if i had lost would have been convinced it was a double or a salmon .my only concern on this on other beats i have fished more safe access needs to be made to swims not platforms but steps and flat area to fish from + ropes to avoid an accident with out spoiling wild feel of these lovely fisheries we need some input with owners .

10 Barbel

Nothing caught

Tough day. Many fish lost within the first hour in the Woods followed by a slow afternoon only managing 3 chub and 2 Eels from the Top field

3 Chub, 2 Other

Nothing to report today. A nice stretch of water, saw a couple of coloured fish leaping but nothing caught.

went in search of the grayling today and brought 20+ to hand . lugg down to its bones now with very little flow and clear waters which made for a tricky day. with only the odd rise i fished size 18 2mm bead jig gently bouncing bottom. size wise all between 6-14 inches with most on the smaller side 7-10 inches. all the trout bar one were around 12 inches. still shocked after the weather tuesday and wednesday water levels have dropped not held or risen.

8 Trout, 21 Grayling