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2 Barbel

2 Trout

6 Barbel, 3 Chub

6 Trout, 8 Grayling

Just over a dozen trout between us, mostly small but one good fish of one and a half pounds came to the nymph in shallow fast water, as did most of the other fish. Our enjoyment and fishing was ruined about an hour or so after starting by a pair of ignorant canoeists who decided to paddle straight through the beat in low water conditions. After they had been politely informed that they were trespassing, they refused to acknowledge and then proceeded to beat their paddle blades against the river bed as they made their way downstream - with predictable impact on the quality of the fishing
You look forward to a day's fishing. You pay your £30 a head, and then you get that kind of an experience. They had clearly either not read, or just ignored the advice on the WUF site. Not a great advert for partnership working.
WUF Note: While access arrangements cover the large majority of reasonable canoeists there will always be an element who insist on ignoring them, wherever and however much the arrangements are advertised. It is important to remember that these people would paddle whether there were arrangements in place or not. Such militant attitudes are enforced by the stance of certain canoe organisations who refuse to accept the law that ownership of a section of river includes the water that passes through it. We ask that if anglers are faced with this situation to do as DS & LE did - politely inform them that they are trespassing and if it is an organised group, to take the name of the organisation and pass it on to us.

WUF note: we have made geat strides in managing canoeing and generally there is a reaistic level of compliance. When there are difficulties it invariably centres around people who enjoy looking for trouble, such as experienced here. Their behavoir is inexcusable

15 Trout

10lbs fairly clean hen fish.

1 Salmon

NTR, although water height looked good if a little coloured

River was at 0.6 and slightly coloured. Saw at least 4 salmon around rock pool, caught one 5lb grilse on a black flying c. Safely returned. Excellent day

1 Salmon

Again no fish. Not happy, the reservoir needs to be stocked propper. Will look for other reservoir to fish.

Despite the rain, very little colour in the waer and barely any higher than it has been in the last few weeks. Two trout of around 1lb each caught mid evening. Some fish rising to a late hatch of iron blues but otherwise little showing. Possibly the fish were hiding from the otter in the top bank pool!

3 Trout