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21 barbel and 2 chub all before 10 o'clock biggest only about 6 pounds but very enjoyable day until the boats arrived.
All barbel caught on feeder with pellet or meat hook baits chub caught trotting bread

21 Barbel, 2 Chub

First time on this river . Fantastic setting . But it is very rugged , not that many accessible swims for coarse fishing . River was running at a steady pace . Holding bottom with 3 oz . Never had first bite till 4 , lost one , landed one 8 lb 6 oz . A lot of canoes. But I did expect that as it was a bank holiday. I would definitely give it another go.

1 Barbel

Lovely day, sunny with clouds, river level lowish, clear and falling slightly. Big hatch of flies and fish steadily rising on gravel flats. Fished between 11.30 and 2.30. Only 3 smallish grayling caught, a couple more lost and what was probably a larger trout swirled at a salmon fly being worked down a rocky gutter on One Tree catch. Should have had more! Small downstream olive nymphs working best. Area fished - Long Stream down to Coed Cowyn pool. Sat quietly on bank for an hour and wonderful to see 4 definitely, possibly 6 kingfishers flying up and down river and very close to us, also a dipper and a woodpecker.

3 Grayling

Still no sign of salmon on this beat. Perhaps it needs a few days of heavy rain to get them to hang around. But it was a lovely day and I had some fun in the evening with my trout rod.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 Trout

I've never caught on my three previous visits to this beat. It's so picturesque here I booked it again for a first-time visiting guest. He said it 'was perhaps the most beautiful place I have ever been'.... skunked again.

Great day on a dropping river. Still some colour though. All the fish caught on pellet and feeder.

12 Barbel, 2 Chub

9" and 14"

2 Trout

Made the walk over the hill, inviting swims but no bites. Back to meadow by house. 1 for me but plenty for chap opposite bank to house fishing in fast water grrr!

1 Barbel

The two of us fished 4 days this week (21st, 22nd, 24th, 25th). River started high and coloured on the first day, and dropped throughout the week. Had to work hard to find the Barbel, but managed 8 between the two of us on the last day, with the largest 8lb 4oz. We were lucky with the conditions and had a very enjoyable week, and hopefully will be able to come again one day.

8 Barbel, 3 Chub