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Nil catch but a great day out on the river meeting some fine fellows and fine fisherman along the way. River at a lovely height but coloured up perhaps a shade or two too much.

My first visit to the beat and I was impressed by the amount of good fly water. It was a promising day with cloud and light rain, the level a few inches up and slightly coloured, and I concentrated my efforts on the bottom of the beat down to the Vanstone, where there were clearly fish. I fished mainly smallish bright doubles on a floating line, and also tried a small spinner for a short time. I saw about a dozen salmon and grilse move during the day (most but not all coloured), one or two of them almost under the rod tip, but I did not manage to contact one before admitting defeat in heavy rain at 7.45.

Only fished for 1.5 hrs very windy had one tug and saw one fish jump. Had limited time as had to get back home to London. Will be back also met the bailiff.

1 Trout

1 Trout

I have fished here before with good results , but decided to try out areas I had not previously tried. Not with any success unfortunately and one chub to show for it. However the weather was not ideal with steady drizzle/rain pretty much all day , strong winds and quite a lot of debris coming down the river and hitting the line making bait presentation, roaming and casting a bit tricky. Will try again before the season's out when hopefully the weather will be a bit more benign.

1 Chub

All barbell caught late in day on pellets from middle of stretch up to 7lb

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Miserable weather, had to move to find fish, Chub up to 4.5lb Barbel to 6lb all caught on pellets.

9 Barbel, 13 Chub

River at a good level and rising a little. Weather breezy and increasingly wet. Started at about 15.00 hrs and fished until 21.30. Barbel up to about 6.5lbs, most in the last hour and a half, with a couple more lost. All on feeder and pellet. A good evening, despite the rain.

5 Barbel

Caught all through day ,all between 1 -4 lbs all bought on meat in the fast water. good sport

45 Barbel, 3 Chub