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1 Trout

6 trout up to 1lb

6 Trout

day one on Howcaple river level and colour good after rain fishing good nine barbel all in the 5-7lb range and with extra flow all fought like tigers .

9 Barbel, 2 Chub

1ft 4 inches, but a fair bit of colour. Otherwise, NTR

What a splendid beat this is. Similar in nature to parts of the Shin or Teith. Some of the pools were a little slow in places at this height. The notes though were clear and easy to follow.

I fished a mixture of full intermediate, float/hover/int and full float. The bottom pools fished better at this height. It's deep in places but nothing showed. Possibly the nicest pool was Herons run.

Wading whilst not easy was better than described. Some of the walkways felt like they were too close to the flow but maybe they are better in low water.

Not that it helped but I fished a combo of size 9 Bann Special, size 12 Kitza Killer and a small cascade. All on a 12' long 12lbs tapered leader due to intermitant sun. It never rained but was more overcast in the afternoon. All felt good but if there were any fish they did not feel the same.

Slight colour in the water still but not too bad.

2 Trout

Started late because of heavy rain. Fished about 2 hours in the morning which produced 3 barbel and a chub.
Due to family commitments (taxi driver), got back to the peg about 4.30 .with all the rain the river was rising and a lot of weed and debris coming down. Fished the feeder with pellet and it was instead action from the off to the finish. BRILLIANT FISHING. Had to move off the feeder to a running gripper lead with pva mesh sticks with good affect. Ended up with 14 barbel biggest upper 8 and 9 chub biggest upper 4. Great days fishing . Looking forward to coming back.....

14 Barbel, 9 Chub

Good flow today, 5 trout to 12". 4 on a Adams dry.

5 Trout

For the most part, it was a dead day on the beat. Next to no rising fish despite some flies hatching. I caught a few small fish but otherwise quite. However, for about 30 minutes, it was all happening.... I was standing in some fast water and several salmon were attempting to run and were leaping all around me. It was then I remembered why I love salmon fishing. It was so exciting! I didn't hook one, but it was fabulous to be there for that.

3 Trout

A really nice stretch of river easy to wade very tranquil. Lots of small fish rising caught 2 and released but missed a few.Good looking fish though.

2 Trout

Unexpectedly nice day with some sunshine. River low and clear but with good flow. Occasional flies hatching so prospected with very small bwo and iron blue paras. The trout were in the glides and next to deep cover, not in the fastest water. Most glides produced a take and I managed to land 11, at 7" to 12", as well as missing several. Quite a hike back from the top of the beat to the car parking spot, but there was a spring in my step!!

11 Trout