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Better weather for a picnic than Barbel fishing , no bites until dusk .

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 2 Other

River at normal levels but water very warm after recent heatwave. Fish all to pellet feeder. Barbel to 7.5 lbs, Chub to 4lbs.

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

River low and much too warm. 10lb fairly fresh salmon and 11/2 lb chub luckily landed on size 10 Executioner fly. Both returned and swam away strongly.,

1 Salmon, 1 Chub

Ty Newydd was very hard today. Fished 9-6 p.m. Water 19-20 degrees, and air as well, so a big air temperature drop thank God, but maybe the fish didn't approve of the drop in pressure (as much as I enjoyed the drop in temperature!)?

Pretty windy, downstream and intensifying throughout the day. Some midge off and on from around midday, intermittent sparse YMs and also sparse small olives / PWs. There were occasional rises but these all proved to be small 8-10" trout and grayling, bar one 13" trout. The bigger fish often seem to go AWOL here at this time of year under adverse conditions! Well, for me anyway. Fish taken mainly on HE and PW emergers but also a couple on Baby Sunfly. Also on small nymphs and a small Greenwell's Spider whilst fishing spiders. Didn't dredge the depths today but I suspect that it wouldn't have made too much difference. I just don't think they were on, with little incentive to get active. All fish were quite heavily parasitised with Argulus lice. Anticipation of a good day at TN is frequently indicated at arrival by the sight of fish rising above the house, up to and in the Erwood Pool, and then also some still rising when one leaves. I didn't see a single fish move there today!

Ho hum, there's always next time - it's a great beat where I've had some truly wonderful days in the past, but maybe it was not to be on the back of the hottest spell since 1976! Thankfully, at least it is now to get cooler.

9 Trout, 4 Grayling

All fish caught on wet patterns (zulu, butcher, teal & black) Sun turned to wind, but fish taking most of day, lost more than I landed. Turned one fish that could have been around 1lb (could this be right, never seen a fish that size here before)?
WUF note 1lbs quite possible here

7 Trout

Another stonkingly hot day but managed 4 barbel 6lbs to 8lbs and 8 chub up to 3.5lbs. A switch to meat produced numerous eels up to about 2lbs.

4 Barbel, 8 Chub, 6 Other

Hottest day of the year. Caught at between 0930 and 1030, thereafter with sun blazing down no further action. Packed up at lunchtime for a much needed drink and returned for the evening. Not a thing. Just too hot i think.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

River very low indeed. Fished 1830-2030. But the sun came out as I hit the river, and was right in my eyes in nearly every run. Fished a mayfly and para Adams, and though I got a few rises I didn't hook any. Plenty of tly about, and a good number of smaller fish rising.

Beautiful stretch of river. Easy access and local camp manager 'Oakes' a gentleman! Fished from 10 - 15:00. Weather hot, little breeze and sunny. Water low. First cast with Iron blue 16 to sipping trout and took two nice trout - 8"/12". Then went quite. Tried washing line of nymphs with variations - to no avail - even saw fish follow, pluck and refuse. Early afternoon saw hatch of BWO/Pale wateries. Remaining fish came to BWO/Olive quill, and Adams K. Also, failed to net a handful of trout for diffeeent reasons - one being that my hook knot failed - complacency!

6 Trout