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Nil return water a little high but clear. No salmon seen.

No fish caught, a bit bright and cold.

A beautiful day with the river in excellent condition. Probably too early for the upper river yet though.

First time on this stretch. Very nice. Easy to find on the satnav and lots of water to go at with easy access to all of it. The farmer who owns it seemed a very nice man and his cows are friendly. Due to a howling wind I couldn't read the water (it was all just one continuous chop). Pitched up by the abstraction pump as there's a good looking far bank feature but the noise and diesel fumes in the wind soon put us on the move. Walked until the noise of the pump disappeared and just hurled out 'blind'. One chub about 3 pounds. Fished until the pain in the @rse wind/warm pub scales tipped in balance of the latter and left (didn't take very long).

1 Chub

2 fished only due to work commitments of the other 2 booked in. One barbel each. Very slow for this stretch !

2 Barbel

Fished woodstream morning and rockpool afternoon. Some March Browns on surface in late morning to 2pm but no fish rising. I had no takes fishing small waterhen bloas. John had one fish of half pound - returned.
Fished rockpool from staging. No result. Water about .88 but cold ENE.

1 Trout

Pleasant days fishing. Caught one pike. No salmon appearing.

1 Pike

Great conditions (water level falling, stones at Maddox exposed), little wind and overcast - but no fish. Put spinner through all morning, then fly in the pm. Touched a couple of fish but suspect they were kelts at bottom of Maddox, near RH bank.
Fished The Windmill from LH bank with fly in late pm, right through to Maddox - excellent fly water with shooting head to get the distance.

Too cold and blustery.

Took the roving approach for the last piking session before the close season....20 minutes in a swim before moving on. River was in good condition, but the fish were not interested in either dead bait or plug.