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It was greato be out saw a few small trout and a couple of larger trout but no bites

Another scorcher of a day with unbroken sunshine, river low slow and clear. I didn't get going until late morning so was not expecting any action until the sun was down in the evening, however the chub and barbel fed throughout the day. Feeder tactics again doing the business. River needs a bit of fresh rain water to liven it up, but it is a beautiful place to fish, very peaceful and even the canoes behaved (although the ''stand up and paddle'' trio who came through, one of which clearly had a skinful and enjoyed falling in a few times where I was fishing, didn't ruin the day). The barbel and chub were of average size and nothing really note-worthy.

3 Barbel, 10 Chub

river low and clear and weather very sunny and hot one barbel & 2 chub early in morning, steady stream of chub thoughout the rest of day, had a good day out in the sun thanks WUF & the land owner

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Very bright and very hot! Some surface fly but but nothing rising so went for nymph. All tiny no more than 1lb in total! All safely returned. Did not find the big ones.

4 Trout

Another very hot and sunny day. Chub were active all day especially from 6pm onward when it was a fish a chuck. Although I've report 16, it might have been more because quite frankly I lost count. Generally the chub were a good size with a high percentage 4lb+. On the barbel front, had a good fish early afternoon (low 9's) and a smaller fish around 4lb during the late chub rush.

2 Barbel, 16 Chub

The water is desperately low at the moment. I've never seen it so low. Hopefully this weekend's rain will help.
I saw many coarse fish and caught a lovely 1lb barbel I think it was. I saw a few trout, but mostly coarse fish.
I also found a poacher. Words were exchanged, and he refused to leave. I have written to the WUF about the incident.

1 Barbel

All taken on pheasant tail nymph. Strong healthy fish two about 1/2lb one close to 1 1/2lb. First time in area but river seemed in pristine condition.

3 Grayling

River quite low weather sunny, 12 Barbel caught all between 6oz and 1lb using ground bait feeder and meat hook bait.
Canoe traffic a nightmare.

12 Barbel

Returned to this beat which I fished yesterday. Late afternoon and evening - a rise at about 20.00 hours but couldn't connect. Nil catch.

A beat with every type of trout water all in a doable length with an amazing head of largely uncatchable fish. 30 degree heat and full sun on low water taught this angler a lesson. Namely, one can't be fine, small and far off enough. The evening rise evened the odds somewhat.

5 Trout