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A hard frost, clear bright sky...so not ideal conditions. I've been watching some of Dave Robert's videos which are a good reminder that its easy to blame the beat, water conditions and weather for a lack of fish...but most of the time its cos i'm being lazy, sat on a chair waiting for bites. So a couple of hard hours work with the catapult and frequent casting got me into a regular bites and a good haul of chub. Decent barbel of 8 1/2 came on a big lump of meat, most of the chub on corn or meat. The chub didnt match the stamp of fish that i found here a couple of weeks ago, with most being around the 2lb mark . When the ground thawed the banks became treacherous, so i got back to my truck looking like i'd been mud wrestling rather than fishing....having just about avoided sliding in for a swim on a couple of occasions...so do take care!

1 Barbel, 16 Chub

A beautiful Spring day and mostly warm, but the water was very cold at 5 degrees. A trickle hatch of LDOs brought one or two fish up resulting in one caught and one lost.

1 Trout

Bright and sunny with a cold downstream wind. Counted 5 LDOs and no rises. The track is a bit rough - decent ground clearance required.

Sharp overnight frost combined with a low and clear river level almost certainly contributed to a challenging day.

2 Chub

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

2 Grayling

2 Grayling

2 Grayling, trotting maggots
Water at good height, 0.67 on Byton gauge

2 Grayling

River in perfect condition for wobbling deadbaits.. no fish, had 1 small pike follow but that was it

River and weather perfect, no Pike