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The river and weather were perfect for grayling but as I had no maggots and the fly tackle was at home I fished for chub. Morning was spent on the upper beat by the Orchard pool. Not a sausage. So afternoon was spent on the lower stretch. At 2pm a chinook helicopter flew low overhead following the river upstream. At 3pm an otter, bold as brass, swam nonchalantly past. At 4pm something nibbled at my spam, and that, as they say, was that.

Beautiful day, albeit too sunny for fishing, water was a good level but could not find the grayling despite trying my best for 4 hours with a variety of combinations and sizes. I suspect that I should have concentrated on the pools more and the inviting glides less and just gone deeper. Still nice to be out!

River rose a lot Sunday evening and fly fishing for pike was pretty hopeless. Gave up after a couple of hours.

Tough day but enjoyable in lovely surroundings.the fish would not respond to float tactics so opted to ledger and had a bit of joy but compared to other beats not as prolific.

5 Grayling, 3 Chub

Using mackerel deadbait. Only one dropped run.

We used the wash off policy as river had risen lots over night . Thanks

(Nothing reported)

12 x grayling 10-15 inches, odd parr plus 2 x out of season trout, trotting and Tenkara. Once again, action stopped late afternoon as rain produced a rising and colouring river.

12 Grayling

Really good to be back on the W Court's beats. Chose beat 4 to have a go for the pike. Started off with a couple of hours on the lures without any joy, not even any follows. The river was in great condition - clear and just up a little. Then the heavens opened up just as the forecast had said so it was time to put the brolly up, fish a deadbait and get out of the wind and rain. I fished on until the end of the day with no takes at all so Mr Pike won today. I bet as soon as I packed up he moved in and picked up the free offerings!
Met a fellow angler, Cliff. Nice to have met you. Looks like you made the right choice and we'll have that coffe and a chat another time. It's really nice to see the catch reports of pike being caught or seen.
Many thanks Terry, the fishery's looking great!

Only the one bite all day, just as it was getting dark. Unfortunately came off :(
Oh well, that's fishing! At least it was a nice day. Good stretch though, have caught every other visit, particularly good at the top end by the woods.