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Three good friends enjoying a new challenge and beat. Excellent variety of water suiting our various techniques. None of us blanked. Best fish was an O/S trout of around a pound but most of the others were in the 6-8 inch bracket. The beat looks to be very well kept and it was pleasing not to have to collect up any litter. Thank you WUF and the riparian owner.

8 Trout, 3 Grayling

Nice big brownies

2 Trout

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Three grayling in ultra clear water was a very good day, go slow or you'll spook everything, good quality Polaroids and some sun will help with fish spotting

3 Grayling

Near perfect conditions for salmon fishing , a little low at .65 and weather too nice . I fished upstream of the bridge, 5 trout to a Reverend Mole double .

5 Trout

Lovely mild morning, 0.7 Ross gauge and still with a bit of colour. Not an easy day but we still caught a few. Barbel between 4 and 9.10.alongnwith 4 lost fish. We caught on everything apart from meat, which is weird. Probably a day late but you win some and you lose some and as losses go this was not a bad one.

10 Barbel, 10 Chub

I was expecting a better days fishing than I had, especially with the chub. I started by fishing the first swim next to the woods in the lower field but couldn't muster any interest. Moved into the woods and with the water level at about 1m at Mordiford the only swim that I could just about fish from was the luck stone (I think it's called). The overhanging trees restricted casting but managed a barbel at just shy of 9lb. It was too hard to fish easily so moved to the last swim in the field by the gate and settled there for a few hours. A decent chub of 4-5lb and then a fat 90cm pike which I guessed at 10lb plus on spicy sausage pellett! Maybe it was the pike disturbance but all went quiet after that.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Pike

Such a beautiful beat this. Fished bottom end below hut. Very little on the surface but a few fish nonetheless to euronymph and a couple did take a dry. The grayling I am catching this year not infrequently show evidence of cormorant damage. Not unexpected after the low and clear conditions.

3 Trout, 4 Grayling

1 Trout, 5 Grayling

River looked in nice condition, falling after rain several days before. One barbel on meat, the other on pellet. Weather, calm and over cast

2 Barbel, 6 Chub