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Tough day. Lost good barbel. Chub all caught on luncheon meat.

3 Chub

Three tickets for this lovely section, somewhat spoilt by 'anglers' on the opposite bank shouting to each other for much of the day. Fishing was hard, low water levels and very clear but we all caught barbel to a best of 9lb.

9 Barbel, 10 Chub

River conditions were about 6 inch over low water with a slight touch of colour, so good conditions really. A couple of fish were seen in Vanstone but dark resident fish that did not want to look at a fly. I was suffering from a bad back so only fished through until 2pm from 8am. A lovely stretch of water in a great setting, I will definitely be fishing it more regularly in the Spring - the canoeists were also a nuisance as the day went on.
Mick the Ghillie was great and alongside being a really nice chap was a fountain of local knowledge - highly recommended for any newcomer to the beat.

Fish taken on PTN. Also hooked a couple of grayling on a CDC olive but didn't get to net. The grayling were of good size, all fish returned safely.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Fished for a few hours in the afternoon into the early evening. Despite a few fish rising they were uncoperative. Caught one of around a pound on a Grey Duster.

1 Trout

First time on this beat so some time spent exploring. Not much rising at all but persisted with various dry flies. Two grayling, 8-10", on parachute adams. Very pleasant day in fine, if gusty, weather.

2 Grayling

Was very hard going during the day as it was sunny and clear water, was savage in the first half hours of sunrise, but really a hard struggle through the rest of the day, till sunset, where it picked up again, biggest of the day was a 5lb chub and 8.5lb barbel

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

Had a good day even though it was sunny and clear all day, loads of small barbel and chub caught throughout the day, lost a very big one very early mourning, and same again in the late evening! Best swim was the very last swim downstream.

10 Barbel, 5 Chub

It started very slowly,and unfortunately,for Chris stayed very slow with him only managing 1 Chub but Graham moved back down stream and ended the day with 6 barbel, the best being 8lb 7oz.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

Lovely day, few fish moving, easy access, fished hard but clearly not hard enough!!!