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River slightly coloured, and had clearly fined down after something of a rise. Certainly freshened the trout up! After a slowish start trying various dries I found trout in virtually every run and glide willing to come up to a small sparse iron blue para., although I think anything light grey would have worked. Eventually landed 20 at 6" to 12", and missed many more - in the sun my tippet was sometimes very obvious. Had to leave at 5.30 having only fished about two thirds of the beat, so could have caught many more. Fantastic day!

20 Trout

Caught barbel on feeder, pellets. 30+ lbs total weight.
River v coloured after heavy rain in hills. Good choice of pegs.
W&UF info: directions, fishing map, etc. excellent.

5 Barbel

Biggest barbel 11lb 2,biggest chub 5lb 6. Perch 1/2 lb.
River high and coloured but dropping throughout the day. Best barbel came at 7.15 pm. All fish caught on pellet with swim feeder.

5 Barbel, 8 Chub, 1 Other

Fish showing all over the lake...Tried several swims,first off at the far end reeds,which produced a 14 lb common on pellet.Then had 3 smaller carp from the margins and to finish the day had a 12 1/2 lb common at dusk. Will be back.

5 Other

I only fished for a couple of hours. The river was red with canoes and the only fish I caught was an eel! About 1 pound!

1 Other

The river had risen significantly after recent rain and was carrying a lot of troublesome debris, including large branches and occasionally whole trees! It is evidence of how prolific the stretch is that, despite this and my bro being a relative river novice, we still caught a few barbel up to just under 7lb, although mainly considerably smaller.
Lovely river, but this is a tricky stretch to fish in high water.

11 Barbel

1 Trout

1 Trout

3 people fishing. Started at 8am and didn't have a touch until 4:30. Tried fly, spin, worm on surface and worm on bottom. At 4:30, hit a purple patch and had 6 fish between us. Partly made up for a poor day. As always, it was peaceful and the scenery is great but for the price of the ticket the fishing was a bit slow.

6 Trout

Whilst no salmon were caught several were seen running up stream. Fished both fly and spin. Water level relatively high and coloured from recent rain. Overall an excellent experience.