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9lb coloured cock fish on a black shrimp

1 Salmon

First time to explore this beat. Access to certain areas is well documented in several other reports so suffice to say, the wood is not for the faint hearted. With the coloured river combining with the overcast morning, conditions looked promising but the day turned out to be challenging from both a physical and fish point of view.
Little interest shown in feeder / pellet, but a switch to free-lined meat paid immediate dividends with some very nice Chub on consecutive casts.
As a colder breeze turned up in the afternoon, the Barbel remained elusive but perseverance ultimately paid off with a magnificent personal-best Chub of 5lb 4oz. Another memorable day on a wonderful river, with Kingfishers and Wagtails replaced by numerous Bats as I left.

4 Chub

Having failed to catch a salmon at Gromain on Friday, Karen and I had a second attempt on the beat above on Saturday. With pleasant weather and the water at about 12" on Llanstephan gauge we were both optimistic. I managed a coloured hen of perhaps a little over 10lbs from the lower end of the top planks, deftly unhooked and released in the water by Karen without any handling. Despite fishing 'til dusk it was the only salmon for the day. Karen did manage a nice grayling of about 1.5lbs on a CDC emerger during a break from swinging the double-hander. Another highly enjoyable day on a picturesque beat.

1 Salmon, 1 Grayling

Ray Oakley landed a 14ib cock salmon on a home tied Ray Special at Eardisley

1 Salmon

A very pleasant day fished in hope after seeing quite a few fish in the area - some well coloured but others newer. No fishy action but a good natter with Don and a day spent with mates on the bank made it totally worthwhile.

No barbel on the bank! Blankety blank.

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X1 barbel and x3 chub caught here. Disappointed about access to river bank - above orchard only one possible swim. Woods dangerous to access and no fishing available here!

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

X1 barbel caught although x3 lost!

1 Barbel

1 Grayling