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Nice stretch of water but a very long walk. Thank god for the lift there and back by the farmer. We managed a decent chub and 4 barbel to 7lbs. River was coloured and pushing through but not too bad for weed and debris.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

The river was still high and coloured after the rain on Thursday. Barry contacted me to see if we could possibly fish the next day instead but our plans could be not be changed in time. Nice of him to try and help us catch some fish!

First time we have fished here.
River was very high and coloured, we fished this beat again on the following Monday and only then realised there was planks out in the river you could fish from!

River higher than last time I came out and still rising with some colour and lots of weed coming down. Difficult to fish mid river.
Fish hard to come by although my friend on another ticket had 4 barbel to around 9lbs.
I lost one, had one and had a chub all in the last hour of daylight. The chap I was with had a couple of chub - it was his first visit but I'm sure he'll be back for more.
Lovely day to be out, sun was shining, very warm. Would only have been better had the barbel really come out to play too!

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Good start to the day on the lower part of the of the beat, but as the day went on the flow increased considerably as did the amount of weed and debris coming through, which made fishing very difficult. Enjoyable day though.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

River was rising and the colour of cocoa with all manner of debris, but mainly leaves and weed, in it. Impossible to hold position if we were more than a couple of feet from the bank and the slacks were full of weed and assorted debris. Needless to say we caught nothing. The only plus point was beer at £3 per pint at the Boat Inn.

Managed a 7.5lb barbel from one of the middle croy's in the morning, but fishing was difficult due to weed volume in the rising river. Spent the afternoon below the bridge in faster water. This resulted in four average size barbel, to conclude another enjoyable day on this idyllic stretch.

Pools were unfishable, due to the amount of weed coming down river. Fished wider stretch down river had 5 barbel, 3 chub then had to pack up due to the heavy weed. Beautiful stretch, will be back.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

A day fly fishing for the grayling.
The nearby Titley Mill EA gauge had been showing the level at about 0.08m for the last couple of weeks but overnight rain had raised the level a bit and put a lot of colour into the water.
Chatting to the farmer on arrival, he suggested we might consider applying for a 'wash-off' as the river was so dirty but as my fishing partner was making a 320 mile round trip to be there, we decided to press on, more in hope than expectation.
We've both fished this beat before, trotting maggots (when allowed), so had an idea of the areas that might produce a 'lady' or two.
Various runs were searched with hare's ear and weighted bug patterns, to no avail. The only fish of the day was a 10 inch brownie my partner caught in a slack just below the weir. Although not the target species and out of season, my mate was pleased with his first river brownie on a fly.
On netting, the trout regurgitated the partially digested remains of a 4 inch fish, a small trout or salmon parr possibly.
Although a day that did not live up to expectations, still a delightful wee river in some beautiful surroundings, and we look forward to our next visit.

1 Trout

Arrived at dawn with the river at 0.6m on gauge and reasonable colour. It rose 10cm in next 4 hrs but then steady for next 3 but just fishable. Saw 2 salmon by Chine and 2 below the bridge around the cables. Worked hard with fly and spinner, the last 3 hrs in a complete deluge. Retired soaked and defeated after 7 hrs with the river rising again and colouring badly. Forget Friday. Sat and Sunday... tight lines!