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Good fishing Stan is the man to put you on the fish. Feeder & pellet for 7 barbel.

7 Barbel

Rained all day, v.wet, v.muddy. A consequence of fishing through a prolonged downpour is a reluctance to try different swims or methods; perhaps that was my mistake. Sat it outfor a while. Anything but today! Did take a roaming rod and a bag of bait to squelch and slither my way to the island pegs, which looked a tad more inviting but in truth produced no more action than original choice. Just a smattering of chub at widely-spaced intervals, with not a sniff of a barbel. Disappointing start to a two-day trip.

4 Chub

All 3 fish came from 2 swims about half way along beat, largest 10lb, and 2 at about 6lb taken on Robin Red pellet. Tried other swims with no luck. Heavy rain all afternoon so we had had enough by 4pm, will return when drier conditions forecast.

3 Barbel

12lb hen caught on a Willie Gunn.

1 Salmon

5 x grayling 15-18 inches on various dries. Rained pretty well all day but the river level never moved. Quite early on DB was prospecting with a JG Emerger and took a superb cock grayling of 18 inches. Not long after, I found another taking olive duns trapped in a seam and got it to take a Grayling Steel Blue. That proved to be an almost identical 18 inch male fish, with shoulders like a bull. We both agreed that it didn't much matter what happened after that. In fact the fishing proved relatively difficult for the rest of the day; we got three more grayling of 15 inches but they seemed to be individuals rather than part of a shoal. Plus some out of season trout to 13 inches.

5 Grayling

Very slow, probably due to weather. Caught 1 2lb chub before the rain came.

1 Chub

A 9lb hen from Cottage Pool on a brass ARS in morning. 11lb cock from top of Colemans on a rusty PBP in afternoon. Great way to see the season out, thanks.

2 Salmon

Difficult day. No fish moving. Water low and clear. Wading treacherous due to rocks being very slippery. Best fish 2lb grayling on emerger plus 2 out of season trout on nymphs.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Late return - a fourth salmon for the day and second of the day for Warren Heath at last light on Saturday - 14 1/2 lb on small double (size 14).

4 Salmon

Poor day. 4 rods, 2 fish, very hard.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub