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A couple of grayling just short of the lb mark a few trout around the half pound mark the rest were little including a couple of dace (very pretty little fish!). All were taken on size 16 nymphs!

5 Trout, 6 Grayling, 2 Other

River exceptionally low, virtually no flow and clear. Very warm and sunny day. Fished all along the stretch from the rock down to the caravan. No Barbel or Chub activity. The only species willing to oblige were Eels! Avoid luncheon meat unless you wish to catch them by design. All methods and many different baits tried. Quite a lot of Salmon (we think) activity, 4 fish spotted during the day.

3 Other

7 barbel to 9lbs 10ozs, 7 eels and a few dace on float.

7 Barbel, 15 Other

We became just two anglers very late in the planning of this trip. Started the first morning looking at beats 4-6. Spent a good couple of hours walking the starch having not seen it before. With very low water levels, choice of swims was not fantastic considering the size of the section. We chose poorly and fished in the deeper pools of beat 4 for the first few hours and moved onto fish in the afternoon in beat 5 in faster shallower water. Whist producing fish it also proved quite snaggy. Fished the same beat the following morning but waited until lunchtime for a bite. Left for the last few hours on bet two upstream from the Boat Inn pub but on the other bank. Ended bite less. Conditions far from ideal, very low, slow and very bright did not help with location. 5 barbel landed, sadly similar numbers lost.

5 Barbel

Stayed at Priory. Lots of stairs and quite steep but otherwise fine. Handy for walking to the beat. Due to age and cooked breakfasts, didn't walk to beat until around 08:30. Paperwork checked by game keeper which was good. Had a good chat with ghillie from beat below. Weather glorious and food and the Butty Bach in the Millrace superb. Just needed a days rain a couple of days before we came?

4 Barbel

Low water and bright sun all day but still managed to take fish up to 12 inches throughout the day. Excellent fishing. I can not wait to return.

8 Grayling

What a day! Up to 11.30am I caught only one chub then decided to change location. Feeding regularly the first barbel came at 12.30am after which I had steady takes. The biggest barbel was 12lb, the biggest I have caught in my life. What tactics? It will be my sweet secret. A great beat well maintained.

14 Barbel, 6 Chub

8 Trout

A beautiful late September day and a joy to be out fishing. Feeder and float fishing for coarse species. River very low and clear. Fish fed sporadically and the 6lb barbel was a bonus late in the day.

1 Barbel, 9 Chub

10 small trout and salmon parr. Missed a couple of good trout. Saw two highly coloured salmon, no sign of any fresh fish in exceptionally low water.