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Just one small barbel mid morning. Conditions looked ok but hardly a bite all day Fished here before and had good success. But unfortunately not this time.

1 Barbel

River low and clear. Fished all day for barbel and/or chub. Trotting various baits and rolling meat - not a single take. Observed shoal of barbel at Hay bridge which stayed in one spot for the three days we were visiting. They took no interest in loose fed bait. Large shoal of dace active in the shallows above Hay bridge.
Disappointed but fish clearly not inclined to feed.

River low and clear. One chub 3.5lbs to trotted maggot.

1 Chub

Caught on pellet.

1 Barbel

Water was low but the fishing was slow. Still had a good day.

3 Barbel, 7 Chub

Water was low and the fishing was slow. Still had a good day.

3 Barbel, 7 Chub

Excellent conditions for our target species - Barbel. The stretch looked fantastic, but the fish just weren't there. We fished the full length (both sides of the wood) without a bite. No fish were seen either. I managed a small chub right at last knockings, but that was our only bite of the day. Very disappointed.

1 Chub

River low fishing hard. Raining, access from river banks
difficult and slippery.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

2 Trout

In pretty overcast and still conditions, I managed to get a few hours in during the morning and early afternoon before the forecast rain drew a halt to the proceedings at 2pm. Some sedges and stonefly, and small olives around from the off and a few fish eventually began to rise - some of those caught were risers and others not. Grayling were mainly in the 13-14" class but two were 16 and 17" fish to 1.75lb. Dropped a couple of trout on a HE emerger and caught another on a PTN. All grayling caught on a small dark olive Ducks Dun. Must go fishing on Friday the 13th again (but hopefully next time for rather longer)!

1 Trout, 10 Grayling