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A great catch of 17 barbel to 9lb 5oz and 6 chub to 4lb 9oz. All fell to pellet or boilie fished on a running lead. Back in September for another go!

17 Barbel, 6 Chub

Fished from 8am to 12pm.
The river had cleared after carrying some colour a few days prior and there was a stiff breeze but conditions looked good.
Being the first time I had fished this section I searched just about every water type. But in the end all the trout were taken from creases or pocket water and all the grayling came from evenly paced water just after the mouths of pools.
Trout fell to either a red-tag or PTN, grayling to either the PTN or GRHE.
The trout were all of the smaller size, 6-8 inches, the best grayling a slim 12 inches.
A nice diverse bit of water. I shall be back now I know what to expect.

6 Trout, 5 Grayling

Water a perfect height at 10" but unfortunately quite dirty with heavy particulates that probably put the fish down.
Access has been improved on this beat with a number of cut paths down to the waters edge.

A few small fish rising, but they were too clever for me and my companion!

A few small fish rising but they were too clever for me and my companion!

A lovely day. 4 trout to 3/4lb, all on dry fly, all returned. Played and lost a leviathan.

4 Trout

One brown trout and two rainbows caught on worm on a very windy day.

3 Trout

12 fish to 0.75lb between 2 rods. All caught on small size 12 shrimp type fly on a floating line on Beat 6.

12 Trout

I'm not a great flyfisher but this was the hardest fishing I have done. It was much colder than of late and I had forgotten my waders, so I was in wading boots and waterproof trousers - cold!!
The stream is small with not a lot of water but some tricky wading and deep gully's that are not always obvious. I dare say I spooked a lot of fish. I'm sure there are good fish to be had in these gully's but the dense growth makes for very difficult casting (more flicks really). I got hung up on many occasions.
There was a good hatch in the afternoon, but I saw only a couple of rises from tiddlers.
If that all sounds negative, it isn't! I felt I was learning a lot on a lovely little stream and despite the cold, I had to be dragged off the water at the end.
I managed to hook, but not land a small trout (long distance release).
This was my first WUF expedition but it will not be my last! Well done to all at WUF.

The river was very low and gin clear and no fish were moving when I arrived at 12:10pm. The wind was blustery and down stream with showers but it cleared mid afternoon to leave a sunny warm and clear evening. Fish began to rise around 5pm and I managed to catch a trout around 8" and 2 grayling all on a size 16 olive Parachute dry fly. I am a relative beginner at river fishing so was delighted with this. I had 4 sightings of a kingfisher and to make my day an otter swam past me not 20 feet away. A magical spot and one which I shall return to in the future. I had a magical day.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling