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A wonderful day; both warm and sunny and the river lived up to its name, as it was 'abounding in fish'! Unfortunately we didn't catch any! We could not figure out what they were taking. We both tried every fly known to man, and even some fairly heavy handed casting didn't dissuade them.
There are a few lovely pools where one would expect to see salmon, but there were none in evidence.

Fly fished - fish moving but no takes.

Very pleasant 3 hours in lovely surroundings. Missed several small fish and caught one surprisingly good trout, at least 1 and a half pounds.

1 Trout

All the fish came from the beach section, 2 barbel in the morning and the rest in the evening all on halibut with feeders. Father in law had a great day fishing after I had baited his swim up. He had 9 fish in 9 casts and the last fish was a barbel of 9lb! Spooky!

12 Barbel, 7 Chub

4 Chub to pellet / feeder and 2 eels on Sweetcorn.

4 Chub, 2 Other

I fished the length of the beat just stalking rising fish but the water is so low it was difficult to get close without spooking the fish especially as you have to stay in the water. Had a few takes using small parachute flies & knotted midge but hooked nothing. This is a nice beat but difficult to access.

4 Trout

Windy, hot and sunny with river low and clear. Beautiful location and the hill going down to the fishery is not nearly as bad as previous reports suggest. The main problem is the lack of swims you can access. I'm quite happy to bash my way down the bank Jungle warfare style but I'm sure there are a lot of anglers that would prefer easier access and a greater choice of swims for their £15 a day. The Croy swim at the top of the fishery looked great but was too windy on the day so my Dad and I fished one of the slower deeper swims in the first meadow. I had one chub of about 3lb and a nice Barble of 8lb on cage feeder and pellet. Dad just had one small chub on trotted bread flake. During the day we spotted a Kite, Peregrine, kingfisher and Buzzards. Lovely spot with great potential just make sure you travel light!

Nil return.

No fish spotted, another disappointing day. Maybe tomorrow will be better.