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A hard day’s fishing in the meadow all day. Only had 2 bites, hooking a decent barbel only to see the hook pull out under the rod before i could see it. I then managed to hook a nice chub only for that to find a snag and leaving me to lose all the terminal tackle, for once the only hook I lost all day! Both fish hooked on feeder and pellet. The river dropped a little through the day and became much clearer but late evening it began to rise again. Keep an eye out for the 2 young women in bikini`s having a wild swim, most distracting!

1 brown trout caught 1lb in weight with a worm.

Caught the limit of 6 fish for each of the 2 rods good day fishing.

Windy with intermittent rain. We each caught a fish each approximately 6" in length from the left bank looking from the boat house. A great place to fish.

6 Barbel 5lb - 11lb
1 Chub 4lb

Hallibet pellet, Hallibet groundbait in feeder, Chub on luncheon meat. Very few places to fish as no swims had been cut or prepared. Accomodation excellent at the Flansford Priory.

Great afternoon on Middle Hill as normal. Fishing very slow
Only 2 Barbel in region of 5 to 6 pounds. River was on the rise. Great stretch will be back soon.

15 x small trout to 9 inches on a small Klinkhammer a couple of hours before breakfast on a dark morning with more rain on the way. Like just about any morning this Summer come to think of it. I got just the bottom half done before the need for coffee overwhelmed me and the latest band of rain arrived.
It's been a difficult couple of seasons for the small stream trout angler. First the truly awful drought of 2011, which I think did a lot of damage to fish stocks. Then all the floods of 2012, which may have provided exciting times for salmon anglers, but deprived trout men of fishing opportunity on many days. Now the streams seem to have benefited from the rest and all the fresh water. Let's hope for a pleasantly warm September with plenty of rising fish. If not that, then a more normal 2013.

J P landed a 10lb hen fishing above the chine
on a cascade. Water 0.7m slightly coloured. Time 9am. Fish slightly coloured and returned OK. Persistent rain and 35mph wind thereafter making fishing difficult.

The river was quite coloured and the weather was very wet and blustery, typical Bank Holiday weather! Caught 5 brown trout after lunch, all on a size 16 Iron Blue Dunn dry fly. All were returned. Had lunch at The Bell, very nice. I will definitely be back when the river is in better fettle.
Thank you for a nice day.

6pm, a 15lb coloured fish caught in the Cafn on fly.