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3 Barbel, 5 Chub

A nice stretch .Enjoyed the challenge of falling river levels and some difficult swims . Managed 5 fish all fell to meat. Barbel of 6,5 lbs

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

First time fishing Colonel's water and had an amazing day. Really nice beat with a good range of water suitable for both dry's and nymphs. Managed to catch my first ever grayling, followed by my second which weighed in at a pound and three quarters, giving a great fight on my light weight euro nymph setup. Unfortunately (can't believe I'm writing this) the beat is full of trout willing to take a nymph. Ended the day with 19 trout and 2 grayling with nearly all the fish taken on nymphs fished euro style. The deeper pools/runs were most productive with a couple of fish caught in the faster riffles. River was .053m on the Cilmery gauge and very clear.

19 Trout, 2 Grayling

Fished 1530-1830 in lower field as the other anglers booked on were (as expected) parked by the rubbish tip on top field. Luckily I came with a plan. Fished the third swim down the lower field as the first two are still a bit too shallow and pacy with this much water on. The river looked magnificent - still quite coloured but dropping after the rain. I fished groundbait feeder with paste wrapped 14mm halibut pellet on the hook. Chub number one came first cast and was a tiddler. Chub number two shortly after and was a decent one, around 4lb. Fish three was hooked within the first hour also and went off like a steam train. Hook pull sadly. A few minutes later and a very positive drop back which resulted in barbel number one. At a guess around the 6lb mark and fin perfect. Another decent chevin followed around 1700. About 1715 a roaring, rod bouncing take and after a great scrap barbel number two was in the net. A shade bigger, perhaps 7lbs. It went weirdly quiet after this although the light dropped and the river looked so good for a few more bites. Packed up at 1830 very happy to have taken the afternoon off work.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Looked all set for a good day but really struggled…just two small Chub …. Disappointing.

2 Chub

River carrying extra water, 0.63 on the Byton gauge when checked at 7am, but fining off and with some colour. The grayling were in the 9-11 inches range, pink beaded nymph accounting for most.

1 Trout, 6 Grayling

water looked much better than it actually fished...a bit too much pace to comfortably control a float through ....few small chub from the margins in the morning and then some better sized fish from rolling a lump of pepperami around in the choppy water where the Lugg comes in

6 Chub

Between us we fished eight swims searching for barbel and failed miserably. Most of the chub were caught on meat but we tried a range of pellets and boilies with feeders or straight leads and nothing could get the barbel interested today it would seem.

7 Chub

Cold night and water temperatures fell. Tricky morning but once the fish were located and the sun warmed things up a bit bites came steadily into the evening.

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

5 Chub