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A,J and K are fishing Wyebank this morning. P after problems with his car and the excessive heat of yesterday has decided to have a rest but has helped me into a swim in the woods to get a rest from the sun as it's shady all day here. Still very slippery but only fell over once! I had 4 Barbel to 7lbs, one about 2lbs which is nice to see plus 1 Chub. After a quietish morning on Wyebank A,J and K returned to Courtfield where J had a 7lbs 8oz fish and a Chub of 4lbs 5ozs, A 2 Barbel to 7lbs and a 3lb Chub, K failed to score but then he is very old! Bait was once again barrel boilies this time wrapped in Hinders blitz paste and feeder fished with 4mm feed pellet and Hinders Barbel groundbait. Big increase in canoe traffic today.

Andy, Jack and Ken fished Wyebank for the morning although water still a bit high. Jack had a baby Barbel about 1lb 8ozs, Ken a Barbel of 7lbs 12ozs and a Chub and Andy a Barbel of 7lbs 9ozs all caught feeder fishing with 4mm pellet and Hinders groundbait in the feeder and Essex baits barrel boilies hair rigged.

4 barbel to 9lb on boillies. Boiling hot so just the evening fished for a few hours.

No salmon caught (only one seen splashing very briefly), and no other fish seen at all. A very depressing day's fishing actually. I could have done with more action, and the water on that beat is not very varied or very interesting. I saw 2 cormorants right by the house where I parked (you wanted to know of such sightings).
WUF Note: Anglers are requested to report sightings of cormorants and goosanders to the Angling Trust's Cormorant Watch website: www.cormorantwatch.org

5 trout to 1.5lbs. Couple off the top on a shuttlecock emerger in the morning, the others on nymph fished as a duo.

1 bite to a green nymph but nothing caught.

River about 3ft over summer level and coloured, although it was dropping. Weather was glorious but not condusive to barbel fishing. We fished the lower end of the beat and access at this end of the beat is better than the top end. Its a flat walk from the car and we found a number of well defined swims. Fishing was tough, but we managed a few barbel and chub. My fishing buddy Old Man Nelson getting a cracking new PB of 8lb 12ozs.
The water below the beat boundary seems to be a popular swimming hole, so might be worth fishing the top end in hot weather!!

A beautiful river, full of fishy haunts and eye catching glides. However, no fish seen or caught. Not so much as a tug on the line. The river was perhaps a little fast, plenty of small fry to be seen but no evidence of fish rising. I'll go back but in more suitable conditions.

One small grilse briefly hooked on a fly just below the fishing lodge in the rapids. It shook itself free after a few jumps and shot off downstream. No other salmon showing.

The river was dropping and the sun was shining. Fantastic beat. River still at about 3ft above summer level. My 11 year old son lost one barbel and caught one late on during the day of 8lbs 2oz. Once the sun was shining the river went dead, and the only thing I caught was the sun. Will be back as I am sure with a little cloud cover I can at least get one!