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My prefered part of the beat at the bottom end was flooded so I fished the last swim on the high bank. I had 8 barbel to 9lb, all caught on halibut pellet and soft spicy sausage soft pellets. The river turned a chocolate colour at 5 o clock and then rose 10ft in the next 12 hours.

No Salmon although one good fish lost, snapped flyline leader. 2 Brownies to Salmon Lures 12oz & 1lbs both returned.
Meeting another vehicle halfway down the track to the parking would be interesting!

Seven Barbel all between 7lb and 9lb. Needed large feeders to hold bottom with hemp and 3mm pellets. All fish on pellet. Sun came out and a very pleasant afternoon and evening. Cardiac Hill not as bad as I remembered. A beautiful venue, fished the first field and the Croy was three feet under water.

Caught 1 small sightly coloured salmon and lost another around the same size (about 5 pounds) when reaching for disgourger. All salmon caught on CD7 brown trout. Saw a few salmon moving through the beat just above the island later in the evening. About 7 - 8 small browns rangng from 7 - 10 inches caught and 1 larger brown of about 2 pounds caught on CD5 rainbow trout.
All fish caught were released. Very nice beat with varying water and easy access. Booked through the evening tickets scheme.

Thought I had better get an hours fishing in this evening before tomorrows deluge possibly ruins It for the weekend. Caught the finest looking bar of silver cock fish I've ever seen, at around 12 - 13lbs. It put up one hell of a scrap and shot off as soon as unhooked it! Caught on the fly again and in the Boat pool.

River was running high and slightly brown. Had a couple of tugs on sunken flies but could not entice a fish to rise to a dry fly. Stayed until 9.30 pm in the hope of a significant hatch without any luck.

4 barbel to 8lb 10oz and lost a couple. River up and coloured but falling slowly. Nice to see some new swims cut on the lower end of the beat. Thanks again WUF.

Arrived on the water at 16.00 for the evening rise, again it was very good. 3 wbt until 18.30 then it went mad after that until 21.45. Finished with 14 wbt biggest at 16ins, most at 10-12 inches all on a alight tan sedge. Most fantastic evenings sport with most fish coming from abve the bridge. STEPHEN YOU MUST STOP THE RAIN DANCE NOW !

Did not catch
River was high and coloured

River running quite hard but perfect weatherwise. Stayed to late evening although fish were caught throughout the day. One angler had 12 barbel to about 9lbs and one chub, the other had three barbel to 8lbs and one chub both fishing downstream of the approach path - mainly on pellet but with several on meat. Some bites were tentative, others whey hey! Don't be afraid to fish close in to the bank. Current such that we had to. Parking only for one car on the LHS 30yds beyond the gate entrance to the field as recent flash floods have eroded the entrance to it and the ground is very soft.