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Three barbel, two on one. River looked perfect, fished the upper and middle stretches, all fish caught on pellet from the middle stretch.

6 grayling, best around 1lb 8oz. Returned 6 trout, too. Water temperature 6C (down from 8C on Monday), air temperature 4-5C at best. Barometer 962mb - a deep low pressure.

River looked good and was rising slowly after some cold overnight rain. In water visibility of around 8". 3 Chub to 3lbs from the upper end, 2 Pike to low doubles and 2 Barbel, biggest 8lbs 12oz on pellet feeder/boilie combo.
First time on this very scenic stretch.

Not a bite all day and little showing. River up, cold and coloured compared to last week though it dropped a foot during the day.

The river was high and coloured following heavy rain. I fly fished on the upper part of the stretch but failed to catch anything. That said, the surroundings there are beautiful at this time of year and I hope to return when conditions are more favourable.

River in good condition after rain, some colour.
Fished one swim all day using pellet. Two chub to 5lb across both rods. Disappointing but beautiful stretch.

Day 1: Arrived to find the river high and coloured. Identified a few swims and fished pellet for barbel or chub without any success. Back again tomorrow.

2 rods. 1 grayling at 2lb 4oz. Lots of trout (c.20 fish), best c.1lb.

I fished this beat about three years ago and remember a cold day that was made very hard work by the leaves and other Autumn debris the river was carrying. The leaves were still a big problem today but I focussed attention on a couple of stretches that could be fished a bit more easily. I only fished for around three hours and had three very nice grayling, the best 17 inches and around two pounds. The weather took a turn for the worse mid-morning and I knew it was forecast to rain for the rest of the day and I had a lunch appointment anyway! This beat was still well worth getting up early for and the relatively long walk to the river.

Trotted maggot produced several small brown trout and 10 Grayling, the best of which were 4 substantial thick set fish, estimated from their dimensions in the landing net, which was measured afterwards, at approximately 18". A short session, curtailed by the heavy rainfall and stong wind.