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Water levels up a little but generally no restrictions on accessability. Very windy making casting tricky but managed to take 5 out of season trout on pink-arsed nymphs, no grayling. Best fish 10-12". Bitterly cold in the wind.

No fish caught. River pushing through and coloured.

Day 2: More rain over night. Weather was cold and the river was high. Fished pellet and meat in a few swims, again without success.

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

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.

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.