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River flooded! 4 barbel, best 8lb 2 on 8 mm halibuts.

Arrived on the water at 17.30 looking for that evening rise again. Fished the flatter pool tails & finished with 7 trout to 15 ins with most between 10-12ins all caught on light coloured deer hair sedge pattern. Shared my fishing with a very friendly, playful otter from 21.00, I will be back for the day when there is less water on. Good evenings sport in fantastic surroundings.

8 barbel to 8lb 10oz. Averaged 6-7 lbs. River very muddy but thoroughly enjoyed it and will be back.

Between the two of us we caught 8 fish, all Barbel and all caught on Elipse pellets. 2 fish were between 4-5lb, biggest fish was 8lb 10oz. River conditions were like chocolate and flowing very fast. 5oz lead struggled to hold river bed, had to increase it to 10oz but still struggled. Lots of debris coming down river including a large piece which looks to have broken from the bank, trees and all, which resembled Tracy Island! This was our first visit and definitely will go again.

Water excellent for spin and fly and .85m.
Caught salmon of 20lb at top run above rock.

Fish released without aid of net at middle staging after being towed round the rockpool for 10mins!!

We arrived about 12.30 to heavy rain and a brown rising river, but still looked fishable. We tried a couple of swims for half an hour for one barbel. Then a passing dog walker warned us that the access road was beginning to flood and so it proved, water pouring off the road had also turned the track down to the river into a stream. We decided not to wait for it to get any worse and left at 2.00. A pity because I'm sure we'd have had a few more. Still waiting for Summer but not holding our breath.

2 rods, river running 3 ft+, very coloured. Fished in slack water off main flow behind cribs. 6 Barbel ( 10lbs 10ozs, 7lbs 8ozs, four at 4lbs, 1 eel and 1 dace. Caught on various pellets throughout the day.

Managed to grab a few hours fishing late morning before the river started to rise. Had one fish of 18inches on a klinkhammer and four smaller fish around 8inches. Briefly connected to several fish on a GRHE but failed to land any.

River coloured with Ithon water. Would have been a wash off but the large number of running salmon apparent kept you plugging away. Saw 20 or so show in two runs down the gravel catch alone. A mix of fresh run salmon and grilse and a few big coloured springers.

Apart from the rain we had a great day fishing
14 barbel best 9lb 14, all on halibut pellets and
1 eel. Fished for 4 days on
WUF beats: 62 barbel and 22 chub, stayed at
Flansford priory thanks to all.