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River coloured and fining down. Only upstream stretch accessible. Fish caught in both swims. Dog spike and rope essential.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

River was swollen and fast running, making wading difficult. Was clarity was low. No fish caught and nothing rising until an hour before dusk when some activity started towards to banks. Stonefly hatch was promising, but no fish caught. May have been better in calmer conditions..

Struggled with river up and very fast and not much bank accessible safely. All fish from the lower end.

4 Chub

Lots of water pushing through after heavy rains. We found a few feeding in the shallower pool tails. Most fell to small nymphs inc. a cracking 3lb+ WBT. One salmon showed itself. Fab day as always, thanks to WUF and owner for access.

7 Trout, 10 Grayling

Not many swims available so quite limited.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Other

Fished two spots attempting to find the barbel and avoid the smaller chub. Standard feeder and ledger methods. Caught 8 chub all around 3lb to 4lb in size.

8 Chub

4 Trout

5 Trout

Spent a lovely afternoon fishing but alas drew a blank.. Tried a mixture of flies / presentations mainly beaded PTN or olive and think I had a tentative knock but no fish.. saw one rise later in the afternoon on one of the slower pools but that was it... I obviously need to improve my techique next time. There was quite a lot of "wash down" rubbish on the banks, mainly black polythene but otherwise relatively easy access to the water and most of the banks.. pity there isnt an exit away from the water towards the upper end of the beat (I didnt see one) other than the main access path as it felt like a long slog back mainly wading back up the river...