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River was down from previous days flood but still quite high and fast. Fished opposite long wall area where there was still some good access. Had 1 Barbel to 5.5lb and 3 Chub to 4lb mostly on meat.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

It was lovely weather, maybe a bit too sunny for angling. I fished from about 1pm to 4pm using nymphs. I saw 2 fish rise (1 was tiny) but touched nothing myself. I've taken up nymph fishing later in life, and am still learning ( I hope so anyway). The water seemed to be at a perfect height and colour - very clear and a slight tone of whisky. Beautiful surroundings.

Both caught trotting worm upstream Abbey Bridge. Fishing interrupted by about 20+ canoes launched by the packhorse bridge. Not a care in the world about anglers!!

Lovely spot to fish hopefully try Lartington stretch next time.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 Trout

3 Chub

2 Barbel, 7 Chub

19 Trout, 27 Grayling

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

River high and running, but slacks fishable. Caught on ledgered halibut and cheese & garlic boilies.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fished 1230-1730. River was 1.7m up but slowly dropping and a lovely milk chocolate colour. Only one fishable swim in upper field. Two fishable swims in lower field and I opted for the first swim right by the car parking area. There was a nice slack a couple of rod lengths out that looked ideal and was snag free. I actually started and ended the session with the same feeder and hooklength which can't happen often! Fished groundbait feeder with hemp and a few small pellets mixed in, with 14mm paste wrapped pellet on hair. Had a 3lb chub first cast that slipped off at the net. Another similar chub came shortly after. It then went a bit quiet so I put a few balls of groundbait in and had a sarnie. Switched to spicy meat on the hair after lunch and had a decent chub (4lb ish). Next cast the tip absolutely slammed around and I was into a fesity little barbel of around 4lb. The second barbel came at around 4pm to paste wrapped pellet. An absolutely fin perfect 7lb-er that fought like a lion in the flow. It was a stunning day with buzzards wheeling overhead, a kingfisher buzzing around, and a huge v shaped formation of geese. Thanks WUF.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub