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Fished pellet . River was high so a lot unfishable. 1 small chub only and lost a barbel.

1 Chub

1 Trout

It was unfortunate that my first and long awaited booking on this beat should coincide with the aftermath of storm Betty, I arrived at 05.30am, lovely still and clear morning, (not as forecast)? Nice to be on a beat that is fully accessibly by car, easy on my back and legs, i headed straight for the beach area at the lower end of the beat only to find NO beach as the river was up a meter or so and coloured, never the less i pitched myself on the grassy bank and looked forward to the day ahead. Unfortunately the river was running so fast i could not hold bottom on a 3 or 4oz lead, tried a 5oz (my only one) which just held bottom only to loose it on the second cast, it was a real struggle from there on in and lost a lot of tackle in the snags etc, I moved several times back up the beat picking off a chub or two here and there but sadly no Barbel, the fish were taken on a mix of meat & pellet with a GB feeder. (Thankfully the canoeist were minimal and no swimmers)
A superb venue and one i'd like to fish again only in better conditions, thanks again to the WUF and the Land owner for giving us great access to such a great river and all the wildlife that come with it.
I'll be back soon !

4 Chub

1 Grayling

2 Trout

2 Chub

3 Trout

4 Other

2 Trout