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2 Trout

Good spring day on this famous beat which offers a variety of water and the chance of a springer. No salmon seen but a beautiful 2lb + Brownie rounded off an enjoyable day.

1 Trout, 1 Pike

A glorious spring day but no sign of any fish.

Sunny cloudless day, 14C / 57F air temp and 7C / 45F water temp. Water green cloudy, about 3ft visibility, dropping about 0.1m per day after 4.1m flood over the banks ten days ago. Water at 0.89m on Ross EA Gauge, and 3’3” on beat Gauge. A good push of water flowing through and still too high for fly fishing in our opinion. We persevered, but neither saw nor touched any fish. We understand that this beat fishes best at below 2’9” on the Beat gauge, ie around 0.74m on the Ross EA gauge.

River very low and clear. Banks muddy and slippery. Not a touch all day which is a first for me on this lovely fishery. Good to be out there though.

Appalling weather conditions and a very slippery bank limited the fishable swims. Packed up early afternoon.

River high when we arrived and rising very rapidly. Made the fishing very difficult and only a couple of places on whole stretch that you could fish. Barbel were feeding though and two of us managed 6 between us and lost quite a few more. Other two blanked.
Other fish were 1 eel and 1 dace

6 Barbel, 2 Other

1 Barbel

River running low with a small amount of colour on it, and on the drop.
Fishing was hard going (I have fished this river since I was 17 years of age) - all fish fell to one angler to 10mm single halibut pellet and blockend feeder with hemp. The 2 chub were between 2.5lb and 3lb and both barbel were of a good stamp one just under 8lb and the other weighed in at 8lb 8oz.

All in all hard going, but an enjoyable days fishing in beautiful surroundings, and it is without doubt still my favorite River to fish !

2 Barbel, 2 Chub