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Only 1 angler fished. Tough day today - 7ft 3ins on the river when I arrived at the peg. Lovely day on the river weather wise
Tried every bait "known to man today" but could not induce a bite. So have just chalked up my first "blank" of the season - It had to come and some time !

Blanked !!!!

Flood conditions, river came up .5m during the day, couldn't hold bottom with 6oz lead more than one rod length out

River was very high, fast and colored. Wanted to fish the wooded section but the were no safe swims which was really disappointing so only option was the meadows. The path between woods and meadow is seriously over grown and needs opening up as well as a few more swim upstream.

The river was very High, fast and coloured. We wanted to fish up in the wooded section but there were no safe swim to fish which was disappointing. The path between the woods and meadow could really do with opening up as a few swims upstream.

Despite river conditions looking good we could only tempt two small chub.One or two more swims could do with opening up here.

2 Chub

River conditions were a little cloudy but good, all caught on feeder and boilie in the meadows. Barbel 8lb 6oz. Chub 4lb and an eel of about 1.5 lb.

Could possibly do with a little strimming of the path between woods and meadow as the brambles were hard work with all the kit you take but did not detract from the day.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

A couple of late barbel in the session. I tried for pike but nothing came to my lures today. I spotted an otter in the swim and shortly afterwards hooked an eel. The otter grabbed the eel halfway in and gave a great account of itself! Fortunately it had grabbed the eel by it’s tail and I was able to land the eel which was returned bloodied but still fighting fit.

2 Barbel, 1 Other

With the river rising there was a mix of weed and grass being brought down which meant stepping up weights and/or feeders. I switch to pike fishing around the middle of the day and had one on the lure and dropped one.
The barbel and chub came between 2pm and 6pm

2 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Pike

Fished up in the field, caught 3 barbel between us early in the session. Caught in halibut pellet with large feeders. Loose feed halibuts over the top. Caught 1 barbel each late on in the session at dish once we moved upstream.

5 Barbel

River in fine condition after recent rain and fish were feeding most of the day. Fished the 1st swim upstream from the wooded section using meat - caught 1 decent chub and 3 barbel (7 to 8 lb) but lost another 4 due to a snag about a 3rd the way across that they seemed to aim for. A good but frustrating and expensive day!

3 Barbel, 1 Chub