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Managed to catch a couple of barbel each in the evening, best 9lb 4oz and 8lb 4oz . Both of us also caught several chub. The others were 3 eels caught from 1 peg . Fish came to feeder and pellet/boilie tactics

4 Barbel, 8 Chub, 3 Other

Weather overcast and raining for most of the day which made the banks very slippery. River still brown coloured from the algae bloom. Fished the wood crib. All fish caught on meat, couldn’t buy a bite on pellet.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 4 Other

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

A disappointing afternoon and evening session. Started in the woods about 16.00 and did not expect much in very warm bright conditions. So it proved with only three small chub and two eels. As dusk came I was more hopeful and a barbel bite resulted in a good fish hooked. However, it was lost among the rocks. Tackled up again, another bite with the same result. A third cast resulted in a longer wait and another eel. All on pellet and feeder. No more action and I packed up at 22.00.

3 Chub, 3 Other

10 Barbel, 1 Chub

Very hot day and challenging conditions. Barbel caught on meat late in the day.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Other

Nothing caught today

1 Barbel

2 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

First time on this section. Two of us fished the top end of Legg Meadow from around midday to 8pm. There were certainly plenty of canoeists, kayakers and paddle boarders. We even had a man come past on an inflatable pink flamingo. The canoe traffic eased up considerably after around 4pm.

In retrospect, it may not have been wise to concentrate all of our efforts in one place. We were hopeful that the fish would come over the feed once the various daytime disturbances subsided and the light began to fade. Despite ringing plenty of tactical and bait changes though, it was not to be.

We managed just a few Eels and had no sign of a ‘proper’ fish all day. That’s fishing I suppose, some days you just have to accept that its not your day. The river was carrying a brown tinge which I think was an algae bloom.

5 Other