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Had one nice barbel 2 small chub and an eel hard going but very nice place

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

4 Barbel, 10 Chub

6 Barbel

2 Trout

A Friday night (when working full-time) isn't ideal for exploring new water, but when Saturday looks like having enough rain to unsettle the river it seemed like the best option. I'm glad I went, as I now know that I like this water. In terms of the fishing, it was fairly slow - I didn't hear any sewin move as dusk turned to night, and while that can be entirely meaningless as an indicator of action to come I do find it reassuring. In the bottom pool I had a few trouty plucks and one solid pull that resulted in nothing. Further upriver I had a large fish follow to within a rod length and then turn away aggressively, I'm not sure I will ever not be momentarily startled by a big unseen fish erupting in spray at close range. I also frightened some ducks, received the curiousity of a fox and was sworn at by an otter.
I appreciate it's a bit different for association beats, but the usual pool guide found on most WUF directions wouldn't go amiss for those of us on the Friday night crew. As it was, I did have enough time to find a few likely looking spots and time in between to ponder philosophical questions; such as whether everyone who uses the word 'woke' as a criticism has a shared definition of what it means beyond 'stuff I disagree with', and whether conservation charities would fall under it. I suspect not, on both counts.

worming

1/2 day.
No fish, a couple of coloured fish moving in the main pool.

It was windy and largely overcast and there was a healthy flow to the river. I had to work hard to catch two trout (8" and 12", both released), both on barbless cdc dries. I was lucky enough to see an otter and the blackberries were plentiful and delicious!

2 Trout

River was pushing through and quite colored all fish came from the stones on various baits and tactics
Stopped counting at 12 and they were constant throughout the morning but no barbel

15 Chub

No fish taken access to the river was a bit of a fight as it was over grown saw otters and kingfishers a good day out

6 Trout