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Nothing today, water very high

The one barbel about 4-5lb came from the first swim in the morning. Followed by a nice chub about 4lb. Bites were quite shy. Then we worked our way up to the woods at the top. Some lovely water up there but hard to access the best looking bits. The croy at the top was unproductive although some big fish rolled mid river. Leaves and debris made it difficult to hold bottom in the flow for very long. So we moved back towards the car park for dusk and had another nice chub just under 5lb, a smaller chub and an eel. Barbel on 12mm robin red boilie, chub and eel on trundled meat. Just managed to rally our way up the hill, suggest a 4x4 for this beat in the wet. And don't anger the pheasant!

1 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

1 pike and 1 chub caught . Pike about 6lb and a chub of about 3lb

1 Chub, 1 Pike

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

River rising but 5 barbel to 6lb between 2 anglers

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

A challenging session today due to a fast flowing river full of detritus, logs, twig rafts and leaves.

Fished fairly tight to the margins in the meadow swims below the wood as a consequence, about a rod length out.

It fair to say we were not optimistic however our patience and simple feeder tactics were surprisingly rewarded with 3 barbel, best going 7lb, plus one hefty fish lost after an incredible supercharged run mid afternoon. Thankfully that fish threw the hook, size 8 specimen, although this was bent hence our surmising it was probably a pretty decent lump.
Having tried patiently with various baits, luncheon meat, krill and halibut pellets etc in the morning it wasn't until we switched to hair rigged sweetcorn, 4 pieces on the hair, that the runs started to come.
Overall an interesting and informative day, very satisfying on reflection.

3 Barbel

I fishing this beat the previous day and the water level was up but today it was too high to wade so my fishing was very limited and I didn't get a bite.

4 Trout

2 out of season trout and 1 minnow.

2 Trout, 1 Other

3 Trout