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Had a lovely afternoon on this beat, despite the downpours. Good selection of swims and good amount of fish. Forgot my float rod which was a shame as the Guy the other side of the river was having what seem’d like a red letter day. Got snagged up a few times today, angler error, still learning. The track down was fine in a car, however getting back up after the downpours was tricky, ended up having to reverse up the track for better traction. Luckily I didn’t get stuck. Advise 4x4 when wet, will remember for next time.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Hard work today with very little in the way of rising fish. All fish caught on PTN gold head but nothing of any size. All fish returned. Saw a mink carrying ,what we thought was a duck in the water in vicinity of the Bridge.
A nice day on the water

3 Trout, 1 Chub

1 Trout, 2 Sea Trout

Other = Eels. Water level very low. Tough conditions.

8 Chub, 3 Other

No fish !

All on a Blue Damsel fly, quite deep

5 Trout

The water was up after rain the night before, and I took my chance. At midday the water level was easily fishable, and there was colour in it. Nothing rishing on the surface. I found a few fish on nymphs in the flat water pools, wherever there was enough flow to present the fly. About 4.30 a first for me: fishing downstream and across, at long range I hooked a cheerful and acrobatic half-pounder on my dropper. It took forever to play it and work it up stream towards me, with the rod bent almost double. Was this a bionic trout? Had my old rod finally lost its mojo? Or had I? Only when it was quite close did I realise that down in the murky water was another trout, four times the size, with its jaws clamped around my lead fly. Two at a time! I thought that only happened with mackerel. I of course focussed on netting the big one, and by the time I had done so the half-pounder had got off. Good luck to it!
The last two fish, between 7 and 8pm were from broken water as the river cleared. If I'd had the time and the energy I think I could have caught many more before dark.

8 Trout

3 Chub

3 Trout

Fished between the two bridges on a previous visit a couple of days ago so this time I started at Titley bridge and made my way upstream. Covered only about a third of the available water in an evening session. Caught one brown trout on a CdC olive emerger. Only a small one, but my first fish from a wild stream on the third attempt.

1 Trout