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4 Barbel, 11 Chub

2 Trout

too many loud tourists on paddle boards and kayaks, no luck this time

3 Trout

2 Trout

Well , smashed the mowing at silly o’clock, as there was no dew down , then went for a good burn on my mountain bike , and to top of this lovely weekend , thought it rude not to give another of the Edw beats a bash , looked at the website , Hergest was free , so onward to the Edw , again , just to complete the Edw extravaganza !!!!

Got there at midday , and tackled up my usual six foot , two weight , except I fined down the tippet even more , and furled leader on also , just for added turnover , and delicacy , which is what you needed here , as boy was it tricky , but fun at the same time …. Water temperature sitting at 13 degrees , and a lot isn’t workable , even with dry fly , but also a lot is , so it’s swings and roundabouts here at the mo ….
Some folks would look at it at the mo, and say , that’s not fishable at all ,….. but alas it is !!!!

In fact some risers were tricky to say the least , but caught them to a splashy rise to my Parachute Greenwells in the end … managed five feisty brownies between six and ten inches maybe …
Just fished up to the weir , and got out I think just before three …. Cows in the field with young calves , so carried my impromptu mark one nine foot stick , just in case things went Pete Tong !!!! Thankfully they were very sedate this time …. Didn’t even move …. Pheeeeeeeew !

A fun three hours here , had a chat with the farmer on his quad taking sheep down the road …. Lowest he has seen it in years , as he explained it does hold its water very very well , due to its catchment area … a knowledgable chappy and most interested in the fishing too , which is always nice …. A fun few hours here , and three great sessions on three days on one of my favourite small streams , can’t be bad , back to The Ponferosa , and a well earned pint of cider me thinks , sorted !!!!!

5 Trout

Around 13 small (0.5lb) wild carp, 1 minnow.

14 Other

16lb salmon

1 Salmon

2 Trout

Euro nymphed and a brief period fishing down and across with North country spiders. Hard fishing. Not much rising. Also one minnow.

1 Trout, 5 Grayling, 1 Other