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2 fish

2 Trout

River low, hot and bright through the day, fish first up and evening, hardly a touch through the day. Barbel to meat and pellet, Chub to meat and pellet, mainly meat. Best Barbel 8lb. the other was an Eel.

2 Barbel, 12 Chub, 1 Other

River very low and weather bright this evening. I also probably made a mistake in fishing familiar swims rather than adapting better to the conditions. Anyway, the result was a clutch of insignificant chub and no sign of barbel, whichever bait I offered them.

8 Chub

Caught 4 on a silver teal missed a load , but had a great day

4 Trout

Realy good day despite the low water level. Lots of silkweed covering the gravel in the margins. River could do with a good flush through.

11 Barbel, 4 Chub

River low and clear but fish were occasionally rising in the first pool but I could not tell what for. Decided to stick with dry fly, a tiny tups indispensable. Attracted no interest in the almost static pools, I guess even the light leader was easily visible. However, fish were willing in the streamy and fast runs - landed 6 to 11”, and missed many more. A lovely day working upstream.

6 Trout

Tried for a salmon during the morning, but no chance - river was very low.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

Nothing caught unfortunately

Lots of Chub and a good size too. We had two Barbel at 1920 and 2030. The "others" were Eel, Dace and Gudgeon. Any method with any bait proved fruitful. Well worth a go if you need some confidence.

2 Barbel, 30 Chub, 3 Other

Another 1st time for me fishing this beat and a privilege to fish a cracking looking section with the weir gardens opposite. There were obviously a fair number of visitors in the gardens and a lot of canoeists during the day but that all quietened down around 4pm. The day was warm and bright and the river low & clear so wasn’t expecting a great deal during the day but started about 1.30 until 7.30 and ended up with 4 barbel to 7lb+ and a chub the other was an eel on meat so the tin went straight back in my bag! Well chuffed with the result especially as I missed the prime dusk time but a tad nerve wracking when you’re playing barbel in clear water ! Usual baits of pellets, corn, mini boilies Would definitely return to this beat at some point

4 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other