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Mmmmm, tough day on one of my favourite venues as the water was rather low. However, I did have a 9lb Barbel on the first cast of the day, but that turned out to be 'first cast curse' as that was the last bit of action I saw. My mate had a Chub later on in the day, but that was it. However, we will be back!

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

7 caught

7 Trout

4 Trout

Fish caught on small black Klink & olive gold-head nymph. Few rises and Sun in early afternoon seemed to put the fish down.
Different olives and stonefly on the water, with no major hatch of anything. Wading stick definitely needed, if only to help with walking amongst the large stones & boulders that make up the river bed. River was fairly low & our understanding from a local source was that it is somewhat dependent on water release from the reservoir at the top of the system. I didn't see a wash-off policy for the Tees beats, so not only are you at the mercy of the quickly changeable North Yorkshire Moors weather but also the decisions taken by those who control the reservoir levels. However, our local source said that although the beats can become hard to access at very high water, the river still fishes, (this may of course be for Salmon and Sea Trout).

2 Trout

4 Trout

First time on this venue which we enjoyed. For us only one section of the bank was fishable due to the steepness of the banks maybe some work is needed on the other section so that access is better.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

Water low sun very bright fishing difficult but beautiful unspoilt river

Not a single bite

We’ve struggled every time on this beat and again this was no exception, 1 chub at just over 4 pounds and 1 chub at just over 4ozs. Whilst we came to learn over the forthcoming days that the river was generally fishing poorly, I don’t think we’ll be rushing back here.

2 Chub

Barbel weren’t playing had 1 6lb & 14 chub up to 5lb 4oz
So not to bad a day

1 Barbel, 14 Chub