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Didn’t arrive till 11 due to road closures. Was at this beat last week but had to leave early due to leaky waders so I needed to come back to make amends. Water very clear back down to somewhere near summer levels.

Caught fish steadily all day all along the beat. 15 Grayling up to 19 inches with 3 or 4 around that size. All solid fish and tough fight in the faster water! Three out of season brown trout also caught in very odd non trout-y places. One a nice 18”. All fish caught on a selection of different dry flies and all released safely. And no water in waders when finished...

Thanks.

3 Trout, 15 Grayling

2 Chub

Pleasant day, mixing the military exercises next door with kingfishers, hawks etc - they don't seem to mind! River quite low and clear, but even so some of the pools are still too deep to wade and it means scrambling through heavy bankside vegetation to make progress. Several trees in the stream as well.
Looked promising, but I only caught 4 trout and saw others - no sign of any grayling at all - used various shrimp patterns to no avail.

4 Trout

Seemed hard to find fish; a bit more water might be good, ended up with four OOS trout at 6-10". No sign of grayling.

4 Trout

All fish caught within 100 yards of each other at the start the 2nd field on the right.
Best went 8lb 7oz -Pellet feeder.

7 Barbel

A tough day! River was very low following flood conditions. Water temperature was low and dropping. Neither of us had any bite indications until last knockings at dusk when we had one barbel each using normal feeder tactics and pellets.

2 Barbel

Much better day today, catching a barbel with the first cast after baiting a swim the day before. Finally found a clear swim opposite a willow tree and and a small 10ft by 12ft wall on the opposite bank to the right of the big house garden

Biggest barbel 8lb
Chub 4lb
Great condition

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Beautiful chilly day on a fabulous beat. One jumper seen but nothing contacted.

One superb grayling of about a pound and three OOS brownies. All taken from the lovely little glide on the far side of the bridge pool. Clink and dink did the trick.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling