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1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Very slow day,river low & fish not in usual places
Caught most fish at the end of the day on meat & pellet ledgering
1 eel other

1 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

5 degrees and felt colder with the fog which didn't lift until after midday. A hard slog with very few bites in spite of trying several swims. 1 barbel around 7lbs, 2 chub and a trout all on meat.

1 Trout, 1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Very cold overnight with fog until around midday then bright sun, so not the best of conditions. Banks in treacherous state following recent flooding, also got fed up with being zapped by electric fence, no room to walk along bank in places!
Missed a couple of good bites but that was my lot, decided to pack in early, you just know when it’s not your day!

River up and a bit coloured from the recent rain. Fished a few hours, 2 grayling one of which was my personal best so delighted.

2 Grayling

Some nice chub and a few barbel caught today. All fish came from one swim using pellets and feeder.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

Misty start but the sun soon showed its face and another great day to be on the river. River itself was still dropping slowly from last weekends rain but still coloured. Settled into a swim that looked ideal and I could hold bottom about halfway with a 2oz feeder. No fish so moved after 2hrs and chose a swim 50 yards downstream. Initially fed heavily with groundbait feeder and pellet. First barbel at 2pm then caught steadily throughout the afternoon ending with 6 barbel and one chub. All fish over 6lb with best 9lb 1oz. Finished at 5pm to travel home a very contented angler.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

River still pushing through probably caught it a day or two early. Lost 2 at my feet !!!

1 Barbel

Popped onto the river near the chain bridge restaurant for an hour before dusk. Landed 4, lost 1 between the two of us. Still a lot of water to manage getting your flies into!

4 Trout

First time on this beat,would love to see what it looks like under normal river levels, the river was still up but dropping ,the banks were kamikaze after the recent floods,so had to be very careful.Arrived to a very cold foggy morning,which didn’t clear till middle of morning,worked really hard for the 4 chub,chucked the kitchen sink at them but they weren’t having any of it,but that’s fishing,will be back definitely as there looks some really good pegs over the whole stretch.

4 Chub