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Didn't fish, too much water

Lovely five hours on the lugg, cold day at lyepole not rising above 1 degree. The sun was up though which was very pleasing. All grayling taking shrimp and gammarus patterns in natural colours fished on the river bed. Grayling ranged from 7- 16 inches with the majority around the 10-12 inch mark.

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Managed to pick another day in Wales with temperatures hovering around zero and snow falling. Didn't raise any fish, but not totally surprised. Found a dead eel in the river and saw a knackered looking salmon swim past me. Nice beat though, and found welcome refuge in the Bell as usual.

1 Grayling

no fish caught. I did not manage to find the fish today but did find a half eaten salmon on the bank. Not certain if it had spawned.

2 Grayling

Last week's floods and frost had gone and conditions seemed right for a couple of end of year barbel. However, they had other ideas and a short session produced only three (good) chub. Nice to be back on the river, though with very slippery banks I thought once or twice I might be in it!

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5 x grayling 6-18 inches, Tungsten Hare's Ear and Pink Shrimp fished on a French leader outfit. To be more accurate, 4 shots from 6-9 inches, lots of grayling parr, plus one beast of a cock grayling at 18 inches which put up a most determined resistance for a time. I thought I had hooked into a log for a couple of seconds. To Be fair, RW of Portishead (report 3rd November) showed the way. Plenty of cold, clear water coming down. I think there are reasons to be cheerful about the recovery of this stream.

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