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River apparently 4.1 metres up, chocolate brown, and flowing about 100 mph! Weather was OK . Couldn’t hold the bottom with 120g feeder. We managed to find a place where there was some slack water on the bend and we could both fish. Had four bites between us and caught 3 Barbel about six pound and one 7lb all on meat. Will return when river drops, if only to retrieve lost feeders from the trees and bushes below us!

4 Barbel

Not even Storm Babet and the river at 2.3m could stop me taking on the hill again. Glad I made the effort as a steady flow of barbel came and finally finished with 10 up to 8lb 9oz. Groundbait and pellet feeder doing the business. It would be so nice if a tunnel could be dug through the hill though, as the walk doesn’t get any easier.

10 Barbel

River fining down nicely although still a strong flow out in the middle. Steady flow of chub, and rewarded by one barbel each.

2 Barbel, 12 Chub

2 Barbel, 11 Chub

1 Barbel

1 Chub

Bites though out the day . A bit of a surprise when a Barbel l thought l was playing turned into a 8lb Pike.
River in good nick and pellets used as bait

1 Barbel, 25 Chub, 1 Pike

11 Chub

I was plagued by small chub attacking my bait as soon as it hit the water in the morning but they moved on and in the afternoon I had 3 decent barbel 7 - 8 lbs and one decent chub of about 4 lbs.
I am glad I was the only angler on this stretch yesterday as there are very few swims , at least along the hut section.
I didnt venture further downstream past the landslide , but the river looked very rocky and shallow as far as I could see down river.
The steep bank made fishing quite uncomfortable, I wouldnt go back to this stretch.

3 Barbel, 20 Chub

30+ chub2 barbel

2 Barbel, 30 Chub