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Long walk - will pack lighter next time!

We were worried in advance that storm Amy would wipe out the day, but in the end conditions were really good. One of us fished the lucky stone all day for three barbel between 4 and 7lbs. Took quite a bit of leading about to find the deeper hole.

The other one fished the first swim downstream of the woods and had a busy day with the chub. Started small but got bigger as the day went on. Probably averaged 3lb but had a couple towards the end of the day that were well over 4lbs. Thought it was going to be a chub only day, but just before I packed up a 3ft twitch resulted in a barbel of about 8lb, making it a good day overall.

4 Barbel, 16 Chub

Lucky stone proved hard going and unusually quiet in the morning. A move to the top of the upstream section produced some quality barbel to 7:13. The stretch on the bottom/last field of the downstream section is a complete waste of time. There is no access to the river whatsoever. It’s a shame as it looks a nice stretch.

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

4 fished, biggest barbel 10lb+

15 Barbel, 15 Chub

Walked over the hill to the top end of the beat. All the chub & 1 barbel on the float with punched meat. 1 barbel to touch ledgered pellet. Both barbel small fish in excellent condition which must bode well for the future of the fishery.

2 Barbel, 11 Chub

Hard fishing today. Caught a barbel on pellet feeder early afternoon or so. Then fished in the woods for a few hours but couldn’t get a bite. Back to the first swim at the bottom of the field for the evening stint, and picked up 2 chub and a nice roach. No barbel though which felt surprising as conditions seemed perfect and had caught the evening before (on a different stretch). Maybe the colder nights have switched them off a little.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

1 Chub

Very bright day. Tried ledgering and float in multiple swims but couldn't get a bite.

Poor result

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

3 Barbel, 12 Chub

3 Chub