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Too much colour? Too much sun? Who knows; the conditions were just about as good as it gets. Fished the beat through but alas, not a fish to the fly....
Maybe next time!

Blank for salmon; a few accidental trout on pool tails. "Occasional showers, locally heavy" proved an accurate forecast today. Lightning, thunder and then intense hail. Caught out in the middle of a field I abandoned the carbon rod and the metal wading staff for a time while flashes into the ground lit up the general area. I sat on the grass like Buddha hoping that my profile was suitably low. The river was already colouring up when I left.

I landed 4 well mended kelts and had a nice looking follower to the high bank. Fished hard in challenging weather conditions but no ultimate reward for me today. Thank you.

1 Trout, 4 Other

Water level was just right but as a bit of colour still evident I went for a larger tungsten tube fly at 1.5 inch, a cascade pattern with lots of sparkle. A shortish 5 foot tip on a 5 foot super fast sinking leader on the end of an intermediate/ sink #2 tip shooting head. All this effort paid off at 3pm with a fine silver 7.5lb hen fish that went ballistic. Weigh-netted a released safely after a quick photo in the net, for the non believers!

1 Salmon

A lovely beat with the river in perfect condition. All fish taken on pellet.

8 Barbel, 2 Chub

A lovely beat with the river in perfect condition. All fish taken on pellet.

8 Barbel, 2 Chub

Apart from the map showing the parking position incorrectly and an electric fence across the alternative, a nice day.
A dull cloudy day with the river a few feet up with a tinge of colour and extra velocity. Started at midday and used small pellets. The Barbel came at regular intervals. Catching five to 8lb 4oz and losing a sixth.

5 Barbel

River seemed to be up a couple of feet and very fast flowing. We will definitely be returning when conditions are better!

Despite recent rain ,river low and clear. Weed a problem coming downstream. No barbel just 3 chub between 2 of us. All chub came late afternoon and evening to luncheon meat.
Rain on and off all day.

Word of caution regarding parking, the field becomes very slippery and could cause problems for non 4WD vehicles. Just managed to get ours out.

3 Chub

River level and flow ok. Few light showers and quite windy.
Fished with pellet on hair rig and feeder with pellet. Blanked not even a bite. Foundation's booking office very helpful on choosing a beat.