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4 Barbel, 3 Chub

Never seen the river so low at this time of the year (0.931 Monmouth). Worked all the way down from metal steps to boat pool with flying c and fly. One take on fly but failed to connect.

A water temp of 5.4c meant that it was highly unlikely that we would find feeding barbel so we fished small
maggot feeders and after moving swims eventually found a shoal of chub that were obliging. 8 fish (two +5lb)

8 Chub

Too cold for barbel so instead dug out the pike rods and had some limited success with ledgered deadbaits. 3 pike to +14lb plus

3 Pike, 1 Other

1 Barbel, 20 Chub

Only 1 angler fished. Tough day today - 7ft 3ins on the river when I arrived at the peg. Lovely day on the river weather wise
Tried every bait "known to man today" but could not induce a bite. So have just chalked up my first "blank" of the season - It had to come and some time !

Blanked !!!!

Flood conditions, river came up .5m during the day, couldn't hold bottom with 6oz lead more than one rod length out

River was very high, fast and colored. Wanted to fish the wooded section but the were no safe swims which was really disappointing so only option was the meadows. The path between woods and meadow is seriously over grown and needs opening up as well as a few more swim upstream.

The river was very High, fast and coloured. We wanted to fish up in the wooded section but there were no safe swim to fish which was disappointing. The path between the woods and meadow could really do with opening up as a few swims upstream.