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River still too high really, only two swims feasibly fishable. With no bites til lunchtime and the rain showing no sign of stopping I threw in the towel and went home to get warm.

Fished pellets with feeders or pva bags on a rising river. Only a handful of canoes and kayaks to deal with. The upstream rod had two fish in the morning with the downstream rod producing most fish in the afternoon. Barbel between 5-7lb.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

Slow fishing but good result for the winter. Chub and barbel to feeder tactics.
Jack pike on sea dead baits close in.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Pike

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

No fish

It was great to be back at courtfield ! Having recently been washed off , a much better day than expected a bit of rain this morning, then from 11 o’clock onwards it was fine and mild the river was rising a little but not much and had a nice colour, I fished the meadow about to swims up from the manhole swim mostly close in fished all the usual baits pellet meat but couldn’t get a bite ! Then at 3 o’clock tried halibut flavour meat and started getting knocks but no positive bites so in desperation I struck at a knock and found what the small bites were ! A good eel about 2lb so at least it saved a blank ! And I did see 4 fallow dear on the far bank and an otter made an appearance going up the river on the far side , all in all a great day to be out on the river.

1 Other

River dropping but still very high. A brace of 9lb fish and 2 smaller was our reward for perseverance. Fantastic day. All fish from Leg Meadow swims.

4 Barbel

River very high and rising with a lot of debris coming down,left at midday.

3 Barbel

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

The river had dropped and it did look good I fished the manhole swim in the meadow, tried various meat and soft pellets but only had one bite about 2 o’clock on a halibut pellet which resulted in a nice 6 lb barbel ! Must admit I did expect more , but the weather was kind and plenty of birds especially kingfishers about so a very enjoyable day ,

1 Barbel