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River in flood, unable to fish.

The river had risen a foot overnight following yesterday’s storm and heavy rain. A lot of weed and debris coming down. Fished close in to the bank in horrendous wet and windy conditions and caught a couple of lovely barbel and also missed two good bites.

CAUTION : We initially parked inside the gate on the right of the road by the line of trees half way down the stretch. A bad mistake as the car quickly got bogged down in the mud and we were lucky to get the car out again. Best not to park here when the ground is wet!

2 Barbel

Terrible conditions to fish in, heavy rain and strong winds. River was up a foot or so and piles of rubbish coming down. We managed to share a swim and fished close in to the bank. Caught two barbel and missed a couple of good bites somehow.

2 Barbel

A very slow day with only two barbel eight hours apart

2 Barbel

Not a touch for many hours but three barbel in the last hour and all over 8lbs. Also lost one at the net. Gale force winds all day made the conditions unpleasant.

3 Barbel

It was ok except for massive quantity of floating streamer weed

4 Barbel

Condditions very difficult with very strong wind and large quantities of loose streamer weed coming through

3 Barbel

Tough day with no bites at all. Strange not to catch as I caught here last week plus the stretch has been fishing very well of late. A previous review did mention the appearance of an otter so maybe the little blighter was still about. Even at dusk not a bite. This is a good beat though and we just had an off day.

Most in the 3 - 5lb bracket

9 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fantastic days fishing. Bit different from previous sessions on this stretch with all fish coming early and through day on pellet and meat.

6 Barbel, 5 Chub