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No fish caught unfortunately, river was still slightly high. Must have put off the fish.

River in lovely condition and a slight increase in temperature gave us confidence of a few bites.

I was Pike fishing and had one low double in the morning and pulled out of another slightly bigger in the afternoon.
My Dad had a great day. Bites were still difficult to come by overall but the rewards were there for persistence on a mixture of maggot feeder and bread. Two Chub 5lb and 5lb 1oz.

Always a great day on this beat, bites or not. Really well maintained and just a pleasant spot to be on a chilly winters day.

The floods left a large deposit of logs by the gate so you’ll need to go onto the bridge then climb over into the field at the moment . Saw the bailiff and he mentioned they’ll be down to clear it at some point. Pictures attached.

2 Chub, 1 Pike

3 Chub

-5 degrees C, not a touch between us, but at least the river was fishable at last!

I arrived to find the river just inside its banks in the morning, by the time I'd left it had flooded the field behind me, the only swim I could fish was the slack water at the start of the beat, I thought this would be the case anyway before I left home but was still hopeful for a barbel or two, unfortunately I didn't manage any.

2 Chub

2 Chub

A blank, doubtless owing to it being below freezing most of the morning. Had to pack up at 1 pm - whilst loading the car saw an angler arrive who must have parked further down the lane, not in a designated parking place, and move into the swim I had just vacated. Was pike fishing. White male, 5 feet 10/6 feet, medium build, 40s, camo jacket and rucksack, single olive rod sleeve, large fold up lure net. Nobody else booked on, I found upon arriving home and having internet connection, so can only assume was poaching. Have fished two W&U beats so far this season, this one twice, never had a ticket checked, so might be time to wise up a bit?

Spent the morning trotting, had 2 chub around 3-4lb and some nice size dace, went on the bottom in the afternoon for a barbel but no luck.

2 Chub, 5 Other

Tough day today , 2 of us fishing tried most of the swims up and down the beat , Managed 5 Chub biggest around 4lb caught on meat and pellet

5 Chub