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

River was still retreating after the floods .
Other was a minnow. Three trout about 8 inches. The Grayling were up to about 10 inches all trotting.A cormorant watched on for a while before flying downstream.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling, 1 Other

Difficult day with the river down to around 1.4m and reasonably clear. . Managed to find a few Grayling between us but not the quality or numbers of previous trips

5 Trout, 7 Grayling

6 Chub

Very pleasant days fishing, to many oos trout but all returned safely

6 Trout, 5 Grayling

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

Nice height (40cm) and milder that recent days. A lovely, diverse and very long beat. Missed a few chances, including a frustating loss when the dropper caught on a lump of wood whilst playing a big grayling. I saw the fish shake out the barbless hook before I had to break off which was a relief. Only one fish brought to hand, a lovely fish that was around the 2lb mark by Guy. All the activity was from 12-2 as a hatch of chironomids developed (a fish even rose!) Either side of that you wouldn't believe there was a fish in the river.

All the action was in the steadier 3-5ft deep bits with klink and dink; czech nymphing the holes and faster water produced nothing.

1 Grayling

3 Chub

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