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Dry fly & Nymph. Beautiful stretch of river. Only small fry observed. Zero catch due to operator error.

A cloudy day with occasional showers. The river was up a bit and coloured. Nymphs did the job today, especially a Walt's Worm variant and the Gasolina Perdigon. I fished until about 1430.

22 Trout

4 Trout

2 Trout

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

First time here since first week of season. For reference the track is now better than some welsh main roads!!

Late start got to the river about 11 still overcast 8 chub from around a pound upto approx 5lb. Cloud cover turned to bright sunshine which killed the fishing even fliat fishing the shallower areas. Lucky to live nearby so went home for food and returned around 7pm to one of the first swims before waterworks on Adam Fisher recommendation lovely Barbel - must be over 10lb and another chub around 4lb before dusk.

1 Barbel, 9 Chub

4 Trout

2 Barbel, 39 Chub

River low and clear - sky ranged from overcast to bright sunshine. All fish caught on feeder fished pellet.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Fishing quite tough as usual for high summer, but a little rain had probably freshened it up a bit. Had to work hard for bites - very few mayflies about, but there were some gatherings of caddis dancing over the river in the afternoon. Saw just the odd fish take on the surface but very infrequent, and some splashy, explosive one-off takes - probably after the caddis, although most were in the air? Think some must have been hatching though, a a PTN-style nymph with a light tan body and dark head, partridge legs and wisps, did get some hits and a few fish, biggest 17.5" - fly pattern I usually think of as a mayfly pattern, but probably a decent copy of caddis larvae here? No interest to dry caddis patterns, but did tempt another nice 17"er off the top with the 'tomahawk steak and chips' option, a daddy long-legs! Saw him rise and engulf that within a pocket, one of those wonderful takes I will fondly remember in winter!

4 Trout