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6 Barbel, 18 Chub

1 Barbel, 43 Chub

Size 1 mepp

3 Trout

Only fished from 2.30pm onwards. Very little fly life all day - the occasional yellow may dun later in the afternoon. Only very small fish rising. All trout caught were small (15-20cm), most on caddis pupa and emerger patterns. Hoped I’d find a decent fish or two feeding late on, but sadly no. Finished around 9.30pm.

Late afternoon was disturbed by group of people on the opposite bank coming to swim and mess about in the river. I think they were staying in Abernant House on the opposite bank. They effectively ruined fishing over 200+m of river for over an hour.

10 Trout

Another fantastic day at Fownhope. Plenty of Chub but we think the Barbel are still spawning. I only hooked one Barbel but unfortunately it ended as a 'one that got away story'. The others were both eels caught on luncheon meat.

58 Chub, 2 Other

Feeder fishing with meat and pellet

3 Chub

Short session all fish caught on dry flies, mostly a shuttlecock emmerger quite a cold day around 16 degrees. Great stretch of river .

6 Trout

1 Trout

1 Trout

Fished 11.0am until 7.00pm with 8” on the gauge. The grayling came with a rush early on, but only one or two were caught later. Nothing of any notable size. All of the catches were productive to some extent with the trout though. No specimens, but plenty of fish around 12”-14” which took a variety of flies . Nice to get a few on a single Grey Duster early afternoon, but soft hackle spider patterns were definitely the way to go to tempt the bigger fish in the conditions. At least another dozen or so didn’t come to hand.

On a more dispiriting note, I found two Mepps- like spinners on the riverbed today, the one pictured, in the middle of Dolmeudwy. Both were fitted with banned treble hooks.

24 Trout, 11 Grayling