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River was still high and coloured, but both falling and clearing. A beautiful day but no fish were caught ( three rods). Two fish were seen both at the mid point of beat 6.

No fishing today - the river is still charging down at 3 feet on the gauge

No rising fish but plenty of fly life, so straight on with a nymph, fished upstream from the bridge and had a few fingerlings. Fished with a 7 " 4# and it was a good choice. This stretch would be good for a tenkara session. Started bucketing down and the river turned a very dark colour. Still a good beat for wild fish.

3 Grayling

Hard work, great day.

4 Trout

1 x trout on nymph

1 Trout

River level down. Chub everywhere, one large barbel lost at the net. Gutted

10 Chub

Only marginally fishable (with a fly), both in terms of height and colour, at about 0.9m on the Chainbridge gauge. I tried a fast-sink line and brass tube to no avail. Incidentally, the two salmon pools marked for the Canal & Rivers Trust part of this combined beat (which seem to be essentially the mill pool and its extension) are physically almost unfishable from the right bank because of heavy tree-growth, extending to where you are attempting to wade in heavy water and even over the presumed salmon lies. Some heavy pruning (some of which I attempted by hand!) is needed and would not be too great an effort.

4 barbel to 7lb and one chub 4lb+ all on pellet and feeder tactics. Meat produced only eels. River running high but dropping.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

Steady river with nice colour, about 2 feet above low summer level. Had to search for fish, mainly in top section

5 Barbel, 1 Chub