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15 Barbel, 2 Chub

Decided to fish near the hut and give the wooded section a miss this time,5 good size Barbel from 5 lbs up to 8 lbs 2 oz,also plenty of Chub with fish up to 4 lbs.

9 Barbel, 9 Chub

A bit of water in the river today & perhaps should have booked a salmon day?Fish have moved around a bit I think with the fresh water .Struggled to locate them . Was made up for by another sighting of a young otter plying his trade.Must have been a good breeding year for Goosanders by the look of it. Very pleasant day thank you WUF.

1 Chub

Caught on an upstream nymph. Overhanging trees could do with being cut back for easier access and casting. Summer level water.

1 Trout

3 Barbel

Only fished the afternoon. Nice height, water colour and overhead conditions but cooler and downstream wind made presentation difficult. No rise to speak of though pale wateries and stone flies about. Stuck to French leader but struggled to get takes. Biggest grayling 39cms. Two otters seen at close range. Watched one shoot the fast water by the island. The other swam to within 10 metres of me before diving and swimming past submerged. Two stand of Japanese knotweed on the island. Stayed dry, unlike my first visit; glad I made that wading staff.

4 Trout, 3 Grayling

River just fishable at 1ft, but no salmon seen or encountered. 3 trout to 13" and a grayling of 14" suggested I would have been better off targeting them. Quite a few repairs are needed on the beat, including a dodgy stile and, particularly, the upper planks, which are now jutting at a crazy angle above the water.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

very low water very clear,cloudy,light wind. hardly any fish rising, trout daddy long legg 6.30 grayling deep nymph 5.30
surprise of the lack of fish rising due to the amount of insect on the water. very nice beat .
jp

1 Trout, 10 Grayling

River up and falling looked perfect, unfortunately large amount of weed coming down made it impossible to keep bottom

The river levels had risen slightly over night and and conditions looked perfect. We caught fish steadily throughout the day on standard feeder and pellet tactics, canoe traffic was virtually non existent. Excellent days fishing in beautiful surroundings. Welcome addition to the WAU portfolio.

11 Barbel, 1 Chub