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We went, we fished, we left, with only one Eel for our troubles, but it was still a lovely day!

1 Other

Well, despite it being a beautiful day at Lypole, the fishing was non-existent. Stunning scenery, deep pockets of cold oxygenated water and some inviting shaded spots made the river look enticing at first sight, but what followed was absolutely no sign of trout (or any other fish) at all. We spent all day there, fishing from 11am - 7pm, and only saw one small rise at around 6:30pm near the bridge. I ran with a range of drys and nymphs all day, but not that it matters if there’s just no fish activity at all.
Still, a lovely lunch and a bit of a paddle in the river somewhat saved the day, but my honest advice is do NOT spend £25 to go fishing here at the moment.

Enjoyable day although a tad hot limited spots due to conditions. My mate had his first barbel, and i had a first catching chub on free lined bread super sport. Beautiful spot more of the same today.

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

Had an early start due to hot weather and managed 3 Barbel before 9 am when things went very quiet, returned around 6 pm and caught a nice 4 lbs Chub and another Barbel. Fished towards the top of the beat.Barbel were around 6-8 lbs. Looking forward to returning here in September.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

Too hot hitting 30 degrees. Fished several swims prebaiting each then resting for an hour. Two of the chub were in cracking condition and were well over 3lb.
Spanish armada of canoes came past at 2 separate intervals, all were very courteous which makes a very nice change.
Had a break of 2 hours during the midday as it was just too hot, lots of weed on the surface was a pain but it's called fishing not catching. Chub taken on pellet and feeder tactics.
Lovely to chat to the other angler on the beat which broke the day up.

5 Chub

Bright, sunny and hot with low levels/ beautiful conditions. Fished mainly dry fly but also nymphs in deeper runs. Not many fish showing but did rise to well presented flies. Hooked and lost a chub est. 4lb! The largest brownies and grayling caught were around 1.5 lb with smaller fish making up most of the sport.

5 Trout, 5 Grayling

4 Barbel, 30 Chub

Very hard fishing due to low water level and flow, plus hot and bright. One decent eel, no siogn of the usual prolific chub and barbel.

1 Other

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

3 anglers fished this beat, the other 3 in our party fishing upper backney which is adjacent. Fish came from the steps and from below the island.

10 Barbel, 18 Chub