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2 Trout

2 rods fished on Friday 19th August, 1 on fly 1 spinning. Conditions were rainy in the morning and dry and mild in the afternoon.
The river was in great order with plenty of fish showing in the morning and very little canoe activity which was a bonus!
Massive plus for the day was the advice and company of resident ghillie/gilly Mick Sutton. His knowledge of the beat was superb and his stories even better! It was our first time on the beat but will always book him and strongly recommend anyone else to do the same, a really top man with a good nature, and very reasonable priced!
No fish caught but we had a superb day.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fished morning and evening. Morning very slow but took 2 fish on Greenwell glory ffrom the bottom end of the beat which has been the only place with consistently rising fish. I came back for the evening rise with sedge patterns proving particularly effective. GandH in particular.

5 Trout

Great day on the river once more. A steady day with fish being caught at regular intervals. Some welcome rain should help the flow.

14 Barbel, 3 Chub

On the basis that, no doubt, some smart 'arris fishing a mile upstream of me will have emptied the river, I had better be careful what I say next but, compensation water from the Elan Valley made for a very difficult day - and not what I had in mind when I climbed out of a warm bed at 05:00 this morning. A gin clear river, pushing through with a noticeably cold feel to it. Mixing it up, with tungsten nymphs and fishing the stream with a dry (there was nothing rising), resulted in just two Trout during the morning. As with the water, one of them going 2lb plus was some compensation. Slightly better in the afternoon, another Trout, a brace of Grayling (both 1lb plus) and, when I finally encountered some rising fish, 4 Parr in rapid order on an Adams.
Of course, it could have been the thing on the other end of the rod ....
(WUF note... The level of flows from Elan are way above both compensation and regulation flows: valves are being repaired at Caban)

3 Trout, 2 Grayling, 4 Other

The day dawned bright and sunny which did not fill us with confidence. We started in the field opposite the church and roved the entire stretch returning to the church field in the early evening.
My brother struggled for bites throughout the day which was odd as we both fished the usual methods. He ended the day with 1 barbel and 1 chub, with the remainder falling to my rod.
N.B. Canoes were a major disruption throughout the afternoon, with large numbers beaching on the gravel banks below the shallow water and stopping for lunch with many taking to swmimming the glide stretch below the shallows...needless to say we moved to the lower stretch as fishing during this period was not viable..!

11 Barbel, 10 Chub, 1 Pike, 1 Other

lots of fish cruising below the surface and stirring up the bottom too..fished pellet and corn and had a 15lb common far end by the oak tree then couple in the margins 8lbs each and 3 more mirrors 5/6 pounders by the gate entrance, beautiful surroundings saw kingfisher, deer and had the friendly cows for company. All fish in perfect condition and hard fighting. Lovely day, will be back.

6 Other

Short evening session, 2 grayling from Green Bank middle on GSB largest 15"

2 Grayling

River low and clear, with the sun shining brightly for much of the day, so not ideal conditions. Steve tackled two swims in the woods around the Lucky Stone for 2 barbel to 8lb 6oz and c.10 chub to just under 4lb. He later fished the 1st croy (Lea Brink?) for 3 more barbel to 6-08 and another chub. Meanwhile, having tried elsewhere without success, I fished a nice run along the near bank just above the fishing hut (Froth Hole?) for 6 barbel to 7lb 5oz and a chub. Steve caught his biggest barbel (and I think some other fish) on luncheon meat, with the rest on pellet. I caught all mine on pellet feeder. The walk over the hill is tough (travel light) and expect to be sky-lined by walkers and dog owners along the upstream section. Otherwise, a great fishery.

11 Barbel, 12 Chub