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River low and clear, saw very little fish movement. We tried several spots but with little success. For a water that can normally produce some good catches a very disappointing day, especially at the increased price.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Last day of weeks fishing, river still low, warmed up again. Both on feeder-hemp/pellet and mag combination.
Barbel from 5 to 9lbs, chub 3-4lbs and silvers.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub, 10 Other

Very disappointing as no fish caught or seen. The conditions seemed to be perfect.

Seemed like a perfect weather day, misty start followed by sun with little breeze. Water peaty coloured, possibly from the tannin in the falling oak leaves. Plenty of those!
Fished from 7.30 to 11.30 then from 14.30 to 18.30 on the whole beat where wading and casting was easiest. Or rather, I practiced my casting for those hours. Tried all the dries on the menu and a few nymphs but not a single take.
Highlight of the day was an otter staring at me from about four feet away but he didn't offer any advice. Just a nice day to out there.

6 x grayling 12-17 inches, Grayling Steel Blue. I made a serious mistake today, neglecting to put my wading staff in the car. It's a known fact in my house that I can be a little vague in the mornings before breakfast. Doldowlod is one of the places where you really do need a staff - at least at my age you do. I therefore opted not to play around with nymphs in the pocket water upstream but hung around the deep pools and gutters lower down. When I saw something rise, I had a pop at it with the dry fly. There are still really nice grayling at Doldowlod: two at 17 inches and two at 16 inches. Unfortunately it went rather quiet when the sun started to shine after lunch, but still a very nice day.

1 Trout, 6 Grayling

Lovely day, first time on Whitney. A big beat it is, lots of choice and very pleasant scenery to go with it. It is as the brochure says really - looks a great coarse fishery for the barbel and chub hunters, but you would need the inside info of Mr Ward here, as there's so much ground to cover. For the flyfisherman there's so much easy wading over gravel, totally different from the areas above Hay. Enjoyed it, thanks wuf.

10 Trout

No catch. Lots of weed drifting downstream all day.

Nice conditions river low. No salmon caught or seen and no canoes on the river.

River still very low and clear, because of the fine sunny weather perservered with dries. Landed 3 on an iron blue, and then one on nymph when the sun went later. Lovely autumn day. Also, the wife of the landowner said we could park on the old road in front of the gravel mound, to keep out of the way of the lorries, big tractors etc. Very helpful.

4 Trout

Walk down from carpark with our tackle wasn't easy, only half a dozen swims on the whole stretch were fishable as the banks were steep, slippery and about 25ft down to the water. Waders necessary to get to the islands. We walked to the bottom limit thinking we could fish to the old bridge supports only to find another angler in the swim just over the fence boundary on the next stretch down!! Felt a bit cheated. The walk back after a poor days fishing was pretty tough,even though we were travelling light. This is hardcore river fishing and I wouldn't recommend this stretch to anyone who isn't moderately fit or who doesn't own a 4x4 so they can park closer.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub, 15 Other