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I could only spend the morning fishing unfortunately. Two trout seen at the start of the beat but alas nothing in the net. Water level low and clear with wind picking up later in the morning. Have booked a three day ticket so will try again tomorrow!

Cloudy and breezy. Wind increased and low cloud in the afternoon. 3 carp and 3 chub caught, all to float fished sweetcorn in margins from various points around the lake.

3 Chub, 3 Other

Height 1' water falling and clear, overcast. Between us we covered every bit of the beat. Other than the odd trout rising nothing seen. Fly avidly taken by 2 perfect, fat trout of around 3/4lb in the Mill pool.

2 Trout

River in good condition although a little low. No sign of any fish and very little fly life. Enjoyed the day fishing from 11am until 5.30pm but caught nothing.

Really nice day with a few fish and some others lost. Even managed a slimy eel on double pellet.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

Encouraging that there are so many 4/5/6" trout and grayling in all the streams, greedy though so I ended up fishing with much larger flies than I wanted to deter them. Caught two trout at 10", the rest were the little ones including some great looking grayling.

5 Trout, 4 Grayling

Perfect, warm overcast day on this lovely beat with a bit of colour & height & fish showing. Sadly no takers but hey! Have to say was shocked by volume of canoeist activity particularly one group who decided to jump out of their flotilla for a group swim in the middle of the beat! Bless Them.

On a pleasant day it was disappointing to find the river low but slightly coloured, and devoid of fly life. Access was a huge problem, with thick vegetation on both banks, over grown trees and cattle gates across the river. My 7 foot rod was probably too long. I managed to rise two fish, miss one and prick the other. I saw two rises in 5 hours, not good even for August. I don't mind not catching anything, but feel frustrated at only fishing for an hour or so due to access problems. Not recommended.

Very short morning session on a river in perfect condition. Canoe traffic heavy but snagged a barbel of exactly 10lb from between them.

1 Barbel

Barbel seem to have spread out following the weekend rise, river almost back to summer levels.

4 Barbel, 12 Chub