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Windy, grey day, river up about 7 foot and not leaving many places to fish as the banks are tree lined and the trees were way out into the river. I found a couple of places to fish but was casting blind never having been here before.
Second swim produced two fish to 9.13, one further lost to a snag then another bite and it went dead. All caught on garlic spam. Rain came at 5pm and it was time to go home, river having dropped about 6 inches.
Can't wait to get back here in better conditions.

Interesting day on Middle Hill. River rising at the start of the day and a few whole trees seen going past in the high water. Started fishing the top end and b.h. Had 2 barbel 8lb & 5lb. In the evening moved down below parsons tree stream and the rope b.h. Had 2 more barbel and lost 1. Around the 7 lb mark. I.w. had 6 barbel in an hour all between 6 & 8 lb mark. River rising and may be unfishable if this rain keeps up Monday. Word of warning banks are very slippery underfoot, put landing net handle in to check depth at one point and had over 8ft of water a foot out. Looking forward to returning. Thanks wuf.

My 2nd day the river was still raising and was 9 foot up by mid afternoon making fishing very hard and getting bait down difficult. I didn’t rush down to fish due to the conditions so started about 11am. I managed to find a bit of calmer water again with Don’s advice and caught 2 barbel in the afternoon sunshine the best being 8lbs 3oz 1 to a Richmond Drum Boilies. I also caught 2 eels. I packed up about 6.00pm as the weather closed in again and I had a long drive home. So in 2 short days I managed 4 barbel best being 8lbs 3oz and considering the conditions (which were poor to say the least) I was pretty pleased to catch them. Don is very helpful (thank you Don) and this is a lovely stretch of water to which I will return. For those travelling and needing a B&B I stayed at the Green Whale Tump (about 3 mils away) which I would recommend it is very fisherman friendly and is more like a chalet with its own access (great for early mornings late evenings) and an excellent breakfast.

1 rainbow trout on worm, float.

No fish caught, river up 6 foot and rose another 2 foot through the day Don the ballif was very helpfull. Will be back soon hopefully when river not so full.

1 barbel between 3 of us very high and coloured we found a great slack, fish first cast but that was it for the day!

1 Rainbow trout on float.

River in near flood Saturday morning - up 2ft on Friday when the water was deep brown and hammering through, including trees and dead sheep floating by. We fished early Satuday through to Monday afternoon. Weather brightend on Sunday and river dropped 4ft and slowed down. 25 barbel to 9lb 4ozs mainly 5's and 6's, 5 fat bronze chub, and 2 eels. Pellet, bollies and meat, 5oz swimfeeders in the slack. Not many canoes, great scenary, buzzards, cuckoos and a very low flying military plane. Locals told us the flow is controlled by a dam sluice which releases water when its near full. We were fortunate that the weather changed on Sunday morning and we saw plenty of warm sunshine.

My second visit and another very successful day. River was very high and most of the best swims were not available - will have to try the 'banker' another time. Found a slack spot and was in to fish on 2nd cast. Managed 13 fish in total. 8 barbel to 9.5lb and 5 very large chub - with the largest over 6.5lb. All caught on 8ml and 15ml elipse pellets with 3/4ml pellets in a block end feeder. Size 10 hooks with the pellets glued to a hair. 12lb hooklink and 15lb main line - lots of snags and very strong current. Another excellent W&U location - I will be back.

Due to the amount of recent rain, the river was quite high and moving very fast, but found some good slacks by the trees towards the bridge. Ended up catching two eels and two barbel both around 6 pounds and in perfect condition. This was my first time at Caradoc and even though the conditions were not ideal, I had a great day and am definitely coming back.