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Had a great day on the Caradoc beat on Monday. 14 Barbel and 9 chub caught between 3 anglers, biggest barbel went 11lb 6oz. all fish were caught on pellet.

Lovely stretch of river, saw many salmon leaping including some very big fish. Buzzards riding the thermals, peace and quiet...lovely, will be back soon.

Keep up the good work WUF.

Seven grayling, three best 15 inches. Three trout, all small.

River was low after a dry week. Weather was warm with some cloud and an occasionaly blustery wind. Very few flies hatching, a few small olives, and no rising fish.

Fished form 10.30am to 19.00pm. Caught 1 small Grayling on a Klinkhammer towards the bottom of the beat and 1 nice Brown Trout, 14", on a Daddly Long Legs fished dry in the middle reaches.

We caught 21 grayling between us (2 rods), the best of which was 17 inches and 3 trout to 1.5lbs. A lot of sedge were hatching through the day and fish rising sporadically. F-Flies were the killing pattern. The water was gin clear but running at a fairly nice height - perhaps another 4 inches of water would've made it perfect. Fish tended to hold in the slower deeper sections.

River very low and clear, with bright sunshine all day made for difficult conditions. We managed to get 20 barbel (3 rods) between us, mostly on halibut pellets. Top end produced 16 barbel to 9lb 4oz for one rod. Other smaller fish from near the track by the farm. Fantastic day in hard conditions, thanks for the chance to fish this wonderful river.

We saw a few salmon but didn't catch. My companion caught a
double figures pike which he returned. The river was completely over run with canoeists and there was a race involving six-man catamarans. We would certainly not have made the booking if we had known that. I also felt that,
whilst there was a lot of useful information on the beat description, the route to the main parking (on concrete) could have said that it is "beyond the yellow barrier". It took us a long time to figure that out. It would also have been helpful to know more about access points to the pools -
particularly The Rope and Ford Stream - which were very well disguised. We enjoyed the day but it was spoiled by these factors.

Caught one grayling on the Saturday and another grayling on the Sunday. Both were around 1 3/4lb (no scales unfortunately - apologies).

The first grayling was caught on a goldhead nymph. The second on a small and grey dry fly.

Very enjoyable day. 3 trout and 21 grayling between two rods. Most fish taken on dries. Sedges, small olives and caenis seen hatching, especially in the afternoon. Biggest trout 15" Biggest grayling 17". Kept one trout.

Nil caught (salmon) - little seen. Arrangements excellent - canoes numerous!

1x 9 inch fish between us. Plenty of fish about but in the low water conditions we could not get in casting distance.
Scare one scare them all. A bit like the sheep in the fields! Still it is always a good day on the water with a fly rod.