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Fished from 8 a.m. until 7.30 p.m. (no evening rise by then). Mainly overcast and windy. Some fish rising on and off all day but relatively few. Some fly, mainly small upwings. 24 grayling inc. many fish of 12 to 15"; 13 trout to 1.5lb and some chublets. Fish taken on hare's ear emerger and some on black F-Fly. Others on PTN fished Kiwi-style. Most fish taken fishing the water. A cracking day!

8 barbel to 7lb 4ozs, 3 chub to 2lb, all on halibut pellets.

2 brown trout apx 8 oz. Royal Wulff fly.

The surroundings and river quality were such that catching nothing would have been a total pleasure.

Had a lovely day on a super bit of water. Did not catch much, 3 chub best weight approx 3lb.

7 barbel (6 for me :-) ) and 3 chub. Water even lower than last report. Barbel still to be found tightly shoaled in about a 40 metre secton of the beat. They tended to shy away from the angler wearing the Chris Yates tweeds, though the ducks were fascinated by him for some reason.

Pre baiting the spot where we found the barbel had little effect as nearly all were caught in the pool upstream from where the bait was (only 30 yards or so). Big 22mm pellets and pellet feeder were by far the best tactic. Lost 3 Barbel, one when my despised Shimano baitrunner decided to not surrender any line due to S**t clutch system, and a big fish just clean snapped a newly tied 8lb hooklink, on a through action rod.

Biggest fish 7lb 4oz.

Biggest laugh, my fishing partner being loved by every duck in the whole stretch. He even moved from where he caught the 7+ barbel just to get away from them, but they love him long time and followed him to his new spot. :)

Lovely day again, will be interesting to see where the fish go when the levels rise.

Thanks WUF for keeping this stretch in top condition.

Caught and safely returned 15 pound carp. Bait yellow sweet corn on hair rig. Had 3 runs across the river almost lost it under the willow. Hooked about 12 feet from the bank. Lost 3 barbel, all hooked on spicy pork meat. Caught 1 chub 2 pounds on bread past, again returned safe. Saw a pike (not joking weight must have been 20 pound plus) chasing small fry, will be back to see if we can catch him.

Spotted 2 salmon they stayed close to the right bank all day.

Thank you for a great days fishing.

Middle Hill Court 14th, 15th - 8 barbel all in the 5/6lb range, 3 chub at around 3lb. Luggsbridge on the 16th produced just 2 chub of about 3lb and half lb respectively. Luggsmouth on 17th produced 7 barbel and 3 chub again the barbel in the 5/7lb range. All in all another thoroughly enjoyable trip. My only slight niggle is we felt the Luggs bridge fishery did not have many fishable swims, we tried to access the lower part of the beat but it is so overgrown this proved impossible. We could not find the pond which is clearly stated on the map, my general opinion is that the river looked much more acessable and fishable from the opposite bank. Would be interested to hear your comments. many thanks for all your help look forward next years trip.

One trout about 1.75 lbs. Plenty of rising fish and some good ones amongst them but very difficult to get them to take. However, a very pleasant day.

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.