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It looked promising - overcast skies, 0.86m at Ross gauge and only 1 canoe. Visibility approaching 3 feet. No sign of salmon, no trout either although a couple of small fish splashed. 1 chub took my tube. I have always seen salmon leap at this beat so it was disappointing.

1 Chub

River level was relatively low (58cm at Ross). Fished the lower field with pellets and feeder. 3 barbel to 7lbs caught over course of day, with bites a little hard to come by. Perhaps fish a little spooky in low conditions? Tried a few other things (meat, maggots) but only attacked by the smaller fish, so went back to pellets. Beat (the part I saw) is in great condition and had a good chat with Stefan the bailiff who provided lots of advice.

3 Barbel

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

6 Chub

Bites though out the day . A bit of a surprise when a Barbel l thought l was playing turned into a 8lb Pike.
River in good nick and pellets used as bait

1 Barbel, 25 Chub, 1 Pike

A slightly tougher day today on a really lovely beat.

4 Barbel, 15 Chub

2 Barbel, 8 Chub

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

When we arrived we decided to walk to the bottom of the beat found this hard going due to where the cows had been walking and the ground very bogey . The bridge across the ditch was unsafe to cross. When we reached the falls found the water was running fast. Walking back along the fence line which was all barbed wire did not find many places to gain access to the water, passed a couple of trees which had fallen across the river (should be removed ). Access on both sides of the river looked very scarce. Stopped for lunch and decided we would walk the top part of the beat. We were disappointed to find again that there was no where to access the river apart from one stile ( when stepped on fell apart ) looking to the other bank there wasn’t many places to access the water. With the water flowing so fast wading would have been too dangerous with not having access to get out of the water. Probably needs to be fished when water is lower and not running fast to enable for wading.
2 fished 1 small grayling caught.

1 Grayling