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Just booked an after 5pm ticket, as much of the Ashford House beat (my original choice) on the opposite bank was inaccessible. Very little fly life and virtually no rising fish until late. Caught 3 small fish in the afternoon, one nice brownie about 1lb late afternoon, and then late on one lovely trout about 2.5lbs - all on home-tied dry emerger patterns. This is a delightful beat, with lots of variety and interesting sections and good access. Like all the river its shows horrific signs of eutrophication - not a strand of weed growth to be seen anywhere. What it must have been like in its hey day?

5 Trout

7 Trout

Another hot day, arrived to see chub spawning on the gravel on the far bank, quite a spectacle that lasted for several hours.
But plenty of chub 3-5lbers still feeding in one swim, but very hard for the other angler.
Access good in places
Unfortunately no barbel

28 Chub

An excellent days fishing in perfect conditions, I only managed to get there early afternoon and started catching from the word go. Most of the fish were caught in the middle stretch on small dries. Biggest being a trout of 9"

Can't wait to return!!

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

3 Trout

Grayling weight of 2lbs, trout each 1/2lb. , all fish released and returned.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

1 Trout

One brown trout on a dry fly 3 perch on gold head hares ear

1 Trout, 3 Other

Single point of access at bridge with cattle then difficult and and under fallen tree trunk, difficult and dangerous exits over barbed wire fences with no stiles or marked path round non fishing area. I guess the owner of the excluded beat doing best to exclude anglers.