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10 chub caught between us trotting and ledgering. Few missed bites aswell

10 Chub

Excellent start to the season the river was up but dropping throughout the day with a good colour 2 barbel 8lb 12oz and 8lb 4oz and 2 chub 5lb 4oz and 3lb the barbel fell to 14mm robin red pellets and the chub were caught on meat.The 5other were eels.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub, 5 Other

The River looked fantastic - unusual for opening day. 3 Barbel to about 7lb. As the afternoon progressed the river calmed down, and although it retained its colour the eddies and creases that were there at 08:00 disappeared. The fish seemed to stop feeding and that was it for the day.
Quick note - the far car park is currently inaccessible due to a build up of flood debris behind the gate.

3 Barbel

3 Barbel

Arrived at 9-30 weather cloudy but very mild river has dropped considerably and colour all but gone water temp 12.5 deg,caught consistently throughout the day chub weighed 2lb 9oz and 3lb 2oz Barbel were 2lb 7oz, 2lb 10oz, 3lb 9oz, 4lb 10oz, 5lb 7oz, 6lb 10oz, 7lb 8oz, 8lb 9oz, 8lb 10oz,and.8lb 12oz all caught on meat with a ground bait and pellet feeder.

10 Barbel, 2 Chub

12 Barbel, 1 Chub, 10 Other

Conditions looked good, but it was a bit of a struggle. Still, an enjoyable day. All fish were caught on feeder and pellets.

2 Barbel, 6 Chub

1 Barbel

Excellent conditions cloud cover for most of the day river still about 2 feet up with good colour and a water temp of 12 deg,4 Barbel 2lb, 3lb 8oz, 4lb 12oz and 9lb 15oz meat for the 3 smaller fish and boilie for the larger one combined with ground bait and pellet feeder.

4 Barbel

River falling but still pushing through at considerable pace and coloured from recent rain so made for a challenging day. Mostly overcast with a few sunny intervals sprinkled throughout the day.

A multitude of birds noted - Red kite and buzzard overhead, wren and robin close by. A great fly-past from a heron and literally hundreds of pheasants around all through the day. Pride of ornithological place goes to two beautiful Kingfishers who provided wonderful entertainment - they definitely caught more than me. Birdlife was very enjoyable (other than a cormorant).

Managed to find a fishable seam with some slack water and duly tempted a chub (2.5lb) and a barbel of 5lb 12oz.
Lost what seemed a very good fish in the near side vegetation. Nothing whatsoever I could do to prevent its powerful run to the near side bank and all its submerged shrubbery.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub