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River still low but decent day fishing in the fast water. still plagued by weed, all fish caught on feeder and 8mm pellets

9 Barbel, 13 Chub

An eventful afternoon. There was a salmon in the pool - a grilse I think - getting bored waiting for more water. It showed 5 or 6 times in the first hour I was there. I tried working a float down the faster water with maggots, but no good. So I put on some luncheon meat and ledger tackle. After about 15 minutes a strong bite and a call on my mobile arrived at the same time. I took the call, and the fish broke my 5lb line. Time for something stronger. Not long afterwards, using 8lb line, I caught a very nice 5lb chub, with a suspicious second hook and small length of thinner line in its enormous mouth too. Greedy devil! Ten minutes later I caught a barbel of 5½lb. Then things went quiet. Later I caught a smaller chub in a swim further down. Great fun.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

A lovely afternoon spent on the downstream end of the fishery. Grayling rising to probably something very small but they also rose to a variety of my offerings. Griffith gnat the most preferred. Ended up with 9 grayling to 16 inches.

9 Grayling

First time visiting this beat after being recommended by a friend. Advised to head to the pacy water at the stones in the low clear conditions. After a slow start at the bottom end of the pool with one Barbel and five Chub and a few sets of gear lost to snags we fished the top end of the pool and got amongst the Barbel. My fishing buddy then dropped to the lower end of the pool and float fished for Chub for a few hours in the afternoon enjoying some hectic sport whilst I concentrated on the barbel. We ended the day with 9 Barbel and 15 Chub and around 10 Dace. Feeder tactics and small pellet hookbaits proving most effective for the Barbel and trotting corn working well for the Chub. Thoroughly enjoyable day.

9 Barbel, 15 Chub, 10 Other

1 Trout

River low and clear. Barbel and chub to pellet and meat. Chub and dace on float and corn. Small pike took a chub as reeled in. Noticed a big stand of what I think is Japanese knotweed on the bank that I don’t recall from last year.

2 Barbel, 8 Chub, 1 Pike, 15 Other

7 Barbel, 4 Chub

All on worm

6 Trout

A great day and all rods caught. Great to see the river looking better

18 Trout, 4 Grayling

Nice again no chub just barbel

5 Barbel