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A great days fishing. Most of the Chub were caught by my friend, trotting hemp and caster along the far bank tree line.
I stuck it out on the straight lead for a Barbel, which came along just before dusk. I backed this up with 9 Chub generally between 3-4lb.

1 Barbel, 59 Chub

Other…Dace,Bleak and one good Perch.

1 Chub, 30 Other

I have been a bit disparaging about the downstream half of this beat in the past. Thinking about it, this was probably as much due to my rushing through it, having spent too much time on the upper beat in the morning, than any reflection of the water itself. Also, if I catch a few fish in the morning, my concentration tends to waiver in the afternoon. This being the case, I decided to reverse the order today, fishing the downstream half of the beat first

As a previous correspondent indicated, at these low levels, there is not much water to go at, and I only fished around half a dozen runs during the morning. However, I spent longer in each run, and was pleasantly surprised with the results this produced, often picking up 3 or 4 Grayling long after I would normally have moved off the run. A dozen plus Grayling and one Trout, all on a nymph, before moving to the upper half of the beat after lunch. A similar catch from the upper half of the beat, a few more Grayling than in the morning (but this included some very small fish) and 3 Trout. Again, I only fished around half a dozen runs, sitting on the run usually produced good results

There were a few fish rising by mid afternoon, but I had had enough by then; with the prospect of my lovely wife's Lamb Casserole, in red wine sauce, with Mediterranean herbs and Dauphinoise potatoes and a bottle of Shiraz, more alluring than a few more fish

4 Trout, 30 Grayling

Fished Sunday 11th October between about 10am and 4.30pm. Following rain on Friday the Ddol Farm gauge had risen to ~1.30m on Friday afternoon, but had dropped back to 0.70m today. The river was a little high, but clear and very fishable. It was a mild day, with only a light breeze. There was reasonable hatches of fly, especially in the faster water - small olives, some large olives and sedges. However, there was only the occasional fish rising. Mostly out of range.
We fished the top part of the beat.
We managed 14 grayling and 6 trout between us. Fairly steady throughout the day. All but one on small bead head nymphs fished under a dry dropper. The other was to the dry dropper. All the fish were a good size, between about 10" and 14".

6 Trout, 14 Grayling

A very memorable day for myself - had 10 chub up to 5lbs & 2 barbel up to 7lbs. A lovely spot.

2 Barbel, 10 Chub

8 Barbel, 16 Chub

5 Trout

Fished the upper section, 4 swims with good access thanks to steps being dug out, much appreciated! Most bites came within the first 2 hours (including another lost barbel) then it became a struggle for a bite. Barbel approx 6lb taken on cheese/garlic dumbbell. All chub were small (1.5lb max) and most taken on stick float/maggot in the afternoon along with many dace and chublets too many to count).

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

6 Grayling

3 Trout