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The idea was to try trotting and I did explore most of the beat, but I think the fly rod might have been better today.

Zero caught, very low and very, very clear. Fished hard on various methods. No fish seen

Tough day, cold overnight with a frost so not ideal conditions. Fished the deeper sections managed 2 chub between us.

2 Chub

Difficult day trotting with the river fairly low. 1 grayling just under the 2lb mark

1 Grayling

Crisp and chilly morning. Overcast. River had a good flow to it, but it did seem a little low, I guess we haven’t had rain for about two weeks. Fished with nymph (Pink Shrimp) on a Klinkhammer indicator. I was fishing the nymph at about 4 feet to start with, then in one of the deeper slower parts fo the river I decided to go down to about 6-7 feet. One grayling of about 10-12" resulted.

A slow day, but beautiful none the less. Unfortunately my waders didn’t miraculously patch themselves up over winter… freezing wet feet for most of the five hours, but great fun and it was lovely to be out on the river.

1 Grayling

Quite a pace to the water today with c.18" clarity, Showing .51 on the Byton level. Freezing, foggy start however the sun burnt through by 11am into a glorious, sunny day. All fish caught trotting maggot, primarily in the upper section. Only a couple of small ones, mostly in the 10 to 16 inch range.

1 Trout, 15 Grayling

Beautiful stretch of the river a few grayling seen one hooked and lost, a little slip in the river resulting in a soaking! But still all fun

Good conditions, 1 fish caught around 11lb

1 Pike

Nice to be able to park next to the river, seamed to be quite a fast shallow stretch, found one swim with some deeper slower water which I started in, caught a Chub after about an hour then decided to explore the rest of the beat, the other swims were difficult to access some with steep banks all with fast shallow water, returned to my original swim to catch another Chub. Glad I was the only one on the beat & was able to move back into my original swim. Fished the RH bank as you look upstream, fish caught on Robin Red pellet

2 Chub

Tough day. Looked perfect too. Never mind was very tranquil

3 Chub