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2 Barbel, 1 Chub

River rising fast following a night of heavy rain.

The river was "on the rise" - It rose extremely rapidly, rising just under 1 metre (39 inches) in about 8 hours!
Everything was coming down the river, logs , branches, small trees was like a mini sunami !
Best fish of the day a Chub at 4lb 61/2oz, and another couple at about 2-3 lbs. Also a couple of Barbel - biggest about 1.5lb

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

This report is for AW. The "one other" was a Dace

1 Other

Arrived midday to find a rising river and lots of rubbish being washed through. Caught from a number of swims mainly in the margins. Although we did catch on the feeder with pellet most fish taken on straight lead and meat.

5 Barbel, 10 Chub

The river was in flood and very coloured. It was not fishable for fly fishing. Such a pity as this was our last chance to fish before the end of the season.

3 Chub

I was about to go home Tues night , but had a look at the river further up and it didn't seem too bad ( a bit high but not too coloured ) but somehow during the night, even though there wasn't any more rain it had gone really brown ! .I had a go for a couple of hours but to no avail. Did have a near death experience when an oak bough fell 20 feet and landed only 4 feet away from me ! It was 6 ft long and as thick as my leg. I was waist deep in water at the time and luckily it just gave me quite a soaking!

The river looked promising when I arrived as it was warm and there was plenty of fly life. No fish rising though and nothing caught. There was a bit of colour in the water.

Good day out for barbel, river rising… I had 3 all between 4/6,5 lb. No luck for my mate fishing for pike with the river in that conditions

3 Barbel