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The water was very low and I caught nothing. However the access was poor and heavily overgrown and was very hard going.
I also saw two young mink near the railway bridge.

A lovely stretch, fished last swim on left hand bank. Fairly steady though had a few baron hours in the afternoon when the sun was strong and of course low water levels. Probably should have tried a bit of trotting but difficult when sharing a swim. Barbel didn't show but a good stamp of Chub so an enjoyable day.

9 Chub

A cooler day than of late with a bit of welcome cloud cover. The river low but in great Nick… no slime anywhere and weed growth showing. Water temp 17.5 when we arrived 11.30 … 18 by 15.00 and 18.5 by 17.00. Water level dropped by an inch over this time was dam water being released?

We hoped for a hatch but nothing consistent forthcoming… plenty of sedges and gnats around though … a few spinners first thing and occasional duns in the evening were the only ephemera.

Fish sporadically rising throughout the day although not in the usual places. 10 trout between us up to 16” all heavily spotted beauties and 5 grayling including 3 in the 16-19” size range which we haven’t seen for a couple of years. With the water so clear every stone on the bottom was visible even in the deep runs but the grayling just appear out of nowhere . Magical!

All fish taken on usual parachute dries and all swam away strongly ….

10 Trout, 5 Grayling

Hard going in the full sunlight, Barbel all came in last hour .

6 Barbel, 18 Chub

2nd blank in a row not seeing any fish rise to surface bottom and float

1 large eel and 4 small roach. 1 large chub and 2 small.

3 Chub, 5 Other

5 Barbel, 21 Chub

Tough going but superb beat ..so beautiful.

1 Trout

2 Barbel, 8 Chub

Only Two fished. 53 and 37 total; 90 chub caught, most over 4lb. River was low but with some flow to fish at the top of the Island on the beat.. Mainly taking luncheon meat some on various pellets.

90 Chub