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Overcast and drizzly. Tried french/upstream nymphing without success.
Water level good with steady flow, perfect nymphing water but again did not see a fish move.
Good water for wading (so long as you avoid any redd's)and some interesting water at top and bottom of beat.
Will certainly be back! Lovely beat. Stayed at Caer Beris-excellent!

7 x grayling 12-16 inches, 3 x out of season trout 11-13 inches, trotting. A very cold easterly blowing today made an open river quite unpleasant by late November standards. One dead rainbow trout found in the shallows and I wonder where that came from? Washed out of somebody's lake?

7 Grayling

Very finicky bites to start the session but did manage to connect with one and it turned out to be an eel {tackle destroyer}, no bites till later in the afternoon but had 4 nice chub later biggest 6.5lb. All fish on meat and straight lead tactics.

4 Chub, 1 Other

Tried french and czech nymphing without success, no fish showing and little fly life. Water a good height and weather overcast so no excuses, just one of those days! Lovely stretch of river, will certainly give a go again in the spring.
Stayed at Caer Beris which was excellent again as usual!

Greeted by a frosty and foggy morning river looked in great condition after the recent floods. Found the chub halfway down the stretch tight to the bank. All fish caught on meat and straight lead tactics.

7 Chub

On advice from Colin we fished below the island as the river was still up. Had great views of fiddlers elbow and birdlife. Also found some slacker water. Best barbel was on little 8mm pellet and lead, 6lb 8oz. Smaller ones on the feeder and boilie. Quite a few pike active. Fished backed off during the day downstream under trees. Final swim before gate became most productive. Nice beat will be back in the summer!

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

Having watched the gauges dropping after the heavy flooding I decided I had to head out. I took the advice of from the reports online and headed to the upper beats and to this one. It’s one I hadn’t fished before but I was please to find a crystal clear river at what appeared to be a good level.

Fantastic looking water with a mixture of riffles, long glides and some deep pools. Tried lots of different flies throughout the day both nymphs and dries but sadly only had the one take which produced a 3/4 lb grayling to the net.

I’m sure there are many more fish in there but I just hadn’t figured it out. Great beat for the money and would highly recommend. Beautiful countryside, easy wading on the upper section (I didn’t fish the bottom section). Might well be back.

1 Grayling

4 Grayling

Czech nymph for the second day level at 0700 fish taken in the usual runs fished slow on both days probably down to the amount of rain in recent weeks

5 Trout, 8 Grayling

Almost a wash out. 1 Barbel at the end of the session.

1 Barbel