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A beautiful beat. River down to its bones, bright day but surprisingly cool with a downstream breeze blowing. Very quiet initially with no surface action. Missed a few takes on gold head nymphs before landing a beautiful 1lbs brownie in a tiny run. At about 2pm it warmed up and there was a sedge hatch and although this didn't really induce a rise, we got two 2lbs grayling to dry sedge immitations and missed about 3-4 others. Sadly had to leave at 3 when the action was at its best.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Arrived 6pm, fished until dark using floating line, small traditional patterns, weighted nymphs etc. No fish caught or seen moving. No other anglers seen catching fish either. Beautiful location.

River low and clear. Fished dawn till eleven then went for Siesta. Returned at three, baited and waited till five to fish. First chub was small, second chub 4lbs. Very little in the way of cover for barbel when water is low on this beat.

2 Chub

River was low and clear but I found a deeper gulley by the old viaduct (the lowest swim). I had 14 barbel half were caught in the last hour of daylight with hair rigged elips pellet fish over pellet and hemp. The canoe traffic was busy but the barbel seem to be used to it. The bailiff was very helpfull and welcoming and I am definately coming back.

14 Barbel

31 Brown Trout caught and safely returned, some on dry flies, some on nymphs, thank you very much.

31 Trout

Water level was very low grounding some of the many canoeists who seemed to take great delight in disturbing as much water as they could. We only managed 1 small barbel between us, trying various baits and methods. Please note the upper limit is marked by a yellow topped post and we used a foot path along the field edge to the ford stream area, slightly different to the beat map.
I would recommend anybody fishing this beat to talk to Adam Fisher the bailiff first as he was most helpful. Our thanks to him.

1 Barbel

Caught 5 barbel, all from the middle of the beat.

5 Barbel

Worm. Calm. Clear. No activity.

Several fish showed during day up to about 15lb but all fairly coloured. Tried various flies from large Collie Dogs to size 16 Hairy Mary. Need some water I think, hopefully before my next sessions later in September. Getting used to jumping out of the way of misguided canoes.

Very sunny day and river very low, not ideal. Beautiful beat, well maintained. I fished from 8am to 8pm but did not see a fish (salmon or brownie). Few rising late (chub).