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A lovely day without yesterday's harsh downstream wind. River at 0.6m on the Cilmery guage. Some upwings, but little fly to get fish going and so, few rises. We both fished duo for most of the day then, given the success of the floating duo flies, went just to dry for a while, tried bugging (to no avail in DC's case) and latterly spiders in GW's (with some success). Had about 35 fish between us on the day, about fifteen of which were grayling and the rest trout from small to 14". A few grayling of 10" but most over 12" and several of 14-16", up to around 1.5lb. Fish taken on nymphs and on either Elk Hair Caddis or Grayling Steel Blue. Others were missed or came off and, of course, there was "the one that got away" - a big smash-take by a large trout which disappeared with the EHC! All in all, a lovely day's fishing on a beautiful beat.

24 Barbel, 5 Chub, 3 Roach & 3 Eels on pellets and meat. Most of the fish from one swim.

Early start to find height perfect but a bit of unexpected colour clearing through the day. Fellow rod Steve took a fish later which showed my timing or competence was the issue - probably the latter !

1 Barbel and 1 chub.

None caught, had few takes on dry but missed them. River was full and slightly discoloured.

A lovely day's fishing although we had to leave relatively early (2.30pm) to get back to London. There were fish rising on the flats 100 or so yards up from the bridge. Caught 3 trout (to about 1lb) on Olive imitations. There were Grannom, the odd Large Dark Olive, many smaller Olives and the occasional Yellow May Dun, all on the water at various times and the water level and clarity were both excellent. Great fun.

The river gauge was up from its average level and the water was a bit coloured so this made the fishing fairly tough. We caught the odd fish on dries but most fish were taken on a nymph. We caught 11 brown trout in total.

Shaggy venue for a not so experienced river angler. Lost a bit of gear but it is a very nice stretch of the river. I didn't catch any Barbel that I was after although I did lose two by hook pulls. However the day wasn't lost as there were plenty of Chub to keep me entertained. 7 Chub on the day varying from 2.5lbs to 5lbs. All but one caught on the lower end of the beat. A lot of eals about as well, caught at least just as many. All touch ledgered with meat. In the evening I tried a bit of trotting which resulted in many Dace. Had a lovely day. Thanks WUF.

Flow quite fast on day 1. Water coloured. A few nice chub (5) to 5lb. One barbel 6lb 4oz. Next day water lower and slower with less activity. Just the two chub. A few lost fish. Lovely stretch and enjoyed it.

River looked really good but struggled for most of the day to find the fish. Ended up with brace of barbel at 8lb and a 5lb chub. All on 8mm pellet. Nice looking stretch.