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Fished at Chainbridge last evening. Four fish to 2.5lb caught on sedge and damsel flies.

Very hot day and low water, slow but steady rise in morning and again late afternoon. WBT taken all day mostly to 6" best 10" all on small dry flies. A variety of flies used but all grey or dunn in colour and all successful. 3 grayling best to half a pound. All fish returned in good condition.
Large WBT seen on flats from bridge. Lovely beat with lots of fishable water, will be back this year without a doubt.
Many thanks to the Foundation and beat owner.

Early evening fishing produced six fish until disturbed by people entering the river from the footpath with a dog who had no regard for other peoples enjoyment. Why for the life of me on a stretch of water this long do people let their dog go in right where you are fishing. 1 dace,4 wbt to about 7 inches and a grayling of 10 inches all returned unharmed.

A great day, had 20 barbel bewteen us and at least 40 chub. Succesful baits boile and pellet. Fished a few different swims and took chub and barbel from most, but most profilic towards the end of the stretch.

This beat has excellent access, although it can be a long walk.

Three barbel late on. Hard work to find fish.

Wading all day and ended with half a dozen chub, best 5-2, plus a barbel.

Two wbt, both 13 inches. One on tiniest gold head, other on pared down grey duster, size 16. Extremely hard fishing, with low water, ribbon weed and bottom blanket weed that regularly broke to the surface. Very little evidence of rising fish all day.

Disappointed to see that an earlier poster who pointed out the awkwardly placed barbed wire at entry point has been ignored - this wire is double stranded and at groin height. The owner should really have the courtesy to contain this for fishermen.

Salmon everywhere, jumping over the line 2 feet from the bank! All sightings were of coloured fish. Later on we caught 5 barbel and 2 chub from a really comfy swim down at the Rope Pool. Had an hour in the Vanstone but no joy. There really are a lot of options on this beat if you look around. Surprised to read negative reports of lack of swims - I counted at least 14 good ones from the top to the bottom of the stretch, not to mention the roving opportunities. I'll be back! Thanks WUF - lovely day out.

Low, clear and sunny until late afternoon. Very little fly and very few rising fish until late afternoon and evening. The evening rise was still going at 8.45 p.m. The fishing was really hard until mid-afternoon with just three grayling and three trout to show for my endeavours: had fish on olive and HE emergers and two on a PTN fished Kiwi style. Nothing on upstream nymphs. The rest of the day was altogether more fruitful and I finished with 24 grayling and seven trout - some rising fish and many risen and all on various HE emergers. Trout to 12" but most smaller, and some really nice grayling - I had five 14-15" fish, several of 11-13" and the others 8-10". All fish returned. A lovely day on a lovely bit of water.

Stunning beat. Very scenic and lots of varied water. River was very clear and was at 10" on the neighbouring gauge which was comfortable fishing. Struggled a bit under a hot sun and blue skies in the afternoon, but several grayling came to nymphs. In the evening the trout joined the party, first to nymphs and then a bit of an evening rise at about 8.30pm. I finished up with 7 grayling between 8" and 14" and 8 trout between 6" and 12", mostly on nymphs, with a few on dries at the end. No salmon seen.