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Started fishing at 4pm, feeder fishing halibut pellets and hemp. Not a lot happened until 7pm when started to get knocks but no proper bites. Changed to sweetcorn and hooked a 7lb 10oz barbel. Added 3 Chub to 3lb, plus a couple of lost fish. River low and clear, very good access to swims paths cut and steps down to river.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Lovely evening session at Foy Bridge. First time I have fished this beat and had an enjoyable time catching 2 Barbel and a small Chub. Lost three good fish to the snag 2/3 of the way down the beat on the right hand bank.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Despite getting soaked - twice - a very productive day! The work on the swims is excellent, so thanks to the landowner - who has also removed the big snag that used to hamper landing fish on the bottom swim on the near bank. Fished 3 swims - 2 on the far bank (the very bottom and just up from the large tree) and the bottom swim on the near bank - and had barbel & chub from them all. Fish were all caught on 2 x 8ml or 10ml elipse pellets with either micro pellets in a closed end feeder or groundbait & pellets in a cage feeder. Also big thanks to the local who gave me the tip on where to fish the swim above the tree (45 degrees downstream, towards the tree stump and 2/3rds out). One thing to be aware of is that the juvenile ducks will take your bait later in the day. I managed to hook one on small pellets, but was thankfully able to get him in, wrap him in a towel and remove the hook - hopefully he will have learnt, but be wary of them. Barbel were from 4.5lb to 8.5lb, including one fish with a lot of predator damage, and chub from 3lb to just under 6lb. A VERY good day on a much improved beat.

10 Barbel, 20 Chub

7 chub on the 17th and 3 on the 18th....no barbel. All on pellet and feeder. River good/a bit low. Good fishing, clear pegs.

10 Chub

The barbel are still spawning (I observed this one evening on the camp site I was staying at) so I think they are two to three weeks behind due to the low Spring/early Summer temperatures. Fished all day around a now famous snag that lost me more hooks than leads so this seems to be a sunken tree and the barbel are under it. After the first cast leading to a slamming bite and a tug of war around the snag which I subsequently lost, the rest of the day I only got the the odd knock, then I had one barbel over 7lb on pellet. Unfortunately could not fish the last two hours of light.

1 Barbel

Fished every swim for only one lost fish. Anyway its a lovely place.

No salmon caught or seen. Saw shad, barbel, chub and sea lamprey.

Fished for a couple of hrs in the evening, no salmon caught or seen. Nice fly water for a quick session.

The morning drizzle relented around lunchtime but with the water still very cold, it proved to be a challenging day. Despite our best efforts with pellet, maggot, cheese-paste and meat, there were few signs of fish, with the barbel remaining elusive throughout the day. C H did, however, manage to entice 3 chub, all perfectly conditioned fish weighing 3lb 2oz, 3lb 9oz and 3lb 12oz. Two out-witted by a small halibut pellet and one by luncheon meat.
Great to see the darting kingfishers and soaring buzzards (less happy to see at least 3 cormorants overhead through the day). Overall, as always, a day on the river was good for the spirit.

3 Chub

Bright sunny day, river near normal levels and clear but still pushing through. Took temp of water around 6-7 deg, chose to fish first swim over the foot bridge. Fed the head of the swim (from behind the willow) with 2 balls of heavy halibut ground bait laced with small pre-soaked micro pellets, gave this 20mins to work down into the swim. Fished over this with hair rigged elipse pellets for 3 hrs with out a touch. A change of bait resulted in 2 small salmon par and a 1.5lbs chub. Went back on the feeder and pellet and at aprx 5-30pm took a 4-5lb chub. Lovely to be out and warm in the sun even though fishing was slow.

2 Chub