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The day was overcast and warm, seemingly perfect. Caught one chub from the top end and other half way down. Lost a couple in the fast water one of which I’m sure was a barbel so disappointed about that.
Most disappointing though is the description of the beat. I could find no swim in the entire length of the beat that had gravel at the bank permitting wading even in low water. On the other side of the river there are a couple of lovely wading spots giving great access to the faster water and gullies. Come on WUF am I missing something or do you need to update the beat description?!

2 Chub

2 Trout

Evening session. River low and clear. Hot weather. Many timid bites difficult to hook. Feeder using pellets and luncheon meat. Good sized chub including one of 5lbs. The other fish was a large eel.

3 Chub, 1 Other

Only fished for. Couple of hours before dark. Trotting a float. A relaxing little session

2 Chub, 3 Other

5 Chub

fly fished for salmon. water very low. 1 salmon seen

best 2 River very low, all fish were full of lice. Be back next year.

1 Barbel, 7 Chub, 4 Other

A short morning session produced the quality fishing this beat is known for. All caught contact nymphing before the gusty wind kicked in at noon. Best Grayling 17” and Trout 16”, lost a brute of a trout after a short and dramatic fight at the head of one of the pools.

5 Trout, 7 Grayling

After wasting approximately 2 hours of the morning attempting to contact the bailiff and trying to find a stretch of water that both myself and my wife would consider accessible i.e. not completey overgrown with nettles, brambles etc. or a long walk we settled on a stretch of beat 3 left bank. Caught two Chub around the 2lb mark on bread flake, the first on a float (long trotting) and the 2nd on ledger. This stretch is quite shallow at the moment so I was unable to find any Barbel.

2 Chub

4 Chub