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9 Trout, 15 Grayling

Lovely beat plenty of access points and some cracking features it was my first time fishing for grayling on the fly today and with very limited knowledge ocf them i had my work cut out the river itself was low today and gin clear but i thought lets give it a go...i fished traditional nymphs for 3 hrs and only managed 1 oos brownie around a pound in weight that slipped the hook before it was netted so after sit down a coffee and a sarnie i kitted up the french leader with some jig nymphs ive been tying ..3rd flick and i was into my 1st grayling then within 2hrs i managed to get 9 to the net ...cracking sport..thanks for the oppotunity to fish here i will be back..

1 Trout, 9 Grayling

I took advantage of the brief mild spell on Friday. The river had dropped overnight and had good colour.
The barbel was 8lb 1oz and fell to meat. Both Chub were between 1 and 2 lbs.
As always the wildlife was abundant and the highlight was an otter in my swim with its head up swimming backwards in the current and looking directly at me!
In summary, a slow day with only 4 bites but I can't think of anywhere else I would have rather been.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

River showing 0.4 on the Byton gauge, slight rise overnight. Weather was overcast and misty but the rain stayed away.
Had 13 grayling between 4 and 12 inches and an absolute beauty at 15 inches.
Also lost 2 about the same size at the net and lost 3 other good fish due to hook pulls.

14 Grayling

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

My second visit to this stretch river lower and clearer than last time. 1 barbel and 2 chub came in 20 minute spell around midday rest of day no bites. Friday is pheasant shooting day a friendly lot but not sure 6 blokes blasting away in field above me and dogs jumping in river helped the fishing.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Well, the conditions this week were as bad as they were good last week:
Temperatures dropped every night leading up to a frost the morning we fished and clear blue skies. The river was also clear and water must have been released into the river as it came up a half a metre from Wednesday night to Thursday afternoon. It was also full of leaves and sticks which came through all day.
So despite fishing 4 swims and trying 2 different feeder approaches and a veritable smorgasboard of hookbaits we managed just one 4lb chub between us. Still nice to be on the bank though ;o)

1 Chub

Two of us spent a pleasant day trotting maggot. Lots of small grayling 3 to 4 inch size. Seven good grayling ranging from 3/4 pound up to 2 pounds. Came across several salmon redds but no salmon seen.

7 Grayling

Just there from 9.30 to 12.00. All caught at pool above the road bridge. (Once the swimmers had got cold and left said pool).

3 Grayling

Here it is, December! Checked temperature at the bank, read 5.5 degrees, oh dear. Slim chance of Barbel in falling water temp. So targeted chub on the bread on lighter tackle. Had good day with a good stamp of Chub, biggest going 5-9. Blustery day but plenty sunshine and my mate didn't fall in this time.

2 Grayling, 16 Chub