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River too high to fish safely.

River at 1100mm and weather fair. We saw no salmon all day, but still enjoyed our day on the bankside. The Chainbridge pub has changed hands again - we hope the new landlord can make a go of it.

Coloured cock fish with a well developed kype , estimated at between 20 and 25lb ( yes, a right monster)from between the Island run and the Rock Pool. Fished a slow sinking line with a 10ft fast sink polytip. Took an inch and a quarter aluminium tube cascade on my last cast of the season! Took 20 minutes to land, kept in the net and returned safely to go off and do his job.

1 Salmon

Hard conditions, water levels up, all fish caught on normal feeder tactics if you can hold bottom????

1 Barbel, 5 Chub

14lb hen salmon from the slacker water just below the croy on Leaning Willow Pool. Taken on 1.5 inch Hairy Mary tube fly. Went off strongly.

1 Salmon

Buith gauge dropped to 1.45 so thought it was worth a go with the trotting rod . Feeding an occasional handful of maggots soon got the fish feeding and had a cracking couple of hours . The Grayling were mostly around the 1/2 lb mark but had one cracker just over 2lbs . In between plenty of OS browns a few dace and what I think is a Roach ! Well worth an absolute drenching

10 Trout, 25 Grayling, 6 Chub, 5 Other

Decent days fishing. Hadn’t realised when booking that is was opposite the Bishopswood day ticket stretch but even with muddy banks and anglers on the far side there were still plenty of places to fish. We managed to get up and down the track and through the field but wouldn’t have wanted to do it without a 4x4. Only bad bit of the day was that we were held on the road down to the fishery for over an hour because the army were doing some sort of training on the road to the YHA and had abandoned their vehicles all over the place blocking our way through entirely.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Due to weather conditions the river was difficult to fish, water was running through fast and rain came in from the East in the late afternoon. That said it is a beautiful spot and we will return when the weather conditions are better.

1 Trout

Fished the orchard peg. Good start to the day with 3 barbel in the first hour or so before a cold front swept in and killed it. Had a go for pike close in, nothing doing, nicked another barbel in the afternoon. Best fish 9lb+.

4 Barbel