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My favourite beat with wonderful views. Lots of salmon jumping and barbel spawning.

8 Barbel, 6 Chub

No fish caught.

Started fishing at 10.00 with a strong down stream wind, there were a few fish showing on the surface but decided on the nymph. Walked through the first field and started fishing. The water was suprisingly warm but I managed to tempt 2 small BT of about 8", Moved up the beat through the other feild and managed an aditional 10 BT to about 1 1/2lb all taken on a caddis pupa in the faster runs.

12 Trout

Lovely day. River low but otherwise good. Fished pellets and ground pellets all day. Stupidly left my tripod at home so fishing in the woods was less easy than it might have been. Lots of interest in Legg Meadow, mostly mid-stream. Started with an eel but then moved on to chub and, eventually, thanks to a generous tip from another angler, a barbel. Thanks WUF

1 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

Turned up late morning and the beat had just been fished, but as I hadn't seen it before decided to at least have a walk down. Only fished a couple of the pools, didn't see any fish rising/moving, but did manage a cracking Grayling of about 16" on a czech nymph from under an overhanging tree at the neck of a deep pool. Left after that but will be back.

1 Grayling

2 caught, good day fishing but lost 2 others. Good weather and company was interesting! Very friendly. Most enjoyable day.

2 Trout

Fished for two days at How Caple. River low and clear. Fishing was very slow, even the chub weren't playing ball. We managed three barbel. As always the river valley was beautiful and it was a pleasure just to be down on the river's edge. The fish were a bonus.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Fished from about 4.30 till 8 in the evening. Access wasn't great on the downstream half but the upper halves much nicer. Only fish was a nice 12 inch trout on a mayfly just down from the bridge at the end of the beat, returned.

1 Trout

Halibait pellets used to fish. No fish caught.

Good day generally weatherwise, gusty downriver river wind, annoying but bearable. Plenty of flies coming off but very few rises so not much opportunity to fish the dry. All fish taken on small black CDC nymph, long nymphing which always works well here especially when the levels are quite low. No fish greater than a 1lb taken from various parts of the river. A great day and can´t wait to come back to one of my favourite beats!

9 Trout