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River came up 4ft during our session, difficult conditions but we managed 9 barbel to 8lb 10oz, various tactics and bait, all good size fish and in great nick!

2 barbel before lunch. River became difficult to fish after lunch due to rising water levels so I packed up early.

2 Chubb only.

4 Rainbow Trout caught using worm as bait.

6 Rainbow Trout using worm as bait.

1 Eel about 0.5 lb
1Chub about 1.5 lb

Fished from 07:45 to 14:30

River state the river was a foot deeper than the previous day, very coloured with a very strong current. Weather, it rained for 3 hours then stopped. Fished the lowest peg next to the old bridge. Bait luncheon meat, bread paste, both on hair rigs.

As I wanted to catch Barbel the warden suggested a spot closer to the other bank however although casting was not an issue the current flow meant nothing would hold the bottom even with over an ounce of lead.

There are also plenty of snags on the lower pegs, I lost 6 hair rigs during the day even on 18lb line mainly due to the line being swept downstream, if the weight had held I suspect I would have lost less tackle.

No mobile signal.

As expected the river had risen overnight and was about 2 feet up from yesterday with a nice colour although it dropped around 12inches before the heavy rain put a lot of colour in the river late afternoon. A better day, 4 barbel smallest 4lb 8oz and the largest 8lb, a chub of around 3lb 8oz and an eel of around a 1lb made for an enjoyable days fishing. All came to feeder and pellet. As other people have said before, the banks are extremely slippery when wet as it was in the morning rendering some swims too dangerous to venture down without a rope. Be careful if its rained or raining.

9 x brown trout, two to about 3/4lb. Beautifully conditioned, fishing was challenging but highly enjoyable, most of the fish took Copper johns fished about 4ft down, but also large white adams dry flies. The larger fish came from the mouth of the river.

A tricky day with the river high and coloured following heavy rain the previous day. In the circumstances, a catch of 7 barbel to 6lbs and 2 chub was a good return for a day under the brolley.

A very diffcult day in attrocious conditions with rain,hail,thunderstorms and gusting winds making the fishing testing,so not a day for roving.We fished the "comfortable" middle swims and shared a catch of 10 barbel to 8lbs and 1 chub.