Went for a couple of hours today, The river was about a foot and half up on last week and no banking showing at all where i planned on having a go, Also a bit coloured. I managed to get a grayling about 3/4lb from further up the river and had 2 takes all on a goldhead red epoxy buzzer. Didnt expect to catch at all but it was nice just to be there.

I was there on New Years day....... Had a look at a new bit I hadnt fished before but the river was not right with extra colour and water..... Best wait until its right

I had a few last saturday morning in a one of my regular places but the week before i was trotting and went to my fav spot and didnt get a bite which is normally a bite a chuck.

Good conditions and you have every chance... poor conditions and things aint the same.... All the 'road' run-off around Sheffield wont help matters unlike upland waters.... a different 'breed' our Fish eh?

The part of the river i fish is on the upper reaches middlewood upwards but the hills around contribute a lot of runoff.Our fish must be different in fact got to be to live in the don mind you its cleaned up a lot since i was a lad.

Went on the Don yesterday at Oughtibridge. It was really unfishable but my mate had a pint of maggots he was determined to drown.

Caught 6 brownies (oops!) and 2 grayling on a tungsten-beaded, pink shrimp in a bit of slack water. My mate only managed to catch 1 grayling, trotting with maggots.

Looking at the weather forecast, with no more rain forecast, it should be in good condition by the middle of next week.

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Myself, fellow forum member highbank and local Don expert Dan Gill had a day on the Don today fished downstream of Oughtibridge. Difficult conditions still, the river running high, but starting to clear. We all had 4 fish each. I lost a big fish, don't know what it was, I had it on for about 5 mins, it kept very deep and held the bottom, Dan reckoned it could have been a Barbel or Chub.
Gary.

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Likely to be a barbel. Dave woodhead had one about 6lbs on a goldhead in winter (I think last year or the year before, can't quite remember). He said he thought he'd hooked a snag until he waded in to loosen it with his boot - and then the "bottom" started moving slowly away!

Hell of a fight on a 4 weight, but he gave it plenty of stick and landed it.

Where abouts at oughterbridge mate,what fish did you have

Hi Paul,

The fish behaved just as you described, at 1st I thought I snagged the bottom, then it moved and felt like I had a clump of leaves on my hook, then it moved again, slow and heavy and I couldn't do anything to stop it. I was using my 11ft 4wt which didn't give me much stopping power.

Gary.

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Hi Lee
We fished a good way down past the foot bridge, had a more trout than grayling. The Grayling seemed to have held up somewhere. I fished it last week with a mate and we had 27 fish between us, the conditions similar, maybe not as much water.
Gary.

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