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My first visit to the beat and I was impressed by the amount of good fly water. It was a promising day with cloud and light rain, the level a few inches up and slightly coloured, and I concentrated my efforts on the bottom of the beat down to the Vanstone, where there were clearly fish. I fished mainly smallish bright doubles on a floating line, and also tried a small spinner for a short time. I saw about a dozen salmon and grilse move during the day (most but not all coloured), one or two of them almost under the rod tip, but I did not manage to contact one before admitting defeat in heavy rain at 7.45.

river running clear one grilse 4lbs from Madox on the fly , but more interesting a dozen teepees on the far bank more like the Little Bighorn than a salmon beat , bring on the 7th cavalry ?

1 Salmon

Fish everywhere lost one salmon, 12lb pike

1 Pike

River not fishable again, spoke with Mick the Ghillie who told me not to drive the 400 mile round trip as it was a waste of time and money, river temperature 71f and coloured, so took Micks advice and stayed at home, cancelled hotel, this is my fourth trip at Goodrich this year and have not had one day with conditions being any good, £400 down the drain. Unfortunately no wash offs for coloured/algae warm river. will keep trying hope to get one or two good days before the season close.

WUF Note: we always recommend checking conditions before setting off especially as they can change so suddenly

After speaking to Mick on Saturday, he said that the river was not in a good condition to fish so decided to stay at home.

Had an enjoyable few hours fishing early morning. Lots of resident salmon showing in the vanstone pool. Could'nt tempt any into taking fished through with small flying c & small fly.

Very hot and bright day, quite few coloured salmon showing - particularly in cottage and maddox pools. Canoeists were a problem all day, somehaving a total disregard for procol. No fish caught. It's worth noting that in these difficult conditions much of the river bed can be seen.... valuable insight for more promising days in the future, so not a wasted day.