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Lovely river! First visit to this beat. Dry. Clear water. A few fish rising and a few mayfly, but fish not interested. Tricky wading, but easier with wading stick. Tried a variety of flies and leaders without success.

It was the last May bank holiday weekend and a group of 3 families and their children were floating down the river in inflatable rings - can't blame them as it looked like fun. It didn't affect us too much - we went upstream of them and they left after a few hours.

3 Trout

River rose overnight, tricky wading again

6 Trout

5 Trout

Grabbed an evening ticket as in the area, but as it turned out, only managed a couple of hours. Headed to the top of the beat as another angler lower down. Rose a couple of fish to dries, then as the rain started at 7pm, had a good fish on - briefly. Heavens had now opened and looked set-in, so headed back to the car. Lovely looking beat. Will return for a longer session.
Cracking early dinner at the Walnut Tree cafe prior to fishing.

Hot day , plenty of swimmers and dogs splashing in the water , the suggested park site close to the post office in impossible to use because is aside the rod and plenty of people are using it for shopping , I'd to park in the center village and walk for one mile , after you payed the permit and drove for hours to enjoy it is looking like you are joked , but I'll give another chance again because the stretch is beautiful and I enjoyed walk on it , please Fishing Passport arrange another park site with the river rights owner you can'nt send people here and leave them struggling around for parking like idiots to enjoy what they have payed for .

6 Trout

WOW what a beat, absolutely amazing with such a variety of water. A lot of insect life pretty much right throughout the day but only saw a handful of rises.
Didn’t manage to get to the top end of the beat as there is private property and didn’t see a public footpath.
Didn’t manage to land anything but a small trout went for an Elk Hair Caddis but he didn’t stay on long enough, I’m sure someone more experienced than me would have landed him.

Access to the river is relatively easy but Wading was tricky as it is pretty rocky but this is explained by the synopsis on the passports webpage but I will add it is VERY slippery. I have felt soles and almost lost my footing more than once so I would urge people to be cautious if they go.
There is also a nice looking cafe at the start of the beat should you fancy a spot of lunch. I didn’t try it myself but will probably do so next time

1 Trout