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Third time here this season and the third time its had 5 ft plus on! Lovely sunny day though, started at 2pm just as it began to fall and was immediately amongst the fish Barbel and nuisance chublets. Quiet period between 4pm and 6pm as it got very hot then they switched on again. Large chunks of meat pulled in 3 barbelat 9lbs+ and an 8lbs+ in the next 40 mins before my landing net handle broke under the hammering its taken these last 5 weeks. Tried to fix it but it wasn't up to it. No way of landing fish so went home happy and sunburned.

At lunchtime realised rain had stopped. River at 1.5m. Booking first class as normal. On river by 3 to find colour clearing. Fished through till dark. Finished with several barbel around 5 to 6lbs plus one of 9lbs 7oz. Also several chub to around 4lbs - lost 3 barbel in same snag - is it now time to put away the flood gear or is there still more to come?

22 barbel, 4 chub and 2 eels over 2 days. River up and coloured and going like a train. fished from bottom of beat to treeline in as many swims that were fishable. Pellet and meat the baits used with feeder and PVA 6oz weights needed at times. Great fishing as usual. Thanks.

Conditions were very difficult with the river running 5ft over summer level. In the conditions there were only a few swims available. We settled at the lower end of the beat and caught a number of barbel and chub on a variety of baits. We called it a day when the rain made the banks too dangerous. I would like to revisit this beat in normal conditions. Access was very good with only a short walk required from either parking area and the swims are clearly defined and marked.

20 barbel upto 9lb 6oz and 12 chub upto 5lb 4oz. Pellet for the barbel and meat for the chub. This beat was easily accessible with the directions spot on. Just one sad note, an excuse of a fisherman on the opposite bank.

River was 4ft up, chocolate brown and chugging through, though it had apparently dropped 4ft overnight! The three of us fished a large crease at the very bottom of the beat, mainly due to a lot of the beat being unfishable.
We ended the day with 17 barbel between 5lb and 9lb 8oz, all coming to feeder fished halibut pellet. We also had a 4lb chub and two eels to 3lb.

Fishing in the worst rainfall imaginable seemed like madness but managed 3 hours between 2pm and 5 pm and was rewarded with 4 fish the biggest being a Wye PB at 11lbs 4oz before the banks became too dangerous to land and return fish.
Thanks to the WUF for all the terrific work they have done on this stretch.

River running quite hard but perfect weatherwise. Stayed to late evening although fish were caught throughout the day. One angler had 12 barbel to about 9lbs and one chub, the other had three barbel to 8lbs and one chub both fishing downstream of the approach path - mainly on pellet but with several on meat. Some bites were tentative, others whey hey! Don't be afraid to fish close in to the bank. Current such that we had to. Parking only for one car on the LHS 30yds beyond the gate entrance to the field as recent flash floods have eroded the entrance to it and the ground is very soft.

River high and dirty but holding steady. There are a number of near bank creases and a big slack at the bottom end which make it an ideal floodwater venue. I had eight barbel to 8lbs on pellet and 10mm boiles. Although they made fishing with meat impossible it was good to see eels coming out - they make great otter grub!

Caught 3 barbel, all on pellets, with the river in lovely condition.
The Foundation's service was excellent, thank you.