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Fished the inside line at the top of Legg Meadow alternating a couple of swims but breaking off from late morning to mid afternoon to avoid canoes and brightest sunshine. Not the easiest session I have had at this great fishery but the 3 barbel landed made it a worthwhile trip.

3 Barbel

No fish caught, but a good day on a lovely beat.

River in nice condition, recent rain gave good colour and flow. Access to most swims precarious because of steep banks and no steps cut, especially after rain made the bankside muddy. Excellent fishing conditions - 14 barbel to double figures plus 6 chub to 5lb taken on inline feeders with a mix of bait.

14 Barbel, 6 Chub

Number of fish says it all, disappointing because the river looked perfect. Cows were a pain.

2 Barbel

Nil return. River seemed in good condition with plenty of small fry. Had sight of a number of better trout but were not interested in the presentation. At first sight the river seemed small but a lot of pools some deep on the course had to take to the bank on a few occasions. Fished from 11.00 to 16.00.

First time on the lovely Wye with logistics made easy by excellent WUF. Fish to 8lb on legered meat. Three cormorants sighted.

6 Barbel

Most of river inaccessible from land. River was encased in tunnel of trees with no room for overhead casting, luckily I had small travelling fly rod 7 and a half feet in length. Found gap in trees where bank not too steep and waded up and down most of the stretch. Spotted few trout around 1lb mark especially near undercut banks by deeper water. Landed small black flies / nymphs on nose of fish but uninterested. Spotted a tightly packed huge shoal of small trout no bigger than 2 inches - guestimate of well over 300!

First time on this beat. First tried the upper access near the footbridge but found it very difficult to access the water further than about 100m downstream of the bridge. After an hour of bushwhacking I drove down the lower access by the mill. No bushwacking necessary here. Made my way up from the bottom of the beat as far as I could go. Condition seemed perfect. Not a sausage.

Fished for 2 days and had around 13 barbel and 8 chub between us. River looked great but fishing was quite hard. Lost loads of gear fishing in the swims in the woods, so much so it became impossible. Spent most of the second day in the first field, less snags but less fish.

13 Barbel, 8 Chub

Could only manage a late afternoon/evening session and was able to winkle out a few fish with nymphs from the faster water. I was hoping for some dry fly action in the evening but the fish never really got settled into a proper feeding pattern and were easily spooked.

5 Trout