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Fished 4.30 - 7.30 pm. Several takes but no fish caught. River higher than previous occasions we have visited this beat and slightly coloured. Very little evidence of fish rising.

Didn't catch or see a salmon at all. Did land a 2lbs chubb from The Run. I fished hard from 2pm - 8.30pm. The weather was dead against me with heat and bright sun right into the evening. My first visit to this beat and although the water was fading for the top pools, I was really impressed with the variety further down the beat. Cast the fly in most of them. Just seemed a bit quiet on the fish front.

1 x 4lbs brown trout (rtn) - Mill stream.

Did not fish until 5pm due to the bright sunny conditions. Saw one fish in the Spring Pool but no takes. Lots of good trout showing in Bachwy in the late evening! Maybe better to fish for trout!

Directions to the beat were clear and simple. On arrival we all walked the beat from top to bottom before we decided where to fish. On first impressions I was very annoyed, only four pegs at the top end available marked by wooden posts and the bottom end (rope area) two pegs available, with the whole bank being covered in nettles and brambles, access without a strimmer is dangerous and adventurous. After the initial thought of why did I travel 165 miles to fish this venue, by the end of the day, T managed to catch 10 barbel from one peg and C caught two barbel and several chud. I only managed one chub in the morning and my Dad struggled all day. I can honestly say I would not book this beat with so many rods as only two performed but I will look at other WUF waters.

A,J and K are fishing Wyebank this morning. P after problems with his car and the excessive heat of yesterday has decided to have a rest but has helped me into a swim in the woods to get a rest from the sun as it's shady all day here. Still very slippery but only fell over once! I had 4 Barbel to 7lbs, one about 2lbs which is nice to see plus 1 Chub. After a quietish morning on Wyebank A,J and K returned to Courtfield where J had a 7lbs 8oz fish and a Chub of 4lbs 5ozs, A 2 Barbel to 7lbs and a 3lb Chub, K failed to score but then he is very old! Bait was once again barrel boilies this time wrapped in Hinders blitz paste and feeder fished with 4mm feed pellet and Hinders Barbel groundbait. Big increase in canoe traffic today.

Andy, Jack and Ken fished Wyebank for the morning although water still a bit high. Jack had a baby Barbel about 1lb 8ozs, Ken a Barbel of 7lbs 12ozs and a Chub and Andy a Barbel of 7lbs 9ozs all caught feeder fishing with 4mm pellet and Hinders groundbait in the feeder and Essex baits barrel boilies hair rigged.

4 barbel to 9lb on boillies. Boiling hot so just the evening fished for a few hours.

No salmon caught (only one seen splashing very briefly), and no other fish seen at all. A very depressing day's fishing actually. I could have done with more action, and the water on that beat is not very varied or very interesting. I saw 2 cormorants right by the house where I parked (you wanted to know of such sightings).
WUF Note: Anglers are requested to report sightings of cormorants and goosanders to the Angling Trust's Cormorant Watch website: www.cormorantwatch.org

5 trout to 1.5lbs. Couple off the top on a shuttlecock emerger in the morning, the others on nymph fished as a duo.