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Booked BOTH available rods on this beat only for a salmon angler to turn up bold as brass and start fishing !!!!! THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN ON THIS BEAT . Last time the WUF said that I should have ring their offices and they would have despatched the ghillies. Well this time I did that but not surprisingly being Sunday there was no answer, not even a facility to leave a message! Why don't the Foundation just supply the ghillies details with the booking ???????
Booking coarse fishing through the WUF is not cheap, in fact it is extremely expensive but I am prepared to pay as it does offer the "exclusive access".
Not happy and won't be making any further bookings through the WUF given the amount of other cheaper options available on the river.
WUF Note : As advertised in the website beat description, a small salmon syndicate fish this beat so please be aware absolute exclusivity cannot always be guaranteed.

4 Barbel, 8 Chub

Lovely day on Lower Carrots and Luggsmouth. Hot and bright weather, river was coffee coloured. No fish caught.

Fished from first light to 1pm. Caught 3 barbel to 10lb all on pellets with PVA bags feed. GATE ENTRY NOTE care must be taken on entry and exit large chance of GROUNDING!!!! your transport.

3 Barbel

Just a spur of the moment "quick hit " session...River quite high on arrival but was dropping like the clappers! Dropped 18" while we were there. Fishing quite sporadic but pleased to end with 3 barbel to about 7lb, 4 chub and an eel all on feeder fished pellet.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

All species caught on luncheon meat. Weights were around the three to four pound range. A nice beat with good access along entire length.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

A nice looking beat with lots of variety. Never fished here before so a bit of a learning curve. Lots of chub about, barbel hard to find, only one caught at 7lb 13oz - all fish on pellet.

1 Barbel, 11 Chub

A great day brought to an early end when a group of canoeists decided to practice their watercraft in the swim which I had been building all day.

5 Barbel

Although very hot and sunny for most of the day, a great days sport with fish feeding off and on all day. All fish, except 1 chub, came from the bottom end of the fishery - mostly to boilie with odd one to pellets in various forms. Canoe traffic was surprising light although we did have one group that was practicing for a canoeing certificate who were using the croy above my swim as a feature to navigate for an hour and a half. Also had a couple of children bathing and throwing rocks in the river from the opposite bank. However, it didn't bother the fish at all and multiple fish were landed during all the activity.

22 Barbel, 5 Chub

5.30 am start 3 barbel and 2 chub,caught on halibut 10mm pellets. Left at 10 am and came back in the evening, 3 barbel and 3 chub. Really great day will be back in September.

6 Barbel, 5 Chub

A highly enjoyable day on a nice beat despite the incessant drizzle. I had 6 Barbel to 6lb from a swim slightly upstream of the mouth of the Lugg, all on pellet, plus two decent Eels on meat. Later in the day I moved upstream to one of the croy swims downstream of the hut and had 4 Chub to 4lb on meat in the slower, deeper water. Levels came up 6in in the last two hours and seemed to put them down.
Many thanks to the 2 gents on the opposite bank who had fished the previous day and put me on to the first swim.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub, 2 Other