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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.

Arrived to find the river up and coloured and pushing through fast. We managed 15 barbel between the 3 of us, most fish caught on robin red pellet. Biggest around 8.5lbs. A lovley peacefull section of river to fish.

My first time at How Caple Court, and it is another great location. After reading the river reports overnight I wasn't confident of even fishing, so it was great to find most of the beat was fishable. Chose a peg about a third of the way up from the bottom end - in hindsight I don't think the two of us sharing the same peg was the best idea, but c'est la vie. Got in to fish straight away, and had landed 10 barbel to just over 9lb within the first 2.5 hours - and then nothing for the rest of the day!

Had to leave early (some football match - which we lost again!), so not sure if the evening would have turned the fish on again. I did briefly catch a glimpse of something large on the surface around lunchtime, so it may be they were spooked by a pike - one of the barbel I landed had a large (healed) bite mark across his back.

Dad switched to trotting in the afternoon and landed some very nice chublets, dace and roach. All the barbel were caught on Mistral Baits 14ml elipse pellets (2 glued to a hair rig), with 3&4ml mixed pellets in a block-end feeder. 15lb mainline (red mist) and 12lb Guru hooklenghts to a size 10 hook. Daiwa Infinity 1.75lb test curve specialist barbel rod.

Hope to fish the beat again soon.

Windy, grey day, river up about 7 foot and not leaving many places to fish as the banks are tree lined and the trees were way out into the river. I found a couple of places to fish but was casting blind never having been here before.
Second swim produced two fish to 9.13, one further lost to a snag then another bite and it went dead. All caught on garlic spam. Rain came at 5pm and it was time to go home, river having dropped about 6 inches.
Can't wait to get back here in better conditions.