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River surprisingly high on arrival middayish, there must have been some overnight rain in Wales which we never saw in Hereford? The water was still quite clear & the level dropped steadily throughout the afternoon/early evening. Fish were in a cooperative mood though with only one quiet period mid afternoon for a couple of hours. Plenty to see though with an almost constant flypast of various duck species, the appearance now & then of a sparrowhawk, Kites & of course the kingfishers. There was a brief hatch at 7ish & of course the sand martins appeared.

The temperature was distinctly autumnal today & cold in the wind. Lost two good fish which felt like barbel. Used spam & pellets on quickstop, barbless hooks & 2oz feeder. The 2 others were dace... how they got hooked taking 1/2" cube of meat I cannot imagine but both hooked in top lip! Obviously quite hungry.

Many thanks to Terry & WUF for a splendid venue with plenty of healthy fish.

4 Barbel, 8 Chub, 2 Other

Reasonable amount of water moving through with some colour. Two trout about 3/4lb, both to p black bead head nymphs.
Two other fish hooked but lost. Lovely to be on the river.

Previous returns comment on lack of accessibility. The most frustrating aspect of this for me was the style to access the second meadow. The bottom rung/step was way to high - approx 6 inches above my knee ( I am 5ft 9). God knows how anyone smaller than me would get over it.

2 Trout

Visited this beat again after fishing it on Weds. My fishing partner Andy had 5 fish - 2 x 5" and 3 x 8". I had one at 5". Fish taken on Hare's Ear Para 16, Adams Irresistable 14, Adams Para 16 and a Hare's Ear bead nymph 14. The river was slightly higher and more coloured than Weds. All fish returned safely.

6 Trout

2 Trout

Caught on float and feeder, including a 6lb barbel on float fished sweetcorn. All usual suspects worked - boilies, pellet, meat and sweetcorn. Lots of dace around.

4 Barbel, 10 Chub

Some fish rising to the fly but nothing caught. The river was very clear and had good flow.

Walked up this beat, a very few fish rising, though one jumped clear. Again no luck. Good flow and very clear.

I've fished this wild stream on numerous occasions but I am still slightly in shock because of the size of the fish we caught. Five of the seven were whoppers. I'm only estimating but they must have been in the 14" range, and nice and fat. I have caught the odd big fish here before, but not so many in such a short space of time.

Good conditions, overcast, clear water, good strength of flow. Fished from noon until 4pm, sharing one rod between the two of us. All on Hare's nymph below a Klinkhammer.

A perfect wild stream day.

7 Trout

Lovely stretch of river in great condition.

8 Barbel, 12 Chub

4 Trout