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Second trip to this beat in good conditions but sadly nothing seen!

Good size fish hooked under electric cables. At second run she came straight at me, lunched in the air and into overhanging bush. Plenty of slack line tangled and she was off the hook in few seconds. Dirty but clever trick. Don't like clever fish.

One 14lb cock fish, caught in Bathing pool and also lost one. Water in good condition. Great days fishing and good company with the other two rods.

3 small chub, one dace.

7 Barbel, 3-6lbs all on pellet. High water but falling.

5 barbel to 9lbs and numerous good chub to 4lbs all on meat and pellet. Another nice day on a nice beat, thanks WUF.

Few flies about, no fish actively rising, no bites. pretty river. Accomodation at George and Dragon, Knighton, excellent.

12 barbel between 5lbs and 8lbs, 2 chub 3 1/2lbs and 5lbs and 2 eels all on pellet with groundbait feeder and large 16mm pellet on a hair rig. Nice beat, river high but not too bad, reasonable colour compared to recent weeks, 90gram feeder held bottom two rod lenghts out.
Has the potential for some great days, swims not as awkward as we were expecting. Walk back up hill not as bad as some say. Congratulations to M, first ever trip to a river and catches 5 barbel and both of the chub.

Had a great day, river was up a bit but thinning down. Ended up with 9 Barbel, biggest 8lbs 9oz and 2 chub with a suprise 12lbs 4oz Bream that fought like a Barbel. All caught on pellet and paste.
Access to this fishery is good in my view despite what others say and Road noise is really not a problem, more of a distant hum. Can't understand how people mention the public walkers either, had no more than 6 peple pass me all day and the weather was hot and sunny (Saturday). Steps are steep but easy managable. Its 300 foot steps (yes I counted) from the car to my chosed swim which was about 4 down from the rock so again can't understand the complaints there either. There is over a mile of water to the bottom of the beat but with so many fishy places before then, I had no need to walk that far. River was up a bit but swims have great access with wooden steps. Really cant fault it.
I will be back.

4 barbel and a 5lbs 3oz chub, subsequently caught again on 23.7.12. Total confusion on map access paths around fields with the farmer variously concerned with cattle in that one, crops in that one, all to change with the seasons. Renting the farm from the council all he gets from anglers is the grief, not the money. This needs to be effectively sorted as the walk down track is long rough and v muddy in the wet, and then there's the fields to trek through. I know WUF visited to sort this out, lets hope we get access down to the riverbank, as the locals do this anyway, to paddle in the gravels on very pretty stretch.