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1 barbel and 1 chub.

The river was up and well coloured. There was lots of surface weed coming down, which caused some problems when fishing mid-stream or the far bank. Nevertheless 2 rods landed 6 barbel (inc two of 7lb) and 3 chub, best 5lb on pellet and sweetcorn. Also three barbel were lost in a very fast, weedy swim before we started to fish the slower water at the near bank where all our fish were landed.

A very pleasant couple of hours spent exploring this attractive beat. Sadly a blank – didn’t see a fish. Much clearance work currently underway on banks.

8 trout for just over half a day between 2 rods 6" to 11", all in top condition and hard fighters as per usual. They're tough fish here in a tough but beautiful river and always worth the effort. Didn't get lost on the trek back out this time but will be putting a rope and crampons on the xmas list!
All on dry klinkhammers, not much fly seen but fish rose well and we missed plenty more. All fish were returned. River level was excellent at last ...get down there soon before that water drops back too much again.

After making several enquiries as to the access to the footpath, we were told by one of the house holders that due to the construction of horse padocks. The foot path to the beat is now only accsesable from the gate of the field just past the last house in the row.
Now creating a large dog leg in the indicated pathway to the centre of the beat. The water level was very low. We did not spot any fish of size and caught 1 4 inch brown on a black beaded nymph. At the time there was a very blustery down stream wind. The eddies were full of leaves, just to add to the difficulies of 2 novice river fishermen. The bottom part of the beat was inaccessable.

Coloured water following heavy rain. Beyond my capability and zero return. Never saw a fish all day. Stunning setting though.

Started the day at lower end of beat. As others have said much of this beat is totally inaccessible due to steep and overgrown banks. 5 barbel caught by 3 rods best fish just over 8lb. River up slightly but no weed problems here. (is this because we are above Hereford??)

The river has two distinct personalities on this beat. Below the footbridge the river is backed up behind a high weir situated at the bottom of the beat.The river here is almost static and more like a canal with thick slimy weed covering the river bed. I did see several decent trout in this section, but standard river techniques proved to be ineffective. Perhaps stillwater tactics might suceed in this part of the river.

Above the footbridge the river is completely different, with glides, pools and riffles, and some flow. This section produced for 2 rods fishing alternately, 2 trout to 35cm and 25 grayling, mainly small, but including a specimen of 46cm.

There is a lot of LWD in the river at the top of the beat, but also some good holding pools and lies. The wide riffles are teeming with fry.

15lb salmon taken on fly and returned.

Did not fish