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Water very low and hard going had a few nice chub no barbel this time,not many canoes this time which was surprising,next day on another beat must have been 50 although they were polite and had a bit of banter with a few of them.

2 Chub

2 Chub, 1 Other

Lost a fish at 5.15 am when the fish got tangled in a tree branch on Martins pool . Water got very dirty shortly after so I called it a day. I will definitely come back and fish again . Outstanding area.

Both Brown Trout and Salmon caught on Mepps spinner just below Biblins bridge in Oak Tree Crib salmon caught at 18.00 hrs approximately 10 lb fish .

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

Nothing caught unfortunately

This beat should come with a warning for salmon fly fishing. It is almost wholly inaccessible for fly fishing with very steep banks and it is heavily wooded. I took a friend to practice his spey casting ahead of a trip to Scotland. I thought we were on a perfect beat with advertised 2.5 miles of double bank fishing. There was literally nowhere on the left bank that you could fish and only a tiny bit on the right bank. This should not be marketed as fly water. Also the directions provided were out of date and confusing. Not up to the usual passport standard.

WUF Note: the top mile of the beat is a sequence of excellent fly water, but you need to cross the river and fish the majority of the pools from the right bank. The run of pools; Slaughter crib, Slaughter pool, Botchers rock, Upper and lower Camp, Oak crib and the Biblings swing a fly almost the whole way, but are fished from the right bank wading down beyond the bankside willows. From the left bank, it would have been limited at these low flows. the fly pools of Cobbs cross, Cement rock and Salmon rock would have benefitted from a few inches more water, but would have been fishable with a worked fly. The middle of the beat is deep and slow, but below Martins pools, there are 2 nice runs either side of the lsland and a productive cast just below the Island.

We have checked the directions with the owner. They are fully up to date and accurate.

Beautiful day fishing for salmon. No salmon but a 14 in brown trout decided to grab the super snaelda salmon fly

1 Trout

Water probably a bit high for this no sign of any salmon

A slow day rewarded with 2 late Barbel, worth the wait.

2 Barbel

Chub fishing on maggots, and 1 nice Barbel came along.

1 Barbel, 5 Chub