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Caught nothing on fly, only small fry on spinners. A nice days fishing though, it was just too hot I think.

2 Other

My first fishing visit with a friend who has fished this stretch before. I will definately return after a very good days fishing in a beutiful setting. River was coloured and the weather was very hot and sunny. We had 7 barbel all weighing between 7-8lb and I had a PB Chub around the 4lb mark. Fished ledger rig with pellet.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

Salmon around 13lbs lost on small Mepps on HDAA water at Hereford. River temp now too high at 66 deg F.

8 trout taken between 5 and 8 inches, all returned safely. Fished early and late in the day. All fish caught on nymphs. Some rising fish at times which I attempted to catch to no avail. Had to coax a stranded sheep from under a steep bank back to safety of it's field. Thanks to the WUF employee who helped me out in this situation.

8 Trout

I am afraid to say that I didn't catch anything! It was however a beautiful day, unfortunately the banks were steep, overgrown and totally inaccessible. I tried float fishing with no takers whatsoever and then tried the feeder again but with similar results. I also couldn't get beyond the first meadow.

Fished in the evening in the last swim on roadside bank with feeder and meat. Caught 10 chub, biggest 4lb, also lost nice sized barbel, approximately 8lb. Very nice swim but a bit snaggy. Will be back with some more swimfeeders!

10 Chub

Lovely stretch of water but limited number of swims if you don't want to negotiate a steep bank but that's wild fishing. Only 4 barbel between us but to fair we didn't fish early or late - blame the World Cup for that!

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fished 3.30pm - 9.30pm, first time on this beat and as usual a lovely bit of water. The walk to the river wasn't as arduous as we expected from previous feedback, although descending the hill in chest waders in 25 degrees wasn't sensible with hindsight.
We walked the whole beat and settled on a swim at the downstream end; surprisingly given the bright conditions we started catching almost immediately and finished with 4 Barbel each and several Chub before the fishing died down a bit around 8pm.

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

The river was cristal clear. All fish returned. All with dry fly. Different flies like Adams, elk hair, royal. Very nice day indeed.

6 Trout

A very bright sunny day and as expected no sign of barbel feeding, with 6 chub caught in the morning. Later in the evening, 2 barbel to 7lb plus concluded the day nicely.

2 Barbel, 6 Chub