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Lovely fly water fished from the right hand bank. Caught one well mended kelt.

No fish caught - despite the bonanza the day before - another case of should have been here yesterday. Had a couple of possible offers in the Stones/Island on the upper portion. A few fish seen moving elsewhere. Some lovely fly water here, I'll certainly be back.

First time to Goodrich Court and what a day! Conditions were overcast with a cool wind. No sign of movement for the whole day, however we managed to take 2x12lb and 2x8lb fish all fresh runners and in great condition from the "The V" and "The Corner Tree". 1 to the fly and 3 to the spinner. An excellent day and as always great guidance from the WUF team. Thanks.

Fished most of the beat with fly and spinner for 2 days but no sign of spring salmon--none seen jumping or moving.2 pike 12-15 pounds each caught from under my feet at the bottom of the Maddox.They must lie right under the rock walkway.Another lost.1 well-mended kelt. Nice to be out on the river again. Access much improved--thanks Simon!

2 Pike, 1 Other

A good day out on the river. Two kelts caught, both well mended, plus a very sharp pull. The kelts came one each from the Electric Wires and Maddox while the pull was in the Vanstone pool.
I fished a 1.5 inch brass tube black and yellow on an intermediate line and a fast sink 5ft poly leader.
Very good car access to the river and the bottom half of the beat is easily fished. The top few pools are a little hard to access with overgrown banks and at the water height today (approx 11'') a tad awkward to get into the water. But, an excellent day out, some superb fly water and lots of very active water foul preparing for nesting. Perhaps spring really is on the way?

2 Other

Missed the best of the weekend's weather and the fish seemed to agree. Interesting and very varied beat, although I confined my attentions to the lower section from The Windmill down to Corner Tree. No action to speak of and with a cold strengthening wind and driving rain, it was more like Patagonia than Herefordshire! Will return...

Eventful opening day foray on the new Goodrich court beat. 3 well mended kelts brought to hand (Corner Tree, Gabions, Dog Hole) and a heavy fish lost in the Dog Hole after a couple of mins play...never saw it, but it was very powerful and would have been the mother of all kelts! Every chance it was a bottle of Pol Roger that slipped the hook. Doh! Missed a couple of other pulls. A fast sink tip and 1" willie gunn tube did the damage.