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River level dropping but slowly, very coloured to coloured even for spinning packed up after 45 minutes waste of time nothing showing.

Arrived to find that the river had risen overnight and coloured badly, no fish caught but several seen throughout the day. still all had a pleasant day spinning.

Not expecting to catch, the salmon (8lb fresh run springer) came in the stones, head of the pool. Cast at a fish which had just jumped. Yellow flying C. Sea trout was even less expected but a perfect condition 4lb sea trout, also flying C, my first sea trout. Mick, the ghillie, was very professional and helpful.

1 Salmon, 1 Sea Trout

River low but very coloured.

algal write-off.worth getting up early before the canoes arrive at c. 10 am though for future reference.

Lovely fly water, but Algal disaster on both days.Enjoyed getting to know the beat and Mick the ghillie was great company and knows where the fish are.If you are fishing Goodrich for the first time you would be foolhardy to do so without Mick.Thank you and until the next time. Damian Dwerryhouse

Did not fish. After speaking with Mick the keeper/ghillie about current conditions (primarily the algal bloom) we decided against driving a collective 600+ miles. Will be back when conditions improve!!

Presumably, according to the powers that be at least, the algal bloom is 'a naturally occurring event'?

I expect my nil return was inevitable due to the excessive algal bloom, but then a nil return can happen in perfect conditions. At least this gave me an excuse for not catching! An enjoyable day nonetheless, on a well managed beat.

Fishing for salmon today, held no hope of catching a fish. The river was the colour of coffee due to excessive algal bloom, and there were incessant interruptions to fishing due to the passing of canoeists.
Surely, the numbers of canoes should be limited by the licensing of the canoe hire companies The licence fees to go towards the improvement and protection of the river's habitat. I think that I am right in my understanding that the canoe rental companies contribute nothing to the upkeep of the river habitat, yet they must be making significant profit from it.
The quality of the river water in Summer has to be reduced by the current levels of extraction of river water for agriculture which were set in the time before climate change.
I will be back again, in hope and preferably after a good week of heavy rain has flushed through the river .