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Fishing for Salmon but none caught or seen, one chub half pound two smaller, local accommodation very good at the Saracens Head. The only disappointment was there were several salmon pools marked on the beat map but only a few accessible due to overgrowth.

3 Chub

No salmon caught. Red fish seen jumping am. Conditions were good; clearing water and river falling. Couple of fish seen splashing up (running?) the pools by the foot bridge. No chases or takes on fly or spinner.
One unidentifiable fish caught on spinner. Like a Chubb but with translucent face and tuna type tail. Course fishermen shown but they could not identify it either. If you want to see photos of that fish please send an email address you want them sent to. All fish released.
Sorry about delay getting back to you but I was locked out of my email.
Regards, David Foster

1 Trout, 1 Other

Nice height (1' on Fownhope gauge) but water still too coloured after recent small rise. Plenty of walkers and canoeists about.

15lb Salmon

1 Salmon

Hen fish, freshish, c 16 lbs, from Sliding Grounds, casacade, released.

1 Salmon

Nil return but lost a fish in the Slaughter Crib. Thoroughly enjoyed the day and the beat. Many thanks to Simon.

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What a brilliant low water beat. From Slaughter crib to Biblins run is a sequence of dreamy fly water with lies a plenty. When you finish one pool, another appears before you. Both fish took a size 8 Bann shrimp, the first a hen of around 8lb from the tail of the channel in Botchers rock, the second was my smallest Wye salmon. A little cock grilse of around 3lb that was lying were the Biblins run splays out across the channel. There were trout on the lip of every pool keen to eat the salmon fly and a couple were well over the pound.

Went down and gave the steady water in the middle a cast after. Plenty showing in this section but no takes. The 2 coarse fisherman were both fishing the sliding ground and both very polite and nice.

Did not see a single canoe. All walkers were nice and both salmon had an audience.

2 Salmon, 5 Trout

At 1:15 First ever salmon 26" returned safely. Caught with a Black and Orange tube fly 1". Just below the culvert.

1 Salmon

Very nice location but water levels low. Great service from the booking office- thanks Seth.

2 Barbel