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Lovely stretch of river. Fishing very slow. We had one small chub on pellet between the two of us. Highlight of the day was some chap from an adjacent caravan site walking his springer spaniel that left a nice big deposit at the top of my swim! We packed up at one and went to visit Monmouth.

Arrived about lunchtime in glorious sunshine, river looking well but with not a lot of colour. Was disapointed to find this stretch has been cut in half and made into 2 different beats. Luckily my favourite swim is in the section I was allowed to fish. Was not having much joy and a pike persistantly attacked my feeder as I retreived it but a quick change of tactics saw the 11.6lb tail walking predator on the bank. Once she was returned safely to the river I went back after the barbel and was rewarded with 4 bars of gold up to 9lb, lovely condition fish although one was slighty deformed (kink in body) but still healthy and hard fighting.
Lovely day in all with the mrs who sunbathed all day. You've just got to love this river.

Sunny morning. Water clear. We fished L/H bank - myself second flight of steps along, on promising looking swim. Fellow angler M fished last peg close to water. Caught 1 chub, lost barbel to broken hook length. M caught 1 club, lost barbel also to broken hook length and a further chub in snag.
Disappointing fish catch but pleasant day by the river.

Just chub, no barbel.

Sorry to say, no fish caught this time, partly due to the fact this was the first time in about 20 years that I have fished a river and partly helping a friend with mobility issues. (Enough excusses) Despite this, we really enjoyed the day. Half a dozen canoes passed by during the morning, and as soon as they spotted us, they kindly moved to the other side of the river until they were well past us. There was quite a lot of colour in the water and it was running quite fast. There were a few weed beds in the place where we fished (near the upper limit). We experimented with various baits and rigs without success. The weather was breezy, but when the sun popped out from behind the clouds, it was quite hot. The river banks were accessable in the spots marked with wooden posts and we didn't notice any litter. Parking was so easy, which my friend really appreciated. A top notch day out.

Arrived mid morning, 1 angler fishing the most accessible swim halfway along far (Right) bank had already landed 4 Barbel. Opted for L/H Bank and fished last swim which was difficult with only minimal hard standing. Started ok with an early chub (that took me atraight into the big snag but evenyually swam out again) but then frustrated throughout day with lots of Chub bites to no avail until 5pm.
As mentioned here elsewhere large snag about 1/3 rd way across just before overhanging tree, eventually found most productive area for bits was almost midway across river (though difficult to cast to). In next 2 hours had 2 Barbel (7.5 biggest) and 2 more Chub with bites more confident in fading light. All caught on pellet feeder. Now I know the stretch would be inclined to go back with a more mobile/roving approach as 3 or 4 good swims on each bank.
Very enjoyable venue - be careful you dont drive past the bridge, it's well concealed !

Nice day (too nice?) with clear water and clear sky. Despite this, we managed 9 barbel and 3 chub from 6 swims dotted about the fishery. Despite gloomy reports from some, this seems a good beat with reasonable access and a fair number of open swims.

A very nice fishery with a lot of swims to choose from. The river level was dropping with colour coming out. We ended up with 5 barbel 4lb to 8lb 3oz & 6 chub.
Thanks to WUF we will be back.

Water level having dropped overnight I fished Legg Meadow. No fish until late afternoon when 3 barbel, 1 chub and 1 eel were taken.

Classic estate lake fishing. Very shallow in the margins, maximum depth we found was under the Oaks but didn't plumb the far side so may be deeper holes. Carp there in numbers, hooked 3 margin fishing, landed one beautiful mirror of 15lbs, lost the other 2 in 10inches of water as they bolted at close range. Numerous Roach, Rudd, Chub, Perch and Eels later in the day when the carp had retreated under the trees. Had hoped to surface fish but a strong wind blew directly up the lake and made presentation impossible.
60 percent of bank not accessible so when carp followed the wind made it impossible to reach them as I was only float fishing.
Another great venue, didn't see another soul all day, will be back to try again.
Thanks to WUF for making these great venues available.