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Bright day with gusty downstream wind. Water v low. Only second visit here so for newbies would add following to beat description. The lane to the beat is adjacent to the church, not opposite it. Access is definitely not suitable for anyone with any mobility issues (knees/hips etc) as from parking to river is v steep and narrow path and once there some of the swims are fished from slightly precarious stances. You will lose some gear and you need to embrace your inner canoeist. Really good day with fish spread out a bit. Also a v big eel, prob 3lbs. Picturesque, kingfishers and other wildlife. Will be back for sure.

2 Barbel, 8 Chub, 1 Other

Fished the West Bank but found it difficult to find space to fish due to tree cover. Did lots of walking, little fishing. Beautiful place, any chance of a little more guidance regarding access points on the website?

1 Trout

Using artificial worm on ledger caught and took 3 rainbows, did not have a nible for four hours after this, very quiet.

3 Trout

Fished from around 5:15 onwards on the peg closest to the car park. River still very low and slow. Fishing was very slow, lots of small line bites but finally managed a good sized eel and small ~ 2lb chub towards the end of the session. All using pellets and groundbait in a feeder and meat on the hair.

1 Chub, 1 Other

Lovely beat with easy access, well maintained Fishery by Shaun. Learned a lot from Shaun's fishing tactics, really appreciated for his time yesterday.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

2 Trout

River painfully low. So much so that 95% of the bottom is visible here. I was greeted by two otters fighting/arguing half way down the stretch at dawn.
Not the start to fill me with confidence as I'd not been here before but unphased, and taking into account the river level, I decided to spend the day trotting with meat and cheese. Took chub all day (albeit sporadically) from many swims but best results were from the middle of the stretch (left bank steps/right bank reeds swim which cover the same water and about the only part where the bottom was not visible). Also had a couple from the middle of the fast run at the lower end. Great stretch to do some wading which I thoroughly enjoyed (I don't do it very often).
Met office forecast of overcast conditions was incorrect (what a shock!) and I was "treated" to a mostly sunny day which did not help sport at all in the shallow water (max depth I found was 3 1/2 foot) and made fishing in the day very hard work although I did continue to catch (but we are talking 1 fish per hour).
As usual, evening kick-started the fish into feeding and I continued to catch chub regularly until I could no longer see the float in the gloom. Biggest 5lb, smallest 1/2lb.
No sign of Mr Whiskers but not really surprised given the conditions and desperately low water. Having fished The Creel (immediately downstream) I would imagine they have dropped down there into the deeper water for some cover.
A word of warning. This is a double bank stretch which is fantastic but means you have to cross the Foy footbridge to access the right bank. If you don't like heights I suggest you stick to the left bank. I've never crossed this bridge before but it reminded me of a rope bridge over a gorge you might see in something like an Indiana Jones film (although it is wood/steel). There are 1" gaps between the treads and the whole bridge rocks and sways with each step you take. Rather unnerving at first!
I will definitely be back to this lovely short stretch but will wait until there's a foot more water on as I bet it would be cracking.

30 Chub

No luck today. River was low despite the drop of rain we had a few days ago.

2 dace also caught

4 Barbel, 6 Chub, 2 Other