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Well bowled up at ten at the lovely Hindwell Brook , after stocking up on some munchies from Morrisons just outside Leominster , was a dank dull rainy day , and was forecast heavier throughout the day too !!!!!

Tackled up with my usual small streams outfit , two small gold head nymphs , GRHE, and a Black Magic nymph , and set too prospecting the deep little pools on the Hindwell . . . . First little customer , fighting fit , about nine inches , put up a good scrap , and quickly released . . .

There is a few fresh trees down , thanks to Storm Ali , along the lower half of the beat , although thankfully have all fallen in a field direction so no real issues with blocking the stream there . . . . . . .

Second fish ditto in size , lovely colours and again quickly back in the water . By eleven there was a slight tinge to the river , and I guessed perhaps I would only have about an hours good sport before it coloured up .

I had one more before I decided to call things a day , river was starting to rise , and visibility greatly impaired , so worked my way to where the fencing is both sides of the banks , did manage one more fish , perhaps eight inches , Great little scrap , and slipped back in , shame the weather was so lousy , would have been nice to prospect more of this cracking beat , still such is life !!!!!!!

Kingfishers were busy up and down the little stream and seemed over the moon that there larder was getting a bit bigger . . . . . A fun , if not soggy two and a half hours , three little Hindwell crackers caught and released , shall be back April next year to this miniature haven . . . Spot on !!!!!!

3 Trout

Have been waiting with anticipation to fish this beat.
The good news is the river had risen,the bad news is it was quite coloured and kept rising..
Fished the top beats but no pulls or fish seen.
Gave it best and went to the wheelwrights for a late lunch .

Another day where i am unable to fish river because of dirty water run off from storm.

Nil return, river rising well and lots of debris coming down.

Wet... very very wet. Conditions were simply awful. River was rising and moving very fast. The banks are quite steep and were very slippery.
Called it a day after a couple hours and visited the cider farm.
No doubt this is a great beat.. not today!

Conditions difficult, massive amounts of floating streamer weed

3 Barbel

First time I have fished here. Due to the the heavy winds we had to clear a load of fallen branches to gain access to the beat. We had to fish the gravel beach as the weather was terrible and we needed somewhere to pitch a brolly, so we never got the chance to check out the rest of the fishery. Had 3 barbel up to 8.10 . Due to the rubbish weather we left by 1.30

3 Barbel

To say it rained is putting it lightly, drenched from the first minute and stayed that way all day! But on a rising river the fish still wanted to feed, 3 barbel to 10lb 3oz on pellet wrapped in paste and 2 chub to 3lb 8oz whilst rolling meat. Fish came from the wild crib and the boat pool. Difficult conditions and stacks of weed but by no means unfishable.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

The river had risen a foot overnight following yesterday’s storm and heavy rain. A lot of weed and debris coming down. Fished close in to the bank in horrendous wet and windy conditions and caught a couple of lovely barbel and also missed two good bites.

CAUTION : We initially parked inside the gate on the right of the road by the line of trees half way down the stretch. A bad mistake as the car quickly got bogged down in the mud and we were lucky to get the car out again. Best not to park here when the ground is wet!

2 Barbel

Terrible conditions to fish in, heavy rain and strong winds. River was up a foot or so and piles of rubbish coming down. We managed to share a swim and fished close in to the bank. Caught two barbel and missed a couple of good bites somehow.

2 Barbel