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Only started fishing late (about 7 pm) caught one 12 inch fish on a dry fly.

1 Trout

Lovely beat although you are only able to fish two of the three fields on the beat. For the fee paid I would have liked the option to fish in the first field.

10 Barbel, 9 Chub

My favourite beat on the WUF. Although we as had a very productive day on the bank as with other beats we visited on our trip, access to parts of the beat were unmaintained, thus unfishable. For the fee that anglers pay the upkeep of the beat should be paramount to make anglers want to return again.

18 Barbel, 20 Chub

Water low.....even with rain over night did not rise more than 4 or 5 inches.Still have caught here before at low water. N.B. When fishing the water between Upper and Lower Cannon had a chair stolen that had been tucked away out of site of the water, while I went for lunch between my morning and evening sessions. In talking to Mr Richards the farmer he tells me he has had 2 quad bikes stolen and a strimmer.
I mention this as its such a quiet, tucked out of the way place you think that your stuff will be safe, apparently not.

1 Chub

Blank for salmon. A nice warm dull day, rise in level from 10 inches to 1ft 5 inches after rain last night; one might therefore have hoped for some action. But nothing seen or touched. I hope the other rod did better later on. On the plus side, I fished some lovely fly water. This beat, which is about as rocky and wild as the upper Wye gets, may not be easy to wade but everything possible has been done to facilitate access. The new boards are a delight.

Arrived late in the afternoon hoping for an evening's fishing. Sadly, the river was rather full and brown. I assume from the previous day's rain. Nil catch

River far too low despite previous day's rain. Fished until dinner time then gave up. No fish caught.

Beat not fished. Poor weather forced change of plans. Hope to visit and fish another time.

I met a fellow fly fisherman, Tom, at the parking spot who gave me some great advice on leader setup and preparing a dry fly rod and a nymph rod to save time, gave me three of his self tied nymphs and even his spare pot of frogs fanny. What a gentleman. River in great condition freshened up after the rain. Very happy with my catch even though I lost another three, one of which felt big. The Grayling was the only rise I spotted and came to an emerger dry immediately after catching a WBT under the same spot on a nymph.
The friendly site manager asked if future fisherman could park in the new parking spot, sign posted next to the site office.
WUF Note : The fishery owner has confirmed the new parking arrangements and the beat details issued to anglers have been updated.

8 Trout, 1 Grayling

After a few hours on Legg Meadow for just an eel and a chub I moved into the woods and was hopeful when the first cast produced a barbel but it was a bit slow and bites were few and far between with just 3 more barbel and a chub over the following 6 hours.
Disappointingly there was quite a bit of rubbish in the swims along Legg Meadow including beer cans, newspaper and fishing related packaging. Is it too much to expect anglers to respect the environment and tidy up after themselves?

4 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other