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I took my adult son for two days, we had a lot of rain so shared swims under a fishing shelter, which made things tricky for sure.We ended up with 20 barbel to 8lbs plus and 4 chub, the average size is going down for the barbel from when I first fished this beat by quite a bit .

20 Barbel, 4 Chub

In flood. Did not bother fishing the afternoon

5 Trout

Fished in meadow , barbel to 8/9lb , chub to 4/5lb plus 1 large eel all caught on pellet and feeder tactics.

11 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Beautiful stretch, river steady about 18" above low summer level. Walking involved to most swims

2 Barbel, 8 Chub

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

DID NOT START FISHING TILL ABOUT 11.30am, BOTH FISHED IN MEADOW, RIVER WAS UP ABOUT 2 FEET STILL BUT HAD NICE STEADY FLOW I CAUGHT STEADY ALL DAY WITH CATCHING 11 BARBEL(BEST 9-12-0) AND 1 CHUB (5-6-0) AND STEVE CATCHING 5 (BEST 9-8-0) AND A GOOD DACE, ALL FISH CAUGHT ON PELLET/FEEDER,SUPERB DAY HAD BY BOTH OF US,THE ONLY SOUR POINT WAS THEIR WAS 7 PEOPLE ON THE BEAT, HAS 2 OF THEM COULD NOT FISH WYEBANK( THEY SAID RIVER WAS TOO HIGH).

16 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Hen fish of 8 lbs and 10 lbs caught this morning on a 1.5" plastic tube fly fished deep. Both swimming off strongly on release. A good number of other fish seen.

2 Salmon

No rising fish,but plenty of surface fly life,so started with a dry fly without any success. Went for a nymph and had a busy afternoon. Conditions were perfect, slight wind giving a ripple on the water and no rain.
Had four trout netted,biggest one about 8 inch, lost about another five. This beat will not be for everyone but if you like small rivers this is a great find . Fished it with a 6 foot 3 weight rod.

4 Trout

Great to be back at Courtfield with a bit of water on, so was hoping for action from Legg Meadow. Slow morning session with Ray taking a barbel first chuck and then nothing until pushing midday when I had a little scrapper that would have struggled to make 2lb. Great to see a few small fish though as it omens well for the future. Rested swims through afternoon and went back at 4pm. I had 3 more barbel in next 3 hours including a 9.13 and Ned managed a chub. Level was still holding up when we left and we were down to return tomorrow for some more.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub