Feedback & Reports

Returned to this beat for the fifth year and found that it remains consistent. Started at 7:30am and only fished through until just after lunch. Started well with barbel on the first two casts and five in the first 90 mins, then the chub appeared and it was difficult getting through them. Still a very enjoyable day and I'm sure that I would have double my haul if I could have stayed to fish on into the evening.

10 Barbel, 25 Chub

2 caught on 1 rod. Caught on spinner

2 Trout

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 Barbel, 1 Other

Lots of Salmon showing in the early morning but takes apart from 1 pike . We must have seen at least 15/20 fish in the lower pools. Thanks to Adam for his help and also to the staff at Ye Hostelrie Goodrich especially Andy. I would recommend staying here anytime you are in the area.

1 Pike

one chub to a hitch fly, got the pulse going for a minute !

River very low and clear but had four 5 - 6 Ib barbel from the top end where there was the fastest water and least weed. Plenty of salmon leaping and mostly courteous canoeists but they didn't bother the fish as I caught throughout the day (between 10 am and 5pm). All fish fell to 14mm sausage pellets with PVAs of loose feed pellets and 3oz leads. Still my favourite WUF beat, glad it's even more left alone these days!

4 Barbel

Did not fish. Edw very low on water.

I love this beat, hard work but worth it.
All trout caught give nothing up. Fished tenkara today which works well here, catapulting nymphs under trees, great fun. Biggest was about 10 inches. One about 8 inches lept out of the stream in to a bedrock puddle not much bigger than it self.

9 Trout