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8 Trout

No fish caught but lots of fish showing in the afternoon.

Arrived relatively late, around 2.30pm. PH set up in the first swim on the opposite side from the road, JC headed to the last swim on the road side. PH struggled to find any fish during the short session - JC on the other hand had a couple of chub relatively quickly, then things went quiet.... Then at around 5pm, the bottom pool seemed to come alive as JC took a chub almost every cast, finishing with 8 in total. Biggest was a touch over 5lb.
This proved to be the last fish JC would see for the next two days, as both anglers would join friends to fish Lower Canon Bridge (Monday) and Middle Hill Court (Tuesday). PH managed to reverse the trend and do much better.
Stayed at the Greenman in Fownhope. A bit pricey but very pleasant indeed. Thanks to all at WUF, booking, directions, service - all spot on!

8 Chub

Caught 2 barbel, one was 9lb 7oz caught around 10:30am and the other 7lb 8oz caught at dusk. I also lost 2 at the end of the day. I'll be using more abrasive resistant 15lb mainline the next time I visit! Fish caught using pellet and boilies.

2 Barbel

Tried this beat for the first time - good parking and easy walk to the river. Weather and river conditions looked good but fishing hard and no action until close to dark when I had two barbel and my friend had a chub. That's fishing for you, but we both enjoyed this beat and would try it again.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 x 9lb barbel to luncheon meat. 1 x minnow to maggot - stopped using maggot!

1 Barbel, 1 Other

River was low and in places quite sluggish for the fly. However, there were some nice pools to fish. It would have been useful to have more detailed notes of pools to fish and where these pools are. A nice day out on a new bit of water. Plenty of coloured fish showing and moving through the beat.

Sadly no salmon caught, just a couple of trout returned safe, one a decent size. Eyes bigger than their bellies. Saw a large salmon jump in the Edw pool, the largest I have ever seen jump. Better luck next season.
Two canoeists spoilt the tail of the pool I was fishing, by allowing thier dogs to swim in the river. Must have been locals as they had 3 Labradors.

2 Trout

Only one chub at 2lbs. Unusually for a Sunday there were no canoes at all and only one angler on the opposite bank.

1 Chub

Fishing slow to start but picked up later, river low and clear, weather sunny. As for comments previously regarding the opposite bank, we saw very few anglers, so this did not cause us any problems (surprising as it was a Sunday!).

4 Barbel, 6 Chub