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Surprised to be rained off here - I can only assume the reservoir must have dumped a load of over night rainwater into the stream as I was fishing near the very top of the beat.

Tagged this beat onto a session at Litton a mile or so away. Drove down to the bridge through the field as per beat map instructions if dry. Have a 4x4, wouldn't fancy it in a car (there is alternative parking).
Only fished for half an hour moving upstream from the bridge. It was very overgrown and so I gave up after landing one very hard fighting 11" wbt.
Maybe the lower section of the beat is more open, or perhaps a stream for earlier in the season. I'll try again next year.

1 Trout

Fished Legg Meadow caught 6 small Barbel upto 1lb & 1 around 5lb along with 6 Chub upto 3lb. River still low not much colour.

7 Barbel, 3 Chub

6 and 1 for me 5 and 1 for my fishing partner all caught on pellet and paste....
A cracking days fishing M

11 Barbel, 2 Chub

Heavy rain during night of 9th September. Water was unfishable

Second visit to this stretch, river was relatively clear but not too low so we were cautiously optimistic. A small Barbel second cast on pellet helped but that was all the action we had until after midday and a change to meat produced a few small Chub with a better fish about 3lb. From 3pm until 45 minutes from the end again no action before the best fish of the day an 8lb 14oz Barbel which went some way to help what had been a somewhat disappointing days fishing up to then!

That said this stretch is set in some really beautiful countryside so it is a pleasure to be there, however purely from a fishing point of view we will be giving a different stretch a go next year.

2 Barbel, 7 Chub

River slightly up 6-8 inches. All fish caught on dry fly, none taken.

10 Trout

No fish taken rising river.

Largest chub was just over 3lb and the largest barbel was 7lb 9oz. Very positive bites and in quick succession towards nightfall with little activity over lunch

6 Barbel, 6 Chub

9 x trout 6-10 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. The river was still very low and clear this morning as little rain has fallen in this catchment lately. However, it's coming now and cattle are already lying down in the fields under lowering clouds. Has anybody else noticed the apparently abandoned and overgrown orchard by the footpath on the way back to the car parking place? If I am not mistaken it mostly contains Blakeney Red pears, which used to be made into perry. However, the trees are tall and the fruit far beyond reach. My father, who reckoned he knew something about pruning, used to say: "Let a pear tree tower."

9 Trout