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Great days fishing, good weather,lost a carp, barbel to 7 lb, chub to 4 lb, 1 eel, lovely beat

10 Barbel, 19 Chub, 1 Other

12lb fresh hen. Caught on fly - Cascade

1 Salmon

I’d booked this section as a change from the Wye and to explore smaller river habitat. The river was still running full and coloured after heavy rain so couldn’t judge depth or features. I walked the full length through nice managed woodland and meadow. River bank vegetation was high but the metal landing net handle came in handy! I had one chub just over 4lb. Would like to return when levels have dropped and be able to stalk fish. Youngsters were using the opposite bank a lot mid-section and others had dogs. This is the nature reserve side accessible by footpaths.

1 Chub

2 Trout

Had a couple of takes on a sherry spinner pattern in the broken water a couple of hundred metres below the bridge at the upper beat limit. No fish brought to the net.
Nothing by way of an evening rise with only the odd fish moving.
The easiest access to the water on this beat is right at the upper limit. My wading staff was used mostly to get up and down the steep banks.

Dead baits + lures. First time fishing the river but appeared too fast for some of the methods that produce on other slower rivers. Saw 3 large 70cm + salmon jump while fishing.

Just fished for a couple of hours late evening. Fish started rising at about 10pm but they seemed to be mainly wee ones. Lovely to be out on a warm summer evening though!

2 Trout

Salmon showing on every beat

shad

1 Other

25 Trout, 4 Grayling