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Water levels quite low and very clear, making it difficult not to be seen. Shame about the litter in the water from the caravan park.

Not as nice as forecast but did brighten up early evening. Still nothing biting.

Another pleasant day with much less floating weed and all canoeists very polite and anxious to avoid disturbing us.

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

The day was very good, the river was in very good conditions, we were fishing with all kind of nymphs, the best ones the natual ones pheasant nymphs very heavy in weight to reach the bottom of the river easily. It was a great day.

25 Trout, 6 Grayling

Back on the lovely Wyebank beat again and not the best day I've had there but certainly not the worst. All of the fish came to one rod and interestingly all of the fish were under 2-3lb which is a first for Wyebank considering there are some really monsters in there and the average barbel size is around the 6-7lb mark. We should have probably moved around more but as I was there with my mate it was more of a social vibe so we were happy just catching the odd fish and taking in the scenery. Will return soon!

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

A good day, 8 chub and two Barbel.

8lb freshish hen fish caught on No 3 beat at 0700 this morning on a size 12 Irish Gold shrimp fly. Fly fell out in the net.

1 Salmon

Ed Brown fishing the rocks at Bigsweir, 18lb on a purple shrimp pattern.

1 Salmon

I'm so sorry that you had to send a reminder, for I filled in a form that I thought was the correct one on Thursday evening. Blackpool Brook was a little difficult to find. A grid reference would have helped. It was a sunny morning when I fished, occasionally overcast. The trees provided shelter from any breeze there was, and there were plenty of flies of different kinds to be seen. The brook was very low, and there were signs that within the past two months it had been two or three inches higher, which would have made it twice as deep in some places. On the banks there were areas which obviously were marshy at some times in the year, but were dry and I could walk on top of them. There were also pools with enough water to hold small fish, but I saw no rises and caught no fish. I was using a size 18 grey duster. I suppose that there might be fish in the stream in Spring if we've had a wet winter, but I saw none - not a stickleback or minnow; nor even a tadpole! It was, of course, too late for tadpoles anyway, but I am surprised that this stream is included in the WUF handbook.

Slight drop in the level during the day with a lot less floating weed than the previous day. We caught fish throughout the day even during the afternoon when the sun was on the water. Best barbel was 8.04 and the largest chub was 4-4 although most of the chub were in the 1.5-2.5lb range. As usual all the fish were caught on pellet.

23 Barbel, 24 Chub