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Rubbish map, could not find access to the river.

I note the comments from R.H. From Ledbury re illegal fishing on this stretch. I phoned about this last year where one family fishing worm stationary on same beat most evening, cans of beer lobbed in made it ever more picturesque.

2 Trout

Water high and dirty. Cold, with strong showers. No salmon seen or taken.

Fished Tuesday saw no fish apart from the one caught at end of day- a 1.5lb Brown in excellent condition. Because of the lack of fish sightings we did not fish on Wednesday as booked. Heard from two different people that this stretch of the river is netted by you every year - and no fish returned after drought in the summer. No wonder there were no fish to be seen - not even fry. It is a beautiful stretch of the river but if you are going to net it every year you should make it clear when advertising this stretch that the likelihood of catching or even seeing a fish is minimal.
WUF Note: This section of the Teme occasionally dries up in hot summers due to the local geology (flows remain upstream and downstream). When it does, Natural Resources Wales and/or the Environment Agency carry out fish rescues. The upstream migration of trout to spawn grounds every winter should ensure that a new stock of fish is present for the start of the season. If such a rescue takes place we close the beat for the remainder of the season.

1 Trout

Cold and windy. Very few fish rising. Otter seen in the river. 7 trout caught on wet flies. 2 with dry flies. 2 fish of about 1lb the rest small. All fish returned.

9 Trout

Spun Loxter's bt 5. Fly fished beats 2, 3 and 6. Windy and wet. River quite high and coloured. 1 sea trout 1.5 lbs on a 2" orange + black (returned). No salmon seen.

1 Other

Beaten by the elements today, very heavy rain all night and all morning meant I didn't start fishing till 11:30am. I hooked and lost a fish soon after starting then took a 12 inch brownie from Tail of Rock Pool. The rain stopped and the sun came out and things were idyllic for a few minutes until a very strong downstream wind got up, why is it always downstream?? Casting upstream was virtually impossible so I decided to find somewhere calmer. I had a few casts right at the head of the beat on my way back to the car and had a cracking take on a dry fly but missed it!
Had a look at the downstream beats and even a small hatch of Yellow May Duns (or Yellow Mayfly?) didn't bring the trout up, took a look off the bridge at about 3pm and was surprised to see how coloured the water had become after the rain and decided to call it a day.

1 Trout

11.5 lbs taken by Robin Stewart on a cone head fly.

1 Salmon

New Harp 7 lbs fresh run fish spinning with a small mepp at
at 1-15 pm other fish seen, river in good condition.

1 Salmon

Holds some good size trout which often take a salmon fly.

3 Trout