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Spent all day on the river, lovely weather but no breeze. The long pools that constitute large stretches of this excellent beat were like glass. One trout, 12', on a para Adams.

1 Trout

With the Wye very low and clear we were driven to fish the oxygenated water of Church stream. This was largely to no avail as only one chub graced our efforts. As usual some canoeists were a complete pain. Most - including parties of children - were fine; the more capable ones negotiated Church stream easily, the less experienced dragged their canoes safely across the exposed gravel. However, we still had to contend with 3 50 something men who delighted in ramming their canoe into the infamous sunken branch and then whooping with delight at the fact that they hadn't sunk it. And then there were the stone throwing yobs....

1 Chub

Last visit to this lovely river for this year. Skipped the first half mile as I wanted to get past the bulk of the fences and make it all of the way up to the top of the beat. Saw a few fish rise, although I couldn't tell what they were rising to, although there were a couple of Autumn Duns flying about, but very little else hatching. Landed three and missed half a dozen others, all on size 16 DHE and a small sedge.

3 Trout

Conditions good. Trout 1/2 to 1 pound. Grayling 3/4 and one of 1 and 1/4 pounds

4 Trout, 3 Grayling

Both Grayling were approximately 8 inches in length and were taken on brown hackle dry fly. The Rainbow was a tiddly 4 inches. All fish were returned unharmed.
The river level was low.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Lovely stretch of water but very low compared to what I imagine it gets to. One brown trout but the fishing was very difficult. The weather very warm with not much flow from the area you park the car to the bottom pool. However, there were numerous large fish seen in shoals around 10am but I was unable to get down to the water without spooking them. Definitely will return on another day. A canoe was seen - I didn't think they were allowed when the water was low?
WUF Note: At current water heights the canoeist was in breach of the access arrangements. If you come across this please inform the canoeist of the situation (without endangering yourself) and report it to the Foundation, including details of the organisation if it is an identifiable group.

1 Trout

Fished 10.00am to 7.00pm. River low and clear. Tried end swim by willow on road side for 3 hours without a sniff to either bread, corn, meat or pellet. Then tried the far side and despite seeing chub and small barbel couldn't persuade them into accepting a bait.
Returned to first cut-out swim, half way along, on road side at about 3.00pm and had the first chub of about 1lb on meat by 3.30pm. Things picked up from there with constant loose feeding of meat (madras or paprika), pellet and sweetcorn. By the time I left, they were queuing up, finished with 10 chub, 8 over 3lb, largest 3-12, and a bonus barbel of 5-10.
All fell to (barely) rolled meat on a 2 swan link ledger in mid river. Didn't lose any tackle, or fish, in snags.
Not many swims on the beat, could do with another 1-2 foot of water, but when you find the fish....

1 Barbel, 10 Chub

2 trout on worm and a few crayfish.

2 Trout

Access to water is good in places with a number of different types of swim to try. Although water was fairly low, after a few hours fishing and moving swims a number of times we managed to locate where some fish were in the pacier water. The hill as described by some isn't as big as feared and opens out in to the lower end of the beat which looks a nice stretch to investigate properly another time. A beat with potential and no real issues from anglers on the other side, though it would be nice to have this information available on the website so people know what to expect prior to booking.

4 Barbel

No fish active at all really must have been 3 showing all day. Was told by the wardens that the reservoir has not been stocked in the previous 2 weeks due to delivery problems. So bad fishing, yet there was around 30-40 anglers. Never seen a place so alive other than a competition. All caught on spinners, hard fighting fish. Smallest was 1lb, biggest being 41/2lb. Great looking over wintered fish full fins. Will visit again. Great to see almost no litter, really pleasant day. Day overcast with strong sun rays, we were the only people spinning and I think we had the most, even though we didn't get our 12 fish limit will still be going again. Lost about half a dozen but that's fishing. Bailiffs were great told us key areas and methods to use. Tight lines.

9 Trout