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River rather too coloured for good fishing, following persistent overnight and morning rain. Nonetheless a sporadic LDO hatch and three trout (all returned): a 13" and two smaller fish. Quite a lot of fallen trees etc making progress up the river difficult; and a real shame about all the old car bits, gas cannisters, tyres and other rubbish - all rather reminiscent of a by-gone attitude to rivers.

3 Trout

Drizzle and cool, not promising but the river did yield 4 WBT (6 - 9inches - all safely returned) to deep gold head nymph. An interesting new beat and a lot of river for your money. I did see one swallow. Looking forward to returning when the fish are rising.

4 Trout

Eleven trout, 10-16 inches, at least the same again on/off long range releases. Down stream wet fly. River coloured in the morning but clean by 1pm. Very little fly life or rising fish. Last fished this water about 30 years ago - the river has changed very little! Discovered the odd boulder mentioned in the beat description but failed to make a detour - had a 'dunk in the drink'- luckily just as I was about to finish for the day. A good Spring day's fishing.

11 Trout

First time Fly fishing and hooked something late afternoon but failed to recover. This is a perfect location for me and looking forward to my next return. Thanks to the advice to another fisherman, unfortunately I didn't get his name.

Nil return. Pleasant location to fish and good wading. Tried klinks and nymphs but no fish seen.

A great beat just a bit to much water running (not helped by the showers). Fished a day and a half. Two salmon moved at Vanstone, 1 x 3/4lb brownie on a BT Rapala from the middle of Maddox and a 6lb pike from The V on a Red Flying C.

1 Trout, 1 Pike

Fished the beat for two days. River rising but not too coloured after heavy rain and some thunder on the monday night. No salmon caught but one seen jumping in Vanstone. Mainly spinning with a little time spent fly fishing. One pike of around 6lb and a brownie around 1.5lb caught. Really liked the beat,especially the tail end of Windmill and Maddox. Stayed at the Hostelrie not far from the beat and it was fantastic. Comfy beds, good local ales and splendid food. Will be back again when the wives allow it!

1 Trout, 1 Pike

Fished nymph, no luck.

A beautiful beat and what should have been an ideal day. The weather conditions were good and there is plenty of water which you can access. A few flies were coming off but there was no sign of a rise. A blank day for me.

12 x trout 6-8 inches, plus many more smaller parr, on a small Rusty Klinkhammer. A small amount of rain during the night was enough to put a certain amount of colour into the water, although this cleared as the morning went on. A few rises seen, but plenty of trout, mostly smaller fish in the runs at the heads of pools, were generally prepared to be enticed up, so I didn't use the nymph. A very pleasant way to kill a few hours. It's worth noting that this stream, which is barely above sea level, is reliably an early starter although, as it's a Severn tributary, it doesn't actually open until 18th March.

12 Trout