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River in lovely condition. Only managed to fish for a few hours in afternoon. No rising fish and sadly drew a blank.

Arrived 11.30am and fished till 7.00pm. Between the two rods caught 3 Barbel between 5 and 8lbs and a couple of Chub around 2 pounds. Most fish taken on halibut pellets, lost a couple of fish at the net. Will be back soon.

Fished lower end by the cottage and groyne. River was normal summer level, had 6 barbel and 6 chub and dropped 2 barbel to hook pulls. All barbel on pellet, 2 chub on rolling meat. Went very quiet in the afternoon when the sun was up and started feeding later on. Lovely peaceful fishing in a beautiful setting.

Lure fishing for salmon. 4 x brown trout caught, nice condition, size between half and one pound, all returned. Conditions good, water level low due to no rain fall that week.

Had to give this one another go but finding the tricky downstream (v. cold) wind not ideal and the bank side vegetation having got a good hold, due to lack of angling traffic me thinks, the fishing was difficult. But with grit, determination and a lot of patience I did manage to take 3 WBT of 10”+ on mayfly/DLL pattern within the first 50 yds from start point (no “Go” sign seen though). Soon after however, a very close encounter with the local Otter family of three that had worked its way all the way down the beat, judging from the footprints, spelt disaster to the session. Only one more fish could I coax out from under the bank before reaching the bridge and my attempt to access the water upstream so overgrown proved near impossible.
Note to WUF: In my humble opinion, if this beat was fished more often or subjected to more regular keepering it could rank as one of the Foundations premier locations. If I lived nearer I would gladly volunteer for this task!

6 WBT to 9inches. Lovely evening fishing. Another rod leaving as I arrived.

River running clear on a nice sunny day. Unfortunately the fishing was a little slow and I finished the day with 2 small Barbel. Tried a number of swims around the orchard end but only one spot produced the fish. Will be back again soon.

14 Brown Trout, up to two pounds. 8-10 Gooseanders and two Cormorants working the water. Most fish caught on tiny dry flies! Very good day!!!

Neither of us had fished this beat for a while and it was definitely worth re-visiting. The day was cloudy with a couple of light showers in a stiffish breeze. The river was still carrying plenty of water but had cleared nicely after a week of dry weather. We both spent most of the first half of the day on the lower section of the beat taking seven fish between us. Later in the day one of us went further upstream towards Hergest Court itself and found some very good runs and riffles with some lovely fish in them. We each took another four fish in this session giving us a total of 15 for the day, best around 12". Light tackle is very helpful on this beat. We both began the day with small carbon rods but at lunchtime switched to a 6' cane rod and 5' glass-fibre and found this made a real difference.

The weather was surprisingly more cooler that recent days and there was a strong downstream breeze. I discovered the fish were tending to hold station in the faster water above or below pools. Caught 4 feisty WBT around 6 or 7" and lost 2 (inevitably!) larger fish. All on a copper John dropper above a heavier nymph. Access is a little challenging but I've been on worse and I enjoy the opportunity to access wilder fishing like this. Thanks WUF.