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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.

What a fantastic place. Red kites were seen soaring above the water. We both had a really enjoyable day with 60 trout between us. They fed through out the day so sport was constant.The flies that worked for us were sedgehogs, mallard and claret,black and green hopper and a claret bob bits. Will certainly visit this venue again.

First time on WUF water, nice to have both banks and being above Ross, much less boat traffic. Level about normal (I assume). Bright and sunny so opted for deeper swims. Pellet for the barbel (9 in total 3-6 lbs) and meat for the chub (12 in total 2-3 lbs. All fin perfect and olympic fit, taken on the 'pin for maximum fun.

I arrived late morning after a long drive down and settled into a swim at the bottom end of the meadow just before the woods. It was a quiet afternoon only managing 1 barbel and 1 nice chub in the mid afternoon sun but the better action started from 5.30pm until 9pm when I managed another 6 barbel to 9lbs 10oz and another bonus chub.
I finished with 7 barbel to 9lbs 10oz and 2 chub both over 4lbs all to pellets except one chub which fell to meat as did a very large eel. Thank you to Don as always for his advice and putting me on the fish.
If you haven’t made a visit this is a great stretch of the Wye and I would highly recommend a visit not only for the most excellent fishing but just the beauty of the area. A small piece of heaven on earth my only warning is it won’t only be the barbel who get hooked.