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Water well up and coloured but fishable under your feet.
Had about 7 or 8 Barbel all on pellet with swimfeeder tactics. Brilliant day but could do with more swim choice. There are only about 4/5 swims in the meadow.

River 3.5ft up and holding. Fished the bottom end of the beat. 8 barbel caught from 4lb 8oz to 8lb and 6 chub to 4lb. Most fish caught on feeder fished halibut pellet.
Access to the bottom section of the beat is very good, though a car with sturdy suspension is recommended for the drive down! The top end of the beat has some lovely looking swims, but it's either a half mile hike along the river, or a very steep walk down the hill. With brollies and waterproofs it could be a bit much!

29 barbel upto 9lb 12oz and 15 chub upto 5lb, mainly caught on pellet with a few also on meat. Some swims very snaggy but these produced the most fish and took the most terminal tackle. A few fish had other hooks in their mouths with one fish having 2 hooks from battles it had previously won. Travel light as it is a fair walk from the parking areas.

Nil return.

14 Barbel on pellet and paste. River up and pushing through. Started at the top end and worked our way back to the old bridge. Caught Barbel from several swims.

Fished one of the last swims in the meadow. Arrived late and didnt start until 9.30am. Water was up around 2m but dropped steady during the day. Fished very close-in due to flow. finished-up with 6 Barbel to 9.5lb. None of the fish smaller than 8lbs. All fought like demonds in the fast water, great day and will return when levels drop a bit.

River up 6ft above Summer levels. I fished the slower water off a crease created by a big bush/tree near the end of the meadow towards the orchard. Had 4 barbel on Robin Red Pellets, biggest 9.5lbs. There will soon be a lot of Specimen Barbel coming from beats like Sugwas and the ability to upload photos of your Trophy catches maybe a feature some Anglers would like, possibly.

WUF note - Please feel free to email us any of your catches admin@wyeuskfoundation.org and we will upload them onto our Twitter account.

Arrived 10.30am after long drive down and then walked the length. As I was the 4th rod to arrive I had to settle into a swim near the top of Legg Meadow which offered a little calmer water. River very high and chocolate brown but at least falling. Still had to fish close to the bank. After a few bait droppers the first put in of the day produced a fish of 9lbs 7ozs, my 4th produced a better fish of 9lbs 10ozs. What a day I am in for I thought but even though I stayed to dusk I could only add 2 more fish of 8lbs 12ozs and 9lbs 11ozs. I thought all 4 were doubles and in the water levels took some landing. Meat, pellet x 2 and Richard T bollie accounted for the fish. What an average size, if not the quantity, this stretch seems capable of. Thank you CM for landing the 1st 2 and taking some great pics.

Overcast and windy, 10 trout taken on Zulu's and Black Pennells. Biggest around 10". Beautiful location and scenery, 4x4 vehicle required to get all the way to the edge.

Managed 3 trout between us, all on nymphs and all safely returned. Water high and a strong flow, but we struck lucky with the weather throughout the day - only one major downpour around midday.