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Blank for salmon. A nice warm dull day, rise in level from 10 inches to 1ft 5 inches after rain last night; one might therefore have hoped for some action. But nothing seen or touched. I hope the other rod did better later on. On the plus side, I fished some lovely fly water. This beat, which is about as rocky and wild as the upper Wye gets, may not be easy to wade but everything possible has been done to facilitate access. The new boards are a delight.

Arrived late in the afternoon hoping for an evening's fishing. Sadly, the river was rather full and brown. I assume from the previous day's rain. Nil catch

River far too low despite previous day's rain. Fished until dinner time then gave up. No fish caught.

Beat not fished. Poor weather forced change of plans. Hope to visit and fish another time.

I met a fellow fly fisherman, Tom, at the parking spot who gave me some great advice on leader setup and preparing a dry fly rod and a nymph rod to save time, gave me three of his self tied nymphs and even his spare pot of frogs fanny. What a gentleman. River in great condition freshened up after the rain. Very happy with my catch even though I lost another three, one of which felt big. The Grayling was the only rise I spotted and came to an emerger dry immediately after catching a WBT under the same spot on a nymph.
The friendly site manager asked if future fisherman could park in the new parking spot, sign posted next to the site office.
WUF Note : The fishery owner has confirmed the new parking arrangements and the beat details issued to anglers have been updated.

8 Trout, 1 Grayling

After a few hours on Legg Meadow for just an eel and a chub I moved into the woods and was hopeful when the first cast produced a barbel but it was a bit slow and bites were few and far between with just 3 more barbel and a chub over the following 6 hours.
Disappointingly there was quite a bit of rubbish in the swims along Legg Meadow including beer cans, newspaper and fishing related packaging. Is it too much to expect anglers to respect the environment and tidy up after themselves?

4 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

I got 4 chub 3lb to 4lb . My father got 1 barbel 6lb and 3lb chub. The river was in good condition. But the swims could have been a bit better,
They were over grown. Long walk to swims. My father is 88. But we enjoyed the fishing.

Fished from mid day to 7 pm at bottom of beat by the Lugg. Started immediate with 2 small barbel, 1 to pellet, 1 on meat. Then went off for a while but soon we had the chub. 2 on meat and 3 on pellet. AB then caught regular 5 small chublets on pellet nothing bigger than 6 ounces.
Met with Glyn who was very helpful. A well kept fishery with relative easy access even for us old'uns. The river wasn't performing today.............

2 Barbel, 5 Chub, 5 Other

Another hard day, river badly needs a bit of fresh water. 1 barbel and 2 chub caught on the float (great fun). A further 2 chub caught on the feeder.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

4lbs fresh, 8lbs stale both on fly

2 Salmon