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Water very low, warm bright day. Very few fish moving but we did manage to catch plenty of grayling, a few around 14 in, small brown trout, salmon parr, dace, and chub. Lovely day on the river, only down side we missed dinner at the pub the chef stopped serving at 9pm.

Bright and breezy day. A pretty beat with easy access and relatively simple wading given the low water level. Managed 12 grayling, mostly around the 12 inches mark, with 2 bigger specimens (largest 22"). Also landed 4 wbt, the largest a stunning 12" fish. All fish returned safely. A mixture of downstream spiders and upstream Klnk and dink. Partridge and Orange attracted 15 out of the 16 fish! Really enjoyed this beat as it offers a great variety of fishing along its mile or so course. Wonderful day, thank you WUF for your seamless admin.

First time here for me, what a great and diverse stretch of water, nice to be able to drive the whole beat for a change which didn't make the fishing any easier but helped with the roving.
Fished midday 'til 9.30 pm. Rain at first followed by bright sun and high temps, one chub and Barbel (8lb 3 oz) during the afternoon and then as the sun went off the water at 8pm, 5 more barbel in the 4 to 7 lb range, lower sections below the bridge very difficult to fish until more water arrives.

18.00 to 20.45hrs. Last pool of lower Wyebank section. Low summer level, 3ft max. Wading and trotting sweetcorn and halibut pellets down centre of river, 10ft avon rod and centerpin, 8lb line to 12 or 8 hook. 3 barbel around 5/6lbs and 1 weighed at 9lb 10oz, oh so close to that elusive double. 4 chub to around 4lbs and one dace of around 10oz. There seem to only be few shoals of dace this year possibly due to many gooseanders in winter and cormorants in spring?

18.00 to 20.45hrs. Last pool of lower Wyebank section. Low summer level, 3ft max. Wading and trotting sweetcorn and halibut pellets down centre of river, 10ft avon rod and centerpin, 8lb line to 12 or 8 hook. 3 barbel around 5/6lbs and 1 weighed at 9lb 10oz, oh so close to that elusive double. 4 chub to around 4lbs and one dace of around 10oz. There seem to only be few shoals of dace this year possibly due to many gooseanders in winter and cormorants in spring?

18.00 to 20.45hrs. Last pool of lower Wyebank section. Low summer level, 3ft max. Wading and trotting sweetcorn and halibut pellets down centre of river, 10ft avon rod and centerpin, 8lb line to 12 or 8 hook. 3 barbel around 5/6lbs and 1 weighed at 9lb 10oz, oh so close to that elusive double. 4 chub to around 4lbs and one dace of around 10oz. There seem to only be few shoals of dace this year possibly due to many gooseanders in winter and cormorants in spring?

Second time fishing here and tried the daytime 2 til 10 pm only to get murdered by the chub, very violent takes but none more than 4lb, stayed until it got dark with no sign of any barbel, which was strange as the water was a bit higher and flowing faster than a month ago.

What a wonderful afternoon/evenings fishing. Didn't start until 4.00pm as it was August and fairly warm. What a fantastic stretch for a mixture of fly fishing. Some nice fast flowing pool heads for a bit of down and across nymph/spider work, some deep holes for a bit of klink and dink and some nice flats for the dry fly. No sign of the trout, just not interested, but we had over 40 grayling and 10 salmon parr in four hours up to 1.5 lb. We were a bit worried that the beat might not be big enough for two of us but we could have spent the whole day here. A beautiful spot and would definitely visit again.

1x 8inch WBT to the net, taken on #18 PTN fished upstream and safely returned. Beat is extremely low and trout are spooky. Fish rising throughout the day predominantly in the flats. I stalked these with #20 klinkhamer & #20 Griffith Gnat which produced plenty of rises and hook-ups, but all lost before I could net them. Overall good sport but patience and extreme stealth required.

Hooked & lost one trout approx 10", hooked, landed & released approx 7" brown trout. 1st time on beat, found directions spot on, had difficulty accessing parts of the beat due to overgrown pathways, found the river too deep & current too strong to wade to unaccessable area's. All in all an enjoyable days fishing, outstanding value.