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4 Rods - had to share swims. Not great for 4 rods. The wood was blocked off with overgrown swims. Long walk but picturesque. Nice chub though 2lb to 5lb

12 Chub

River in really nice condition and excellent day the barbel came from a few different places and all caught on meat. More kayaks and paddle boarders on the bottom end quieter further up. Other fish were eels.

13 Barbel, 2 Chub, 3 Other

loads of fish rising but managed 2 perch and 4 trout

4 Trout, 2 Other

1 Trout

Return to the lovely Escley Brook to try and break my duck on there. Stream low and clear. Few fish showing in the first pool at the start of the beat, but ultra spooky. Or is it my incompetence? I suspect the latter.

Fished right to the top of the beat, only a few pools fishable, some others nigh on impossible to get at.
Did find one fish showing in a pool, but had to resort to bow and arrow cast whilst lying on my stomach.
"I'm getting too old for this............" As Danny Glover once said. Top end of the beat is mainly bedrock, with the odd small pool. May fish better with a little bit more water. Bottom end is more stones with pools of quite deep sediment. Approach to the deeper pools is very difficult. Beat is in dire need of a haircut. As are the majority of the wild stream beats.

Off to the Dorset Stour next week. Hopefully chasing some quality roach. Back in Herefordshire next week, Abbey Dore/Chanstone Court calling.

12lb salmon on upper bigsweir

1 Salmon

1 Trout

Three rainbow trout caught on worm between 3 anglers. Didn't have a bite all morning then three within an hour or so from 1.30pm then nothing the rest of the day. Packed up around 5pm. Enjoyable day though.

3 Trout

1 Chub

difficult to find. didn't know where to park.