Beat 4, Done's Meadow, is the most recently acquired stretch of water, secured on a 5 year lease in 2001.
The water has the bottom of beat 3 as its top boundary, marked by the gate into the meadow from which it takes its name. Whilst only extending to a single meadow, this is on a horse-shoe and so provides approximately 500 yards of fishing. This water is left bank only and is on the inside of the bend.
The beat begins in the body of a pool with deep water close to
the near bank under overhanging trees. The banks are steep here and access is
difficult and on occasion dangerous. This stretch turns into a glide
which narrows and quickens as the water pushes to the far bank as
the river enters the bend and becomes a fast broken run punctuated by a small
pool at its half way mark.
Following the run is a stretch of water containing 5 groynes
on the far bank. Here, the water is shallower on our bank, with a deeper channel
off the end of the groynes with deep back eddies between. At low water, salmon
hold between the groynes, with fish moving to our bank at higher water when the
water near the groynes becomes turbulent.
After the bottom groyne, the water widens and slows as the final
pool on the beat is entered.
Though the shortest of our beats, there is plenty of holding water which can accommodate several anglers.
This water has a reputation for holding salmon at all times of the season and for producing fish at all heights. The water fishes well with the fly during lower water with best results to spinners in higher water.
Being the closest of our beats to the sea, flat fish are often taken by deeply fished spinners.
Riverside parking is accessible through two gates, as indicated on the map. The first gate has a combination lock known only to the club members.
Leaving the village, turn right onto the A 525 towards Wrexham. After 1.25 miles, at the traffic lights in Cross Lanes, turn right onto the B 5130. After 2.5 miles you will pass a turning for Wrexham Industrial Estate on your left, a couple of hundred yards later turn right. After 0.5 miles, the road sweeps to the left. Continue past the farm for 0.25 mile, taking the first turning on your right. After a few hundred yards, as the road turns 90 degrees left there is a gate on the right (there is a BODSAA sign up the tree to the right of the gate). This gate has a combination lock known only to BODSAA members. Continue down this track, through a second unlocked gate, and on for a further few hundred yards until you reach the car park capable of holding 5-8 cars. This parking area provides safe parking against farm animals.
From the secured car parking, a walk downstream of 600 yards along the fence line or 1000 yards along the river bank is required to reach this water.