Beat 7 is a three rod beat and is one of the longest beats on the river. It can be accessed from two points on the main road and there is off road car parking. Access from the bottom is a 3 minute walk from the main road. The top access is longer and may take up to 5 minutes more. It has 10 named salmon pools and it fishes a maximum of 3 rods. The first pool at the top of the beat is the Hawthorn Run which is situated below Altamont's Dam at the bottom of Beat 6. A croy runs out across two thirds of the river from the left bank and most fish are taken in the stream below the Hawthorn bush on the opposite bank. It is well worth a few casts immediately above the stream before one would do any wading along the croy to fish the stream.

The Otter Pool is immediately downstream and this pool is divided into both the Upper and Lower Pools. It is good holding water and fish can be taken along the entire length right down to the lip of Wanklyn's Dam. The Mering Pool has a good stream running through it from the outlet of the dam and it can be reached by careful wading from the left bank to the little green island. Grilse lie here even in low water. The White Rock Run which is significied by the large white rock on the opposite bank is immediately below the Mering Pool. It is best fished in a spate and fish can be taken from the White Rock downstream to the bottom of this pool.

Mickey's Run is the next stretch of water upstream from the Twin Rocks which are normally visible further downstream and it fishes best when the river is fining down after a spate when there is a good pull of water through the pool - fish which lie here in high water have a tendenousy to drop back down to the Twin Rocks when the water levels are low. Salmon also lie on either side of the Twin Rocks in both high and low water and many fish are taken there. The Sally Pool another great holding pool for both Spring fish and Grilse and normally is a great back-end pool fishing well right to the end of the season. When water levels are low many fish drop back into this deep water and it can fish well when there is a upstream breeze on the water. The last pool at the bottom of the beat is the Glenanane Stones - salmon lie immediately above and also below the stones from the middle of the river close in to the left bank. There is good deep holding water there so it is never without fish.