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Lovely stretch of river but no fish unfortunately. River was very low and clear.

Barbel fishing and pike was our objective. First cast of the day a red 6lb cock salmon took AE's pike lure (quickly returned). Then for rest of day not a single bite from the barbel, or dead baiting for pike despite covering whole beat. River seemed grey and dead, water very low and clear. Just one of those days when absolutely nothing happened! The stretch seemed fishless aside from the odd salmon showing.

1 Salmon

River low and clear , R Thomas had 1 barbel 8lb 2 and a perch around a pound in the slow water third field down from bend, enjoyable day fantastic wildlife; pellet / sweet corn used, triple corn hookbait caught barbel, worm for perch as we left at 7 pm a few barbel started topping, and flashing opposite the building with scaffold on it would be worth staying a bit later and fishing there, unfortunately 7 pm was the latest Mr Richards would pick us up and didn't fancy the walk back to the car park area!

1 Barbel, 1 Other

Lovely to be back on the river again and this is a particularly beautiful beat. We had followed weather conditions closely and knew the water was going to be low and clear, which it was. We had a frosty start and then bright and sunny conditions throughout the day. This made it tough going! Neither feeder or float techniques seemed to wake the fish from their stupor and we were biteless and fishless until late afternoon, when there was a face-saving spell which produced 5 barbel to 8lb, a couple of good chub and a very welcome perch. These were taken on maggot feeder and pellet feeder in the deeper/slower water in the middle of the beat. Overall, this was a difficult day as we know what the Wye can be like when conditions work in your favour, but nevertheless it is just a joy to be able to experience this environment again. We can recommend: (1) the green man in Fownhope for comfortable beds and large portions and (2) the lift from the parking to the riverbank. Thanks WUF!

5 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

X1 barbel caught although x3 lost!

1 Barbel

Lovely stretch with the gardens opposite. Fishing was tough with the river needing some rain but still managed a few fish.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Tough day. River low and cold with good clarity mixed with bright conditions seemingly put all but 1 barbel into a hunger strike! We tried multiple swims and trotted both bread and pellet and the usual static fishing. On reflection it may have been worth taking a few pints of maggots but sometimes you get days where you just need to soak up the sun instead.

1 Barbel

Nice location, unfortunately the barbel and chub were playing hide and seek and we lost. did manage a perch to about 1.5 lbs and a minnow lol. Big thanks to the farmer for the taxi service as the walk to the bank would be quite daunting with out him.

2 Other

Both barbel were about 6lb and the 3 chub were about 3lb all caught on pellet. It just a shame that only half the stretch you pay for is fish able due to the deeper section being totally over grown and not accessible without a strimmer to open up the swims. It was a bit of a let down really and it's not the cheapest day ticket on the Wye and you would expect for the money you pay, for all the swims to be cut back a bit and fishable!!!

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Second time on this beat and expected a better return but bright skies seemed to kill it. CH had 3 late on from the beach area and I had 1 at 7.00pm with my last cast while packing up. The fish ranged from 6 to 8.6 lb.

4 Barbel