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1st visit to the Wye, conditions far from ideal very hot and obviously no or little rain for the previous 2 months. 4 of us fished, 2 of our group blanked. After chatting to a very helpful Peter the fishery manager /bailiff he put us on to some better swims, one being the Thomas wood cribb which had better flow, managed a small barbel and 2 eels which fought quite hard, on open end feeder with groundbait and pellets with luncheon meat on the hook. Also chublets and dace caught on maggots on float.
Would just like to add due to the group of us taking quite a lot of tackle and needing trollies we couldn't get them past some fallen trees and we struggled to get our tackle to the far pegs.
Absolutely lovely place but could you clear the pegs better please.
Stunning scenery

1 Barbel, 1 Other

Did not fish. Very hot during the day. My brother and I did walk/drive the entire length of the beat during the afternoon, and were surprised to see how few easily accessible fishing spots there are. The easier location is the wood rather than the meadow: but with the river low, and the vegetation dense, we would have found conditions quite challenging. Having resolved to return and fish in the early evening, in the event we didn't come back because sightseeing commitments with partners ended up taking us too far out of the way. Which was a pity.

Did not fish. But my brother and I walked/drove along the entire beat during a hot afternoon (28C) and were surprised by how few accessible spots there were to fish. The wood is better than the meadow in this regard, but with the weather so hot, the river so low, and the vegetation/nettles dense, we would have found the conditions quite challenging. Even so, we had resolved to fish from early evening. In the event, however, sightseeing took us too far away from the area to comfortably get back in time to fish, which was a pity. Over the following three days we went to a private fishing stretch on the middle Wye, and between us caught 15 barbel (three at between 8.5 and 9lbs) and 10 chub (several at 3.5 to 4lbs).

Did not fish.

Did not fish.

Beautiful spot. Fished the bottom croy in Thomas Wood and enjoyed my day in the shade. The only place with a bit of flow and always looked likely but not a touch.

River very low and with hot conditions we only fished late afternoon into the evening. No problems with canoes. 3 Barbel around 7lbs taken on pellet. 1 from the woods and 2 from the meadow.

3 Barbel

fished on my own from the woods,. lovely beat but 'very hot and very low',. no fish,. LOTS of boat traffic.. would go back but probably out of canoe season

River conditions not ideal, but great beat with interesting swims. Just one eel caught. Thunderstorm and torrential rain put paid to the evening session.

1 Other

Fished shaded swims in the woods for a few hours on a very hot day. Hard going with few bites. No fish landed although a couple were lost.