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A beautiful stretch of water overlooked by a very pretty church. Baited up 3 swims along the far bank trees and let them "soak" for a good hour whilst setting up and eating lunch. First chuck, a barbel of over 7 pounds. Second chuck, another of 6 pounds, followed by nothing for a hour. Moved to one of the other swims and had 4 chub to around 2 pounds before again, that swim died. Not a tap from the third swim. Rebooted the first and second swims whilst walking below the Rapids for a spot of stick and pin fishing. With bread flake on a size 10, third run through a chub of around 3 pounds fell in the very fast, boiling water, taking nearly 10 minutes to come in due to the strong flow. Several more fish fell to the same method, all over 2 pounds and fighting like the devil in the strong flow. What a way to catch fin perfect fish in a wonderful location. The best workout my stick/pin outfit as ever had. Eventually returned to the first barbel peg and fished to last light, with only one proper bite, leading to a snapped hook length after only a few seconds. A disappointing finish to an otherwise lovely day. Peace and quiet reigns in this beautiful location. Thanks to W&UF for providing the opportunity to fish on such a great river.

2 Barbel, 12 Chub

Really enjoyable day on this stretch with loads of water to explore and the barbel playing ball. Managed 10 fish in the end by wading out in the current touch ledgering. Met the owner who was a really pleasant chap and more than happy to spend a short while chatting. Many thanks.

10 Barbel

Beautiful beat on Wye. First visit to this section of the river but not the last. I fished till 16:00. Fish not too keen on feeding but managed to catch 2 barbel & 4 chub. All fish to halibut pellet.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

Lovely day on Wye. Very good fishing, but from 1 pm weather changed, pressure went up, strong wind started to blow. Fish refused to feed, and we were struggling to get a bite. We managed just few barbel and chub on evening.

11 Barbel, 12 Chub

Lovely beat although you are only able to fish two of the three fields on the beat. For the fee paid I would have liked the option to fish in the first field.

10 Barbel, 9 Chub

Another hard day, river badly needs a bit of fresh water. 1 barbel and 2 chub caught on the float (great fun). A further 2 chub caught on the feeder.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

4 on 1 rod and 7 on the other. All caught on Halibuts.

11 Barbel

First visit to this beat, lovely setting. River low and clear. Both fished top end swims in morning with only a few chub to show. 1 small barbel from faster water by island then nothing. Moved again and had 6 big barbel and several chub in a couple of hours. Biggest barbel a nice double at 10lb 3oz, smallest around 7lb. Chub to around 4lb. Fish caught on pellet and boilie.

7 Barbel, 11 Chub

Late afternoon/evening session. We split up and fished different areas. Plenty of swims to try on this beat. Most fish caught on pellet and were fighting fit.
The buzzard and heron had a bit of a do over perching rights and the kingfisher kept brightening up proceedings. The mandarin ducks are so tame, you can have them feeding out of your hands. Great beat and looking forward to coming back in September.

10 Barbel, 20 Chub, 1 Other

Quite a challenging day on a lovely stretch of the river. Despite moving swims a number of time we didn't have a bite until 7pm and then between 7pm & 9pm caught three barbel (biggest 6lb 14oz).

3 Barbel