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Second time on this beat and it looked a little low but promising with some decent flow through the near bank gulley, but it was really hard going and the barbel were playing hard to get. A lovely spot to spend a day all the same, we probably missed the best of day as the attraction of a few pints of Wye valley ale drew us away.

1 Barbel, 5 Chub

Had a red letter day on this stretch. Started at the upper reaches and fished back to the access path. The upper field is full of swan and goose poo so care needs to be taken if attempting to fish here its disgusting. Barbel caught weighed from 4lb up to 9lb 14oz and all fought like demons. The floating weed was a problem from about 10am till 6pm but stepping up the gear ensured that the rigs stayed in place. The chub weighed between 1lb and 5lb 5oz. Cracking day on a lovely beat and my father had his PB barbel at 9lb 6oz so he was well happy!!! Thank you WUF we will be back...!

1 Trout, 10 Barbel, 14 Chub, 1 Other

Fished 2 swims, from about lunchtime to early evening. 1 chub and 2 barbel caught, all from pellet and feeder cast to overhanging bushes on the far side. Nice stretch of water in great surroundings. Thanks WUF.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

River very low. Weather sunny and hot. Arrived early afternoon to find a canoe party had taken over the area around the island and were enjoying a swim. Fished upstream near the end of the footpath on meat. Two very large eels resulted. After a few hours the area around the island went quiet and I was able to fish the faster water. A decent chub came to trotted meat. Changing to pellet and feeder produced no bites over a number of hours so I moved back to the slacker water upstream and took three good chub of 3-4 pounds, losing a number of other fish in the weed. Again pellet was ineffective. A Kingfisher in the tree opposite proved a better fisherman than me, taking prey on every dive.

4 Chub, 2 Other

First time on this stretch for me and it really is a beautiful bit of water in stunning country side. Unfortunately the river was very low and the weather sunny and hot but still managed 2 barbel with the best about 9lb and 16 chub all on pellets from a peg just below the entry path. The access is good and there's plenty of swims to fish so all in all a pretty good day and once again a big thank you to W.U.F for making it possible.

2 Barbel, 16 Chub

I started fishing from 5pm. A great afternoon on a beautiful river.

1 Trout, 9 Barbel, 11 Chub

Good day but a bit slow.

1 Barbel, 8 Chub

Beautiful location and good access to the river. Some of the beat is camping and caravan site and fished by some of the campers, so this part not so available.

9 Barbel, 4 Chub

Fished The Creel stretch for the first time, but it won't be the last! A delightful stretch of river in a beautiful setting. Fishing was hard work due to huge rafts of floating weed coming down the river. But after finding an area where I could present a bait I was rewarded with 9 barbel and 3 chub. Looking forward to a return visit.

9 Barbel, 3 Chub

All fish came to feeder and pellets of various flavours with crab or cheesy garlic favourites!!! River had very little flow and the big clumps of weed coming through made fishing awkward at times. It was still another lovely days fishing on the Wye. Biggest barbel was over 7lb and the biggest chub over 4lb.

5 Barbel, 22 Chub