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Sorry folks cold and wet today with only one grayling to show for it

1 Grayling

1 Other

My first blank on the Wye. Conditions were hard, river was low , cold and clear. Fished maggot feeder. I don't think this beat was ideal for the conditions and one of the winter ticket members pike fishing advised I bought a ticket somewhere else.

The venue is split in two, you can't walk between the two sections, this is a bit random and wasted some time. There are also very few accessible swims with a decent flat bit at the bottom of the bank. I did find a decent swim at the top of the beat. You are also very close to the dual carriage way, and also killing the usual Wye vibe was, pollution foam coming down river, and a huge farm rubbush tip in the car park. All in all I am not sure I would come back here.

Bites were hard to come by thanks to the un-forecast bright conditions. Pellet feeder tactics with a longer than usual hook length came good in the end, with two decent Chub and a Barbel of around 5lb. River was up slightly, but well within normal winter levels.

Top half of the stretch has several swims with good access, but there was a large bonfire/waste pile next to the parking area that looks to be from the farm. The bottom half is much more wild, with somewhat limited access and some sketchy looking swims.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Tough day, first time on this beat, not many fishable swims, I'm not sure if that's because the river was so high, might be more accessible when it drops, I only payed £10 but would be disappointed if I'd payed more,it's a shame as there's a lot of river to go at just not a lot of access unfortunately when the river is high.
I did manage 4 Chub in close, the biggest weighing 4lb 6oz.

4 Chub

3 Chub

A tough day on a rising river, water levels came up by at least a metre, a continues persession of branches, tree trunks & logs passing by. Had the whole beat to myself which was brilliant for £10, found 6 swims that were fishable though only close in due to the pace of the current further out, all fish caught on pellets & feeder tactics one from the lower section & two from the upper section last thing. Brilliant sunshine most of the day a pleasure just to be there catching a Barbel was the icing on the cake

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Changeable weather conditions with cold rain making it feel very wintery before clearing to bright blue cold skies. River falling but still very fast and coloured with plenty of debris coming down. Kingfishers and an otter working the stretch. Decent amount of pegs some very muddy. Farmer was friendly. Nice stretch but as per other reports can be tough to find the fish.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Blanked.