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A difficult day as the river was still three foot up on normal so we couldn't find many spots to be comfortable as we were unsure what we were fishing into. Managed just one barbel at last knockings, my friend also had one on but unfortunately lost it before netting. A very well kept stretch with good access points

1 Barbel

spent a lovely day fishing the croys, lower sallys, the pylon run and the luggmouth. largest chub was close to 5lb from the croys , under the willows to link ledger and meat, 1 Barbel of nearly 6lb from Lower Sallys, smaller Barbel came from the lugg mouth with 2 other Barbel dropped, all fish came to meat

2 Barbel, 8 Chub

A lovely stretch, with some delightful trotting water. River with reasonable flow and fairly clear. A bright sunny day for the most part, only occasional clouds. Trotted meat baits, with a centrepin all day. Tried runs at the top of the beat, lower down (opposite the pylon) and at the bottom (just above the confluence). Most chub were around 1lb, a couple touching 2lbs, and one fish around 3lbs. Sadly no barbel.

13 Chub

2 Barbel, 11 Chub

16 Chub

See redbank entry for access details. As usual exit onto the main road is highly dangerous so lucky there were 2 anglers so one could get out on the road to assist.
Once we got to the car park pete decided to fish the famous pool near the pylons at the downstream end - very comfortable fishing off the beach in the low water. He had 2 good chub early on pellet feeeder.
Charlie who likes a short walk positioned himself on the first croy d/s of the car park and fished the float with meat corn and bread to have a very enjoyable day for 10 chub to 4lb plus - the largest on flake.
Stopped fishing at 2 - a bit hot so missed barbel time later on.
Lovelty to see lots of strteramer weed especially at the upstream boundary. But wye and usk - the access track issue does need addressing.

12 Chub

very warm, bright clear day - made it a challenging days fishing, but a pleasure to be on such a nice well kept stretch of the river, thanks for the post that pointed out the gate was at the end of the double yellow lines - made it much easier to find.

8 Chub

GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS.
FIRST THE FARMER HAS PLOUGHED THE ORIGINAL TRACK UP LEAVING A ROUGH TRACK WHICH YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO ATTEMPT ON A WET DAY WITHOUT 4 WHEEL DRIVE ? WHICH YOU WOULD HAVE A LONG WALK TO THE RIVER.
THIS FISHERY IS A PLEASURE TO FISH BECAUSE OF THE EASY BANKS ECT. UNFORTUNATELY THE FISH EACH YEAR HAVE BEEN HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND SO WILL CROSS THIS VENUE OFF OUR LIST.

6 Chub

1 Barbel, 10 Chub

Again thanks to owner for great access - probably the best on the books. Not the access track though - which is now in a different position than on the w and u map. Access track is a deeply rutted track with thick grass between. I wouldn't risk it with anything other than a 4x4.

Fish just up of the well fished bottom pool for 4 chub on the meat feeder during a short morning session. No bites on pellet. Had to leave early - not my choice as the plan was to fish the fastest water at the top boundary as fish seem to be in the shallow fast water this time of year. Hooked a dogged mystery fish when the rig dropped off the rod end in shallow water while unhooking a chub. Was fishing double 8mm pellet on a band and one must have stayed on. The only thing I could think off as it slipped the hook was a foul hooked pike. Wish I had seen it.

ps why can't redbank anglers use the same track for cars at it goes right past their downstream stile access?

4 Chub