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5 Barbel, 6 Chub

Caradoc is the Marmite beat....you either love it or hate it!! A drone hovered overhead for a while and a hanglider passed up above too....plenty of action in the river with a group of Hounds appearing and enjoying themselves in the low river and then scampered up the overgrown bank on the far side when summoned....We were joined by a friendly herd of Cattle and horses who stopped for a graze and a drink...they fortunately were not too interested in us.Fishing was good but 8 of the Barbel were pocket rockets under a pound...only place we have seen more Barblets is Wyebank....Was also pleasing to catch a few Dace and plenty of 4 to 12oz Chub which made for a really enjoyable day...A sudden downpour cut our day short but any splash of rain at the moment is very welcome.

11 Barbel, 4 Chub, 40 Other

It all comes down to location.....if your not catching in one spot after a hour....move.!!! With the river so low they are shoaled up and once you find them ..!!! will know better next time

1 Chub

Fishing very good in the morning not that good in the afternoon but still a great place to be fishing

8 Barbel, 4 Chub

great day, all caught on Source dumbells in the fast water on swimfeeder..

9 Barbel, 1 Chub

Good directions, and good vehicle access - got down to the far end of the beat across the fields in a non-4WD car with no problems on a dry day. Able to park right behind the swim, and easy to get down to the beach.
Fished beyond the bridge with 1 rod half-way down the beach, and 1 rod off the bottom of the beach.
Low, clear water. Mixture of trotting down and feeder, with most fish caught on float. 5 barbel, but all small.
30 chub, lots between 3lb and 5lb. 1 eel.

Lovely days fishing, with not too many canoes, walkers, or other interruptions, and the cows and horses behaved themselves. Would certainly return.

5 Barbel, 30 Chub, 1 Other

Very good morning and evening to many people in the afternoon

4 Barbel, 9 Chub

Had a pretty good day today. Nothing big but plenty of fish throughout the day. I can’t remember how many chub but probably more than twelve and three barbel too. The barbel were only around 5lb or so but most enjoyable.
This is a lovely beat with pretty good access to the water. Would recommend.

3 Barbel, 12 Chub

Unfortunately with the low river levels finding accessible swims in large parts of the beat was difficult and with the persistent rain during the day the few access points became rather treacherous. I opted to don the waders and get with my quarry. I spent a few hours trotting meat and corn around the crib to no avail before moving to the faster water downstream of the suspension bridge. Feeding hemp and trotting corn soon resulted in some chub. After pre-baiting a fast run opposite the croy from the beach with hemp I switched to feeder and pellet in the afternoon. First cast resulted in a nice barbel and this was followed by 6 more to about 8lb and half a dozen chub. Bites were on a regular basis throughout the afternoon. Difficult conditions, rather wet but always a joy to be fishing the Wye.

7 Barbel, 8 Chub

River very low and sun very hot all day - not a recipe for a full day's sport and so it proved. Early chub and a decent barbel but then very quiet with just the odd chub until pub time at 5.30.

3 Barbel, 10 Chub