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Another nice place to spend a day on the river . thanks WUF

4 Barbel, 8 Chub

Despite the undoubtedly beautiful setting , for someone like myself who's legs are 'shot' this is not an easy beat to find a comfortable place to set up.The banks are relatively steep straight into the river , so your tackle was inclined to slip south or fall over. The best spots were at the top of the beat either side of the diesel water extraction unit...personally I would rather listen to the bird song. Next time I shall come armed with shovel, chainsaw & ear defenders.
Having said that we did catch one or two well conditioned chub on trotted spam . We should have done better but spent a lot of time 'sussing' the beat out which you need to do on every new venue.
We are lucky to have so much choice; Thanks WUF.

12 Chub

Conditions were favourable, decent flow and some colour to the river, overhead cloud, shame about the rain!!!. Not exactly prolific but we had a few fish and no one blanked. Two powerful runs, clutch screaming, Barbel! Nope, a fine
Chub, although I didn't weigh it, steep slippery bank by this time, a confidant five and a half but nudging six in my opinion,
21" nose to tail(The width of my unhooking mat) with an impressive girth to match, not a gnarly old warrior either, a splendid looking fish, good luck to anyone who banks him come Sept./Oct. !. Chub to bread flake and meat and unusual
but by no means unheard of, the Barbel to bread.A few Chublets, there are plenty of them in the river at the moment, one
good sign for the rivers future at least, and as one member of our party commented, considering the size of the hook bait,
you have to admire their ambition!!.

1 Barbel, 14 Chub

First time back on this lovely stretch for 5 years , it’s changed a bit naturally. I had a nostalgic walk up to the vanstone tree peg as my dad sat there and watched me fish there back in 2012 when it was part of the beat... not with us anymore god bless him.
To the fishing.. river pushing through with lots of blanket weed but that is a couple of the challenges that you have to combat fishing this river ... 1 eel, 4 chub and 7 pristine barbel topped with a 9lb 4oz .. 1 of my favorite beats this regardless of the conditions.. I’ll be back!

7 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Other

weed not as bad but still pretty slow fishing compared to what it can be like

3 Barbel

Arrived to find the river up and chocolate brown with a fair pace to it Very quiet day with nothing troubling the rod top except vast amounts of blanket or silkweed which coated everything, masking the hookbait and smothering the feeder.
Looking at the river level gauges everything seemed to be gradually dropping in the evening which is when bites started to occur. An eel of 1.5lb started it, a gnarly battered looking barbel of not quite 5lb gave a great fight despite its torn, bent and mangled tail not to mention a 50p sized sore on its flank.
A chublet of 6oz swallowed a 16mm pellet and finished with one of 2.5lb on meat.
Can't wait to return though to what is a breathtakingly beautiful stretch. All sorts of creatures to be seen, egrets, herons, buzzards, deer, all manner of birds but the crowning glory was a goldcrest sat in the tree above me.

Stunning

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

real struggle with the weed coming down

1 Barbel

A good day although a bit slow on the fishing front. Always good to be on this lovely stretch of the Wye. River looked good with a bit of colour but could probably benefit from a rise in level.
All fish caught on feeder tactics. 1 barbel and one chub apiece from the top of the stretch. Have had some huge days here and will be back.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

River looking good and a bit less weed coming down today. Mostly cloudy, so I started in a spirit of optimism. Small chub from the off, whatever the bait and twice as many must have fallen off as I landed. Once again no sign of the barbel. I think I may revert to my former habit of not trying to catch them in the first couple of weeks of the season. But then it's good to be on the Wye even if the fish are elusive.

10 Chub

1 Barbel, 4 Chub