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Steep banks but great help with ropes in situ. Range of baits caught but meat was the best of the bunch.
Really scenic and wildlife (including the range of noise) is amazing.

11 Barbel, 15 Chub

Started off in a swim on the downstream half of the beat, was told by another angler that it was a flyer that has produced consistently all summer, (thanks Colin).
After 4 hours and 3 small chub i decided it wasn't !
So i moved to the upstream end where i caught a Barbel first cast then steadily through the afternoon into the evening . All fish fell to either feeder fished pellet or big lumps of freelined meat. Barbel up to 7lb, biggest Chub 4lb 15oz.
A superb days fishing spent on a very well run beat in beautifull surroundings , what more could you want.

5 Barbel, 10 Chub

Only 2 fished. Great day - we found the river in top form. Biggest barbel was 9:4 smallest about a pound.

17 Barbel, 16 Chub

Only 2 anglers. Biggest barbel was 10.7 on last peg upstream. Thanks to Simon who gave some valuable advise day before

7 Barbel, 2 Chub

Very interesting day at MHC….Only 2 Rods fished from 10.30 AM to 6.30 PM…One caught 20 Barbel with not a single Chub and the other Rod fishing a couple of hundred yards away struggled for just 2 Chub….River was in great shape and the Barbel were all quality fish averaging around 6lb.

20 Barbel

7 Barbel, 14 Chub

Another wonderful day on this amazing beat , today chose to get my waders on and ‘Roll ‘ some baits about in the shallows with my new Adcock Stanton Centrepin much to the expense of my Barbel fishing , it’s been 2 years since standing in the Wye with a Rod in my hand and the Romance of that and being in the shadow of Goodrich Castle sadly diminished my Barbel chances ,2 or 3 of the Chub were around 3lb , mainly on meat , didn’t see a soul accept gamekeeper , but other Anglers I could see in distance occupied the deeper more Barbel productive swims from my experience so their catches will be interesting !
All in all an awesome day , river at a great level and cracking colour on it , thanks as always Wye and Usk , this beat has it all !!

10 Chub

A new lovely beat for us with plenty of accessible swims.
As one of us was carrying an injury we only fished together in one swim but court well on the leger with pellets

9 Barbel, 11 Chub

River was spot on coloured and running off but not high moved swims a few times using meat early on and switched to pellet afternoon and trotted with maggots others dace and eel

2 Trout, 20 Barbel, 26 Chub, 7 Other

We were on the water at first light and had 2 good barbel in the net early. However the river level rose rapidly from 17 cm to 82 cm in 5 hours from about 7.30. By 11.00 it was virtually impossible to fish - not due to the water level but the amount of weed and debris being flushed down. We packed up at about 12.30 somewhat disappointed.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub