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A baking hot day with low water, so conditions were far from ideal. Two rods blanked, the third caught 7 nice chub float fishing a fast run at the bottom of the beat.
As mentioned by other rods, the part of the beat above the car park is completely inaccessible because of very steep banks and impenetrable undergrowth. There is some lovely water in this section and the beat would be greatly improved if at least a couple of access points were created.

7 Chub

Looked spot on with a bit of extr water but had to work a bit harder than expected.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

Second day of a two day session. River falling but the fish still feeding. Even better that the first day. Barbel to 9.8 chub to 3.15

11 Barbel, 6 Chub

Rain the previous 2 days had created some extra pace on the river which encouraged the fish to feed. The problem was this had also released a lot of floating blanket weed which collected on lines making the fishing difficult. On the whole an excellent 2 days fishing in a great setting. I have never seen so many Kingfishers in one place. Barbel to 6.12. Chub to 3.8

9 Barbel, 5 Chub

Didn’t stay.
Had a good look upstream and downstream to find a couple of suitable swims, I hadn’t realised I needed to bring my strimmer!!
I was hoping that having seen the previous comments about lack of swims that some effort may have been made to create some, there’s a beach area that’s fishable but not very deep. I would imagine this would be a hive of activity in the summer months and not what fishing the Wye is about.
Surely some agreement with free fishing in exchange for some swim preparation could be made with a local gardener/forest worker?

If not let it go and spend the money on some of the other beats.

Pellet,. Lost 2 Barbel, 3 caught 6-7lb.

3 Barbel

I don't want this to be negative, just factual. 1/2 of the fishery (upstream of car park) cannot be accessed - high banks, overgrown, no attempt at creating swims.. This only leaves the downstream section - about 150yds available.
Due to the conditions the majority of this is 20-40 yrd wide channel....ok for roving, which was fine for me in waders and no one else fishing.
There are 3 swims suitable to settle in, but one is next to the water abstraction generator at the car park - noisy until turned off about 3pm . If there are other anglers fishing on the day, and these swims are taken, it will be a struggle. If work was done on the upstream section then it would be a more attractive proposition for the money.

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

We arrived at the fishery around 9.00am, access to the river is by a gate located to the right of the farm buildings to the very back of the farm. , however this was not clear and obvious as there were narrow ropes extended after the gate as if to indicate no thoroughfare. After raising the attention of one of the farm residents we were advised to remove the rope and replace it once past it. We made our way down to the river where a sign was posted stating Anglers Park here. The weather was fine and temperatures were again still quite warm but slightly overcast for most of the day with no rain. The meadow was divided with an electified cattle fence which prevented us from walking through between the upper and lower extents of the fishery. The first peg closest to where the irrigation pump is located is a reinforced concrete plinth just about big enough to comfortably place a chair or seatbox , however it was extremely overgrown from bankside vegetation and would have proved problematic to fish from. The river was extremely low and clear and large areas of gravel were exposed. A concrete outcrop extended out a 1/3 into the river which if levels were higher would have been a great location to fish a stick float from. The area to the right towards the upstream limit was competely overgrown, mostly with steep banks and no visible access to a comfortable fishing spot for the entire length. We decided to head towards the downstream section but in order to do this we needed to pass all our gear, rod bags, holdalls etc under the electrified wire and then crawl under it ourselves. Access to the gravels was approximately 200 metres from the car park with reasonable access but still quite steep for anyone who struggles in anyway with mobility issues. We decided to fish from the gravels a litle bit further down where a slight run off appeared to run faster into deeper water about 4ft. This was confirmed by passing canoeists who indicated the depth using their paddles a gauge. We fished light with a bomb to reduce disturbance in the swim and hand fed hemp and caster with catapults, we tried pellet in various combinations and sizes including meat and fished up to 18:00. There was little indication all day of fish present in the swim and we only managed 1 eel, 3 chub and 3 dace between the two of us. Canoeists were a bit of a pain passing every 2 minutes and later we had paddle boarders on the gravel bar making loads of noise and walking in the river only 100 yards away. Bites were virtually non existent and we left extremely disappointed . With such poor access and a distinct lack of peg management we woud need to be quite desperate to fish here again.

3 Chub, 2 Other

Fishing on a really hot day always has it challenges, sometimes it can be productive but today proved to be a difficult one . The river was extremely low and I knew I had my work cut out . I expected a no show from the barbel but expected a lot more chub . This beat is a very prolific stretch, it will always produce the goods , but conditions weren’t great . I do regret booking on such a hot day , I should’ve known better. Still not a blank but a tough day ! A visit from our slippery friend Anguilla was welcome for a change

1 Chub, 1 Other