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NICE BEAT,FARM HAND VERY HELPFULL, EASY ACCESS, NO PIKE CAUGHT.

After a recent cold snap and a rise in levels the river was pushing through quite hard and the barbel and chub too shy to show. Lighter end tackle on ledger with casters produced two nice grayling and a brownie late on.

Caught 2 barbel diectly after arriving - 12 o clock but that was it for the day despite trying several swims. Opposite bank was busy with anglers.

River conditions looked great but only 2 decent chub taken 1 to 3 1/2 lbs.

Water pushing through with weed, leaves twigs constantly catching the lines. Found a couple of slack spots close in and managed to winkle out 5 barbel between us, also lost a couple. Barbel 6lb to 8lb.

We caught two Barbel to 7lb 8oz and five chub to 4lb all caught on Richworth new Martin Bowler Xtractor Barbel baits due for release in January. This was our first visit to the Wye and what a stunning fishery, we will be back soon, many thanks to the Foundation and Adam for your help.

River 1 foot up and falling. The three of us started off fishing on the 'beach' across to the deeper water, but all that came from that was a 6lb barbel for me. Dad wandered downstream rolling meat and had one chub of 2lb. we all moved to the top of the beat to the slower, deeper water and fished swims that looked well used. Merv lost a barbel and had a chub bite, while I didn't have a touch. Dad had one barbel of 6lb, 2/3 of the way across. Both barbel were taken on halibut pellet with a feeder of mixed pellet.

It's worth noting that the opposite bank to this beat seems very heavily fished. there were several anglers up and down the stretch throughout the day and the swims looked very heavily worn and the barbel I caught had a couple of old wounds in it's mouth. I would suggest if you're looking for a session on virgin barbel, this probably isn't the beat for you. It also sows a seed of doubt in your mind as to whether these fish are getting tackle-shy.

River low but not as clear as our last visit in August therefore hopes were reasonably high. Misplaced optimism I'm afraid as the day proved to be very tough indeed. We fished the top & bottom of the beat extensively with a range of baits (including maggot) but could only tempt 2 barbel & 3 chub between us.

4 of us fished from 9.00am until 7.00pm for only 7 barbel, however the quality of the fish was good & went from 6 to just under 10lb, all caught on small pellet with a mixture of feed. The weed was a problem & clear sky's didn't help. A strange stretch, needed a bit more water & would certainly fish much better in good conditions.

11 x barbel ranging from 7lb to 10lb