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Only one bite on a hit and bright daŷ. Lovely barbel weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces.

This beat must be one of the most scenic on the middle Wye

1 Barbel

river low, some colour, fished lower end. chub of varying sizes caught on a mixture of baits, two largest on manilla dumbbells. weather hot and generally overcast. no barbel bites.

7 Chub

Just one angler I fished the afternoon only. Had 2 chub and one barbel at the top of the beat. Beautiful spot had a great day.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

6 chub on trotted corn

6 Chub

Lovely rural beat. Access is good (circa 400m downhill through woods) to the beat. That takes you to the downstream end of the and it is a long haul with equipment to the faster flowing upstream end. Took an early 7lb barbel of the croy and then 3 others up to 7 1/2 lbs from the upstream pegs. River access has been kept maintained (thank you) but would benefit from some posts and knotted ropes at some pegs to help get back up the steep banks in wet conditions.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

A great days fishing. Spent much of the day in the faster flowing upper reaches.
Lovely pristine chub to 4lb
2 barbel
1 dace

2 Barbel, 24 Chub, 1 Other

Clear water, level very low, sunny , hot, fish based baits most effective.
Note - found one pair of grey framed spectacles in lower swim, can post if you can contact via fishing passport .

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

Lots of chub around and whilst I saw some barbel, they weren't interested in what I had to offer. The other was a decent brownie which liked my float fished pellet.

12 Chub, 1 Trout

River quite low but reasonable flow. Weather cool and drizzly. Started fishing late afternoon and caught a few chub on pellet and meat up to around 3 pounds or so, together with an eel. Swim then went quiet and no sign of barbel and I was just thinking of packing up soon after 9 o'clock when my rod was almost pulled out of its rest by a very obvious barbel bite. The fish put up great resistance. It was clearly worth weighing so after unhooking was rested in the net while I got out scales and sling. As I raised the net to weigh it the net snapped at the joint with the handle! (Not a cheap one either). Fortunately I was able to grab the netting before it and the barbel disappeared down the river. It went exactly 8 1/2 lbs on the scales and was returned for another rest before safe release. I was very wet and muddy after all the excitement and decided to call it a day.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

2 Barbel, 6 Chub, 4 Other