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River low and despite trying many swims, where we had caught in the past, no fish were caught.
We were disappointed with the so called "new swims" created in the top field. Most were in very shallow areas and the minimum of work appeared to have been done. After canoeing this stretch I can suggest some far better areas to create access down the bank.

WUF note - Anglers are advised to look at the Beat Gallery on the beat page of the website to see the 15 different swims available. Whilst we understand the differing expectations from different anglers, these swims are not fishing platforms. Thick vegetation has been strimmed back to allow access to a large percentage of this beat that was previously inaccessible whilst retaining it's natural character.

5 Chub. Barbel seem to have gone on holiday!

5 Chub

8 Barbel, 2 Chub

A beautiful stretch of river, but despite various tactics and baits tried, I only managed three chublets (trotting sweetcorn) and one eel on ledgered sweetcorn! I am sure this stretch is full of fish, but just not a good day for me despite favourable conditions. Beautiful scenery and the Kingfisher on the opposite bank caught a lot more than I did!

3 Chub, 1 Other

Excellent days fishing. Fishing was hard due to water levels and canoe activity. Barbel of 5lb and chub of 3lb, all fish where caught on boilie pva tactics. I shall be back in the future for one of those doubles!

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Wonderfull scenery, great beat, long walk but worth it. Had one barbel and two chub. Hard day for fishing, walked full length of beat, unpacked tackle with great relief after very long walk only to find I had left my bait in my car. Fished croy, looked great and produced two good chub but no barbel. Fished lot of swims on the way back but just one barbel between 7 and 8lb from far bank within 1 meter of trees. Great scrap. Very hot day but very nice day spent on the Wye again, thanks.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

River low but carrying some colour. Fish proved difficult to find, this wasn't helped by the fact that there are very few fishable swims especially in the middle field, expected more from a WUF stretch. Very disappointed not good value for money.

WUF note - There are 8 swims cut in the top field of this beat and the lower field is open, grazed banks. It is simply not possibly to cut any swims in the middle field as the banks are too high and dangerous. This middle field is very short compared to the large fields either side of it. This beat has a total of 15 swims created with options to create several more. Please see the beat gallery on our website to see the swims available.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Another very hot but enjoyable day on the Wye.
We walked the river first to check out swims and try to spot fish. Once again, my friend saw some barbel first which were cleaning themselves off on a rocky shallow swim so we made that our main target area. We made a route through the vegetation to get slightly upstream of them and fished 10mm pellets with pellet loose feed via catapult. We had four barbel and a chub during the afternoon but we felt they were not feeding very well in the bright conditions.
We gave the swim a rest and tried the croy for a short while but no joy there, just chub knocks.
We returned to the previous swim and in the last hour before dusk we had six more barbel again sharing one rod taking turns between us. Checking your rig was not stuck in the rocks was important, a gentle lift up to make sure after each cast.
This stretch does have enough swims we thought. We travel light and sit on unhooking mats. The walk is short but does have a steep climb back to the car which is always easier when you have had a good day.

10 Barbel, 2 Chub

Very warm, river still low even after all the heavy rain day before only slightly up and reasonably clear, very slight touch of colour? Saw 1 fish show in top pool but in awkward spot probably would have been easier to get from far bank but unsure where to safely cross the river to access. fished with fly in morning before sun got too high then set up with trout rod to see if could tempt some fish that were rising but no luck today, even tried having a go to see if I could pick up a barbel or 2 with corn but seemed they didnt want to play ball. Unfortunately had to leave about 4.30pm other wise would have fished on til dusk as a hatch of bwo's was starting to come off, even saw the odd mayfly. Nice beat to fish but I think could do with a bit more bank clearance to get to some of the swims and some way of getting to fish the right bank, especially top pool, but enjoyed my day there and would probably fish there again in better conditions and hopefully catch something next time. Thank you.

A very hot and sunny day. High banks and low water made accessing the river difficult but I fished from the croy comfortably and reasonably successfully, in fact I had great day. Halibut pellets soaked in halibut oil for about 3 months worked well.
NB. I stayed at Canon Bridge and fished the private beat. I was surprised and concerned that there was an otter working the river there (presumably Upper and Lower Canon Bridge as well).

2 Barbel