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Had a great day fishing this beat. 10 barbel 6lb 4ozs to 8lb 5ozs, one of the chub weighed 3lb 5ozs.
Most came to halibut pellet on a straight lead over loose feed pellet.
Will definitely be back.

10 Barbel, 2 Chub

Arrived bright eyed and bushy tailed and headed for the rocks. We set up and had a quick chat, feeder method and pellets. JT cast in and sat down but before he'd added weight to his chair, the rod accelerated towards the river, his first barbel about 8lb.
Before I cast in, he was into his second, about the same size. We both fished there for a few hours, a few bites and lost fish on the rocks, JT lost a very big fish!
Decided to head down to the shallows by the cattle drink, a great move, I caught a nice barbel about 7lb and JT continued catching, his best 10lb. This is a great swim but hard difficult with all the weed near side.
Later in the afternoon we headed back to the Rocks. JT sat down and literally while he was saying "Well it is not the same as last time his rod bent over and he was into his 7th barbel.
After an hour, he moved down stream to an adjacent peg, I adjusted my position and straight away hooked into a very big fish, unfortunately the fish powered towards me and my line snapped, 10lb line, powerful barbel rod, I was gutted.
Then ...... 20 mins later I had another bite just as JT had called asking how I was getting on. It was a very big fish, it powered to the centre of the river to my relief, I adjusted the drag to allow it to gently fight me, after about 10 minutes it showed itself, it was by far the biggest barbel I have seen, probably not for a lot of other fisherman, but it weighed in at just over 14lb. I had a photo taken. It was spectacular. I called JT back to fish the spot wanting him to catch a river monster, I moved and changed bait and cast out, laid my rod against the rod rest and turned to speak to JT, Then he said "Your Rod!" I caught it in midair, another 10lb Barbel.
A fantastic beat that you have to wander about on. It fishes well in low water conditions and there are some big fish in this beat!
Thank you to the WUF a great section of the River, vibrant with Salmon and big Pike but some really beautiful Barbel. Can't wait till we return

10 Barbel

First time on this beat which I booked last minute after finding myself with some free afternoon. It was a sunny afternoon as I started off in the first downstream meadow where the river had a bit of flow but the fish weren't showing any interest. Moved up to Boys rocks for the last part of the evening. A nice looking stretch of water, but after constantly losing tackle and no bites I decided it wasn't going to be my day and headed home. Hope to come back when the weather and water levels are more favourable.

Despite being one of the best looking barbel swims in the country and, crucially, closest to the parking, Boy's Rocks has never quite lived up to its promise for me in the past, so after an hour of inactivity I was glad to head downstream to pastures new. The shallows looked good but were occupied from the far bank and the pool between the two far bank Croys in the field section was too hard to fish from our bank, so by 4pm I was back at the Rocks after all. OB in The Wires swim had taken chub to 5 pounds but no barbel and that, it transpires, was because they were queuing up for my return. By 8 o'clock I'd had 4 barbel and broken my meagre pb 3 times, with fish of 7lbs, 7.08lbs and a stunner of 10.11lbs, the best looking fish I've ever seen! OB eventually got a little one of 7 pounds or so after scrounging some of my irresistible spicy sausage pellets, so we could finally leave and get home in time to 'boo' the Argies in the world cup final. I couldn't have been happier if I'd just lifted the trophy myself! What an awesome day, we can't wait to be back.

5 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

Hard fishing in the morning for 2 anglers not used to river fishing. Few places to fish from. Improved in the afternoon and barbel about 7lbs and 3 good chub and eels.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub, 2 Other

A beautiful stretch of the river wye. We fished the 9/10. The fishing was a bit slow but we all know there's no guarantees in fishing. River looked perfect, slightly coloured. A good steady flow, Ideal. Although I did have cormorants swimming about. Which may be the reason the fish disappeared. The barbel went 9lb 8oz & 7lb & the chub weighed 5lb 7oz. All caught on pellets. So no complaints. Always a joy just to be on the banks. Can't wait to get back.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fished the Boys Rocks section from 7am till 11am, then from 4pm till 8pm. 7 barbel and 3 chub in the morning and 8 barbel and 1 chub in the afternoon. Lovely days fishing and a great backdrop at the top end. It is rocky up there and tackle should be inspected for wear.

15 Barbel, 4 Chub

Took my 15 year old son fishing. He caught 3 barbel and a chub, biggest barbel 11lb, all caught on pellet and feeder method.
Not to be beaten, I caught a PB Barbel 12lb, again on pellet and feeder method. A great days fishing.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

7 barbel to 8.8lbs and 5 chub to 4.7lbs between us, once again avoiding the popular swims up top and doing something different!
I managed to lose what I suspect was a carp because it headed for Symonds Yat at high speed and smashed me up despite heavy barbel gear. My old man also lost a good fish to the infamous Wye snags, but we've fished this river for over 20 years so are used to these things.
Always a pleasure to be on the Wye.
I note with some concern though that there was a dead pike up on the path and there were forked sticks that had obviously been put in place as rod rests in several swims. If they were anglers that have booked, all well and good but it may be getting fished on the snide.
Great day though, can't wait to go back!

7 Barbel, 5 Chub

River low, very little flow so we knew it was gong to be difficult to catch. Had 4 barbel to 7lbs and 3 chub to 4lbs on pellet and sweetcorn at the rocks. Plenty of snags about and lots of tackle lost. Only spot with any flow so stuck it out. Anyone going soon would be advised to take something to prune back some branches of overhanging trees unless expert at casting underarm which I'm not!

4 Barbel, 3 Chub