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2 Barbel and 1 Chub all came from 2 swims, fished several others, lovely place will be back.

Very picturesque stretch, caught 4 Barbel between 5lb and 7lb, 2 Chub 2.5lb and 4.5lb all on pellet and gave a great account of them selves in the fast flow.

It is indeed a beautiful beat and I was looking forward to spending the day with my young son. Unfortunately the river was pretty much unfisheable as so much weed was being carried from upstream. As soon as the bait was cast in, the weed would attempt to wisk the rod away from you.

It is a shame that notice is not given to fisherman a little in advance like a few chalkstreams when weed cutting is underway. This would help choose a worthy day out on this wonderful river.

I hope I find better luck next time. The view and the scenery werre nearly worth the £40 nearly?

WUF Note - weed cutting rarely takes place on the Wye. The recent rise in water levels have been the first for a while and as a result have released debris that has been collecting in the margins. This is normal for a first rise after many weeks.

Good to see the river with colour and extra water on arrival but not the masses of weed it carried down the whole day. Impossible to keep a bait in the water for moe than a few minutes at a time so only option was to fish close in. Despite this limitation two rods caught 6 stunning barbel between 6-8 lbs and two good chub up to 4lbs. Confident that more would have been caught without the weed, but nonetheless a most enjoyable day on this picturesque new beat.

Quite a slow start to the day, as the river was still really low and clear. 1 Barbel caught in the morning and a few Chub. Improved in the afternoon after a change of swims, when 1 rod caught 6 Barbel on small (8mm) pellets and a few more Chub to the other rods.

A scorching day on this most scenic of middle Wye beats. Low, clear water meant it was never going to be a red-letter day for catches, but we did try....
JM spent a few hours trotting corn and catching a mixed bag of chublets, little roach and dace before bagging a barbel at last knockings. RH sat out the day in the top swim with just one chub for his efforts. NS was blank for the morning but changed swims and finished with four barbel. Were it not for being frequently wiped out by mid-water drifting weed, there may have been some more.

Another jewell in the W & Usk Crown is How Caple, just dont tell too many people they said it. Stunning location and stunning weather 80*f, which sent us Old Boys scurrying (again RH ) for cover, offered this time by the tree lined bank for a Siesta, mid Sun - scorched afternoon.Zzzz ...!Oh! and the fishing allways going to be difficult in the conditions but 2 Barbel 3lbs & 8lbs and a 3lb Chevin,(pellet feeders) roving around in faster water swims were our returns on a day where catching didnt seem as important as just being there. Many thanks W & Usk everything spot on as usual.

Not a bite didn't see any fish either, but it was very hot and sunny, there was so much weed coming down it was very hard to keep the rod in the water (huge clumps). Apart from that, lovely place, nice swims, easy parking.

Very hot day only had three Chub caught on pellet. Apart from the lack of catching the day was spoilt by far bank activity. Cars continually being driven along, anglers wadding across and fishing our bank and shouting being the means to communicate. Won't go again.

Fished the lower end of beat on the obvious looking barbel pegs. River was up and coloured compared to our visit a few weeks ago. Barbel feed well at the start of the day but as the colour dropped out the action slowed. We finished the day with 15 barbel and 3 chub all taken on pellets. JT was landing one of his chub and it was hit by a huge pike that jumped clear out of the water to claim its prize. It must have been a big fish as I heard the splash from a long way down stream.