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Arrived at about 4pm for an evening session with my daughter for her first river Wye trip, nice beat and looked in good nick. Couldn't get two of us on the preferred faster water in a peg so settled on a wide peg opposite the big houses with the annoying dog. Fished 3 hrs with only one bite which powered off down river and somehow shed the hook. Disappointing for me and gracie but would make an earlier start the next day in hope of catching a few. Plenty to go at here so will return.

Tipped with rain all day. Barbel first and second cast, then slowed down till after lunch. Finished with six barbel.
River pulling hard, banks slippery.

6 Barbel

The river was fast and high due to a few days rain prior, so was quite challenging to fish. Tried meat over hemp and pellets with Pva with no luck. Switched to a feeder using halibut and hemp mix with sticky krill boilies and had fish within 10 minutes!

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

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2 Barbel

30/08/15 warm, overcast day, light wind. Some light rain, heavy at times. Fished the top section of the beat with feeder tactics. Good, healthy size fish with several in the 9-10lb bracket.
I could go on and wax lyrical about this beat, the quality of the fishing, the beauty of the location but I would soon run out of superlatives. So, to keep it short and sweet I will simply say that for both my mate and I, 'it was a great days fishing'!

21 Barbel, 1 Chub

Had a very pleasant days fishing in stunning surroundings, even the rain in the afternoon did not spoil the day. All fish fell to feeder and pellet.

9 Barbel, 16 Chub, 1 Other

A good days sport. Most fish were taken towards the bottom end of the beat with pellet feeder.

12 Barbel, 4 Chub

3 Barbel

Barbel to 8lb, chub to 4lb

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

Lovely looking beat the walk was a struggle for my dad but I am used to it so wasn't a problem. I had 1 barbel at 6lb and 10 chub including a new PB of 7lb which was an absolute monster. My dad had 4 chub and 3 barbel (2x8lb and a PB of 10lb 8oz).
Now for the negatives.
Although it says 1 mile of fishing you can only fish the marked pegs in the maize field opposite The Weir NT. I walked the whole beat finding the bank completely overgrown and inaccessible in all the other fields which was a shame as there were some lovely bits of water. The canoeists were an absolute nightmare the worst i have ever experienced and had no consideration for us anglers, most of whom were highly intoxicated through alcohol and had no watercraft, very embarrassing to watch. Lastly the marked pegs were incredibly snaggy between us we lost 14 lots of complete end tackle plus a further 5 hook links. There is a lot of other anglers line in the water so care needs to be taken in swim selection.
As good as it eventually turned out I won't be coming back to this beat, harsh but very fair I think.

4 Barbel, 14 Chub