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Just the one pike 10lb 2oz. No luck with barbel or chub. We both felt description of lower beat was poor.

1 Pike

Three barbel, 7lb 8oz,, 5lb 10z and 4lb 8oz. Two chub 5lb 1oz and 4lb from nice swim in middle of stretch. Thanks Colin for a nice chat. Lost another nice barbel on last cast.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Easy on line booking. Good directions to beat however there is NO WUF sign in the parking area. Where the directions say there is a sharp right hand bend this road goes to Eaton Bishop you take the road that says NO THROUGH ROAD then park through the gate on the hardstanding next to a building, after about 10 yards. The farmers mobile number is on a board where you park and its well worth the fiver it is a long walk.

River in good condition, slow fishing though. I caught the chub on chilli flavour L/meat opposite the weir garden on the wall peg. I caught the barbel in the faster water further up the beat on halibut pellet and feeder.

Fantastic location will definitely be back. Thanks WUF.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub, 20 Other

Fished on a falling coloured river I think another 24 hours would have be spot on.

Managed a 7.5lb barbel from the first swim over the bridge, another smaller fish taken from the next peg down stream.
Spent some time trotting a stick float for a mixed bag including some good dace and small chub. A pleasant day.

1 Trout, 2 Barbel, 2 Chub

River was in excellent condition as it had started to drop off from heavy rain a few days before but was still very coloured.
We chose to fish at the upstream end of the beat and started catching within the first hour and caught steadily throughout the day with average fish around 7 to 8lb and largest 10.5lb.
Heavy groundbait feeder and pellet was the winning method.

An excellent days fishing that we will look to repeat as soon as we can!!

17 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fished 7th, 8th and 9th October. Only caught 3 barbel between us. Was very disappointing from last year. Stayed at Flanesford Priory. Again very disappointed on the free day Wednesday, as only supposed to be 4 anglers on the entire beat but there were 7 and we could not fish the swims we wanted as paying guests as the 5 others on the beat must have got day tickets from somewhere. Would never use this beat again.

WUF note - The Passport does not sell day tickets for this beat on Wednedays. Please report any possible poaching incidents to NRW on 0800 807060 on the day of the incident or contact the office on 01874 712074.

3 Barbel

A stretch for those who like to stretch (their legs). One of our party who fished right at the top for a while (where he caught the 'other' - a prime gudgeon) estimated he walked 7 miles in total over the day. A nice stretch with a lot of wildlife to see - including an otter putting in a star appearance. Fish caught mainly near pumping station and the obvious swims at the bottom of the fishery.

3 Barbel, 9 Chub, 1 Other

River racing through and colour of chocolate. One 4lb chub and one eel from swim at top of stretch at dusk.

1 Chub, 1 Other

After losing a heavy barbel early on, a 4lbs 9oz rub a dub on free-lined cheese was most welcome in the coloured, swiftly flowing water below Boy's Rocks. OB, "the barbel botherer" was in the wire swim, from which he took 4 barbel to 8lbs 8oz during the day, also losing a big pike. My best barbel went 6lbs 8oz, a new pb, as was the 2lb eel that insisted on snaffling my bait during the otherwise quiet period in the middle of the day.
Anyone who thinks the banks are steep or inaccessible needs to visit the Bristol Avon below Chippenham. Compared to that abseiling territory, the Wye here is like a day at the beach, and what a lovely day it was!

5 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Other

A great day, the river had dropped and there wasn't the same amount of debris coming down river. I had 2 barbel to 7lb 3oz in the morning and then 3 to 7lb 4oz in the early evening. All fish from the bottom pool.

5 Barbel