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River about as good as you would expect in winter. 2 rods after Pike using deads and lures. Not a touch all day.
One rod per person severely hampers the ability to explore a stretch of this length and becomes overly expensive for one rod over time. I appreciate the desire not to over pressurise pike but with four anglers only on the entire beat at any one time (and from catch reports the overwhelming majority of those in search of Barbel and Chub) that is hardly likely to happen. Won't be back here for Pike and it might be an idea for Wye/Usk to review their policy.

The river had dropped back from flood levels but the banks were still very wet and mucky. A mild, enjoyable morning saw 5 barbel to 8lb banked along with the usual chub to start the new year well. Unfortunately, fishing stopped after lunch when my companion speared his finger with a quickstop (it goes in the pellet, not your digit K)and he needed to get to A&E for a protracted spell of surgery to remove the offending item. Ouch! Happy New Year to all at WUF.

River fining down and looked good for piking. Walked the whole length of the South bank, trying all the pikey looking slacks, some of which I have caught from before, but it was dead and I didn't get a single run all day.

Although river looked in good nick and despite trying a plethora of baits only action came in last hour whilst using small feeder down the edge with sweetcorn on the hook. Several missed bites but ended with one barbel.

Very good section. Owner is a top chap and he gave us some good information. I blanked roving with different baits. S N stuck it out in 4th swim down & was rewarded with 2 barbel the best of 10lb 14oz. His first double ever, fell to pellet.

Weather and river conditions perfect. Fishing terrible. Fished several swims and tried every bait in the bag for 1 Chub. Several times whilst fishing I was sharing the river with a Cormorant. This also happened the last time I fished this beat. Has any body else noticed an increase in their numbers this winter? A few weeks ago at How Capel Court I counted 13 in the morning.

Water was still fairly high but dropping so good conditions. Had a good day, 4 Barbel up to 8lb 7oz on feeder and pellet tactics, plus a chub and a pike. Always a lovely place to fish!

River still high but falling. Coloured but clearing. Probably caught river a day too soon but had no other dates available to us so gave it our best shot.
Pike fishing lower stretch, no shortage of swims despite high water. Adopted a roving approach using deads. Disappointed to land just one pike, a low double, but then conditions were hardly ideal. Glad to be on the banks after weeks of interminable rain and stretch looks nice. Will have to come back when levels are lower to assess its full potential.

Caught the river a day or so too early. Although falling was still running high with a lot of colour. One low double Pike on deadbait between us. Difficult to assess beat as we were undoubtedly fishing swims that will not be there when normal levels are resumed but nice looking stretch and our impression is that the beat may well be better suited to barbel/chub anglers. Will be back in better conditions to try our luck again.

River high and only able to fish around the area of the stream mouth. One pike caught of approximately 10-11lbs. A nice day out regardless and good advice provided as always, catch return probably not surprising considering the conditions and the fact that the river continued rising steadily during the day.