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5 chub between us, caught on a mixture of pellets and meat. Barbel hard to locate in very high water! A shame the Maddox isn't available this year - it added some variety to the beat, even if the fish weren't often in the pool.

River up 3.5ft and holding. Due to the water level only Leggs Meadow was fishable (unless you wanted to spend the day fishing by the road in the town). This has obviously been the case for most of the season as the swims were very heavily worn. It reminded us a bit of the Kennet!

We only had 2 barbel between the three of us (6lb 10oz and 7lb 12oz), both on feeder fished halibut pellet. We also had 6 chub to 5lb and a 1lb eel!

Plenty of canoe traffic as well, a lot of whom clearly weren't interested in the peace and tranquillity of the surroundings!

The best entertainment came from the mandarin ducklings that seemed quite happy to eat out of my hand!

20 barbel upto 9lb 6oz and 12 chub upto 5lb 4oz. Pellet for the barbel and meat for the chub. This beat was easily accessible with the directions spot on. Just one sad note, an excuse of a fisherman on the opposite bank.

2 Barbel on hallibut pellet. 1 Chub & 1 Eel, same bait.

My guest didn't fish on the day - so only 1 rod fishing. I caught half a dozen barbel and the same number of chub. No great specimens among them. A couple of fish incompetently lost. All fish caught on the usual pellet/feeder combination. River level dropping through the day. Another enjoyable day on the Wye.

Conditions worse than yesterday stuck it out for a few hours to no avail more like Winter than Summer.

Lots of small rudd?/roach, no fish of any size i.e. above 3 ozs. Bit of a tramp to get there, not so much distance more the narrow, partially obstructed paths...but if we want wild fishing this is to be expected.
When you get there a nice seclude place.

River 3ft up and holding. We fished the Cow field on the lower half of the beat as it looked the most promising and accessible stretch. We ended up with 5 barbel between 5lb and 7lb and 13 chub to 4lb 10oz. Most fish were caught on feeder fished halibut pellet, though a lot of the chub came to trotted luncheon meat.

7 Barbel on hallibut pellet. 1 Chub same bait.

We arrived to a nearly unfishable river. There were only 2 very unsafe pegs right at the lower part but by 6pm, the river had droped and 2 or 3 more pegs opened up but still very muddy and not to safe in places. Despite all that MK had 1 Barbel 7lbs and lost 3 more and I had barbel to just over 8lbs. The walk from carpark to pegs is not for the hearth fainted. The steps down from car park to public path are a nightmare if you carry stuff, you need to be Young and fit or you will not make it. The top part of the fishery (first 250 yards plus) is totally unfishable even on lower water due to the undergrowth and trees. That is probably why it has not been fished in recent years. A lot of passing by walkers, nature lovers etc, as it has a nice footpath along the bank. Definitely not as good as the more popular beats we fish further up river. I would not want to fish it during holidays time, it will be full of passers by for sure. We prefer quieter venues and the access to pegs should be more clear on the description of this beat. Very hard stiff steps with mad incline to land on public foot path, then a long walk to first fishable peg. My advice if you want to fish it, travel as light as you can or be prepared to do few long hard trips to get all the gear. The river here is considerebly larger than further up on the more commercial well known beats.