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First time on this stretch. Tough day. Caught 2 Barbel to 7 1/2 lbs & 2 Chub between three rods. Caught on pellet & tried meat & corn.

First Wye Barbel caught at 6lbs 9oz. Fought well in the current and in excellent condition. Only bite of the day and fell to pellet in conjuction with a groundbait feeder. Father in law caught a Dace a cast and had a nice Chub to finish the day. Weed became a problem during the day which forced us to fish close in. We will be back to fish the Wye again!

Four rods fished from dawn till dusk. Started slow with one of us fishing for the pike with only one small one and a dropped run for his efforts. I started on the meadow and had a few sharp tugs but no fish. Moved into the middle of the wood at lunchtime and had a barbel first cast. Ended up with three barbel and two chub plus several lost fish. Lost a lot of feeders on the bottom rocks or weed Had problems with line gratting on an unknown snag mid river causing the lost fish, may fish braid next time. Foul hooked a fish which tore off like a train.
We all caught with Graham catching a solitary barbel of 11 pounds from the large crib at the start of the woods.
Don was very helpful. We will be back. Excellent fishery.

A glorious autumn day spent in beautiful surroundings. Between two rods we had 5 Barbel and 3 Chub. The Barbel ranged from 4lb 13oz to 8lb 5oz. All fish were caught using pellet or meat. The infamous walk back to the layby through the steep wooded path gets you breaking into a bit of a sweat. Who said fishing is a sedentary sport?

4 Barbel to one rod including one of 10lb 6oz and 2 chub to 4lb to other. Barbel caught from swim downstream of Vanstone on halibut pellet. Chub caught further downstream on meat. Quite a few Salmon showing during the day from the lower end of Vanstone.

First time on this part of the Wye. Beautiful weather, river looked good but not much action during the day. Caught one barbel about 8lb on luncheon meat,second rod didn't have any bites. Moved ourselves upstream to fish the second half of the day where I managed a chub 2.5lb on pellet, again no other bites but an enjoyable day anyway, will return again later.

Second day after fishing Courtfield yesterday, set up with no action, then along came Don the owner made a suggesting of where to fish so Phil and moved. Pellet over pellet again, it was very slow for me - one barbel of 7lb. Phil though did it again, 3 barbel 3.0,5.0 and a 6.14 plus a 3lb chub. Thoroughly enjoyed our visit and will definitely return.

5 barbel and a chub between 2 rods all from the Old Wharf pool all on boilie. Fishing was tricky and the sucessful method was very long hooklengths and small baits.

The Old Wharf pool is the only real swim on this stretch, you can wade to the far bank in places and there are 2 other cribs, but the water is shallow and very fast. Perhaps in the height of summer this beat would produce better but I think the limited swim choice would mean that i would not return to this beat unless I had it all to myself. Met the owner who was helpful and full of useful information. Access is very good, bring a rod pod to help fish the cribs.

Another smashing day on the Wye weather not great - clear blue sky & chilly downstream gusty breeze made trotting hard work but no problem on the feeder, had 11 barbel - 6 beautiful (2 lb / 3 lb) fish plus 5 better fish to 8ish lbs plus 1 chub many thanks WUF.

Started off by making the descision to fish the fishing hut bank rather than making the long journey round, what a v-good decision this turned out to be, managed to catch 4 barbel to 6lb and 2 chub 2lbs in the confluence pool during overcast conditions. As soon as the sun came out my swim died a death. Decided to move above John in next swim up, he was clearly on the barbel with 1 barbel that looked like a double. He decided to leave and said you should jump in here, so I did - I had another 5 barbel, biggest 9lb 14oz with two 7+s and two 6.5lbs all on pellet. What an amazing days fishing on the Wye - the beat is short but very very sweet!