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Turned out to be a very difficult day. There was a lot of weed coming down the river which did not help with bait presentation. We ended the day with 1 chub of 2.5 lb and 2 barbel of 6lb and 7lb, all fish taken from the deeper water half way up the first field. The top salmon croy was unfishable because of the very high winds and excess weed coming down the river.

Found fishing difficult due to very strong wind and lots of weed and branches coming down the river. However after braving the elements, I landed 5 barbel and a bonus eel!? All caught on pellets over groundbait. All in all not a bad day considering the conditions.

Fished 2pm to dusk. Caught 2 x barbel - 8.5 and 9lbs.

Incompetently we struggled today landing only 3 barbel (all about 7lbs) and a couple of chub between the two of us. Still all fishing days are good days - especially on the Wye.

1st time on this beat and have to say we were dissapointed with the limited number of swims on the middle/top of this beat especially the top where fighing our way through the woods trying to find pegs wasted a lot of fishing time. It wouldn't take a lot of work to improve this area, also, re a previous comment that there are a couple of cracking pegs screaming to be opened up in the orchard.
The lower end of this beat presents much more fishable river with some really nice swims and once we located the fish we managed to catch 35 Barbel and 10 Chub with the biggest Barbel going to around 8lb.
We would definatley fish this beat again, we just hope the WUF listen to ours and previous comments about limited swims and carry out some work on the top end of this beat as it would change it from a good beat to an excellent beat.
Directions and access to the beat spot on and no problems encountered with the local livestock !
Thanks.
WUF Note: Clearance work is due on this fishery in October under our HARP project.

Lovely river, great scenery, good swims, excellent fishing, immaculate fish, enjoyable company, job done.

Thanks WUF, back soon.

Early afternoon to evening session, fished left bank which is having a lot of work on it opening up more swims. Caught 5 Chub to 4lb 8ozs and a barbel of about the same weight. All on pellets.

6 BARBEL TO JUST UNDER 9LBS, BRILLIANT DAY ON A STUNNING RIVER.

Took my 13 Year old son with me and because of that couldn't fish the very top of the beat near the power line!
Settled in the next beat down stream, plenty of room for the two of us. Started about 0900 and fished sliding ledger with pellet on a hair rig. The River was slightly colured and slightly up due to recent rain.

After a quiet start I lost one barbel but caught another after a couple of hours, a beautiful 6 pound fish. Then my son caught his first ever barbel. He refused an eager father's help and landed the fish himself, very proud and very tired after! another 5-6 pound fish that fought like a demon.
Nothing then all day as the wind really picked up and waves appeared.
Lost a fair amount of tackle in the river, lots of snags.
Overall an enjoyable day and made up that my son caught his first ever barbel.

Great days fishing - 19 Barbel, 1 Chub and a beautiful 2lb Perch. The beat fished well all day and each swim we fished produced a bite. The weed was a problem at times but not as bad as it has been. All fish taken on Boilies or Corn over Hemp and Pellet. The larger Barbel were found at the top end of the beat in the last few swims. Looking forward to my next day or 2 on the Wye.