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Arrived early full of anticipation for our first trip to the Wye this year ,only to find the river up by about 3 foot and pushing through. So the next stage was to find 4 fishable swims, so having walked the beat we all settled into the middle section. So out with the bait dropper and in with the hemp followed by the pellets. The fishing was very slow to start, but as ever with barbel fishing when you are not paying attention to your rod you are at risk of losing it (pouring a cup of tea), the rod was hooping over and I was quickly greeted by my first wye barbel for the year in pristine condition and weighing between 6-7lbs. By the end of the day I managed 11 barbel and numerous chub, best fish went 8-14 with 3 others over 8 as well. I do believe the volume of hemp put in helped keep the fish in the swim and the hook bait was nothing larger than 8mm .

12 barbel to 7lbs and 7 chub to 3lbs between the three of us. Rising river after overnight rain.

What a wonderful length. Quite a long stretch but you can drive along and park at the river side in good conditions. Some scary looking bulls but didn't cause a problem. Weather was good and caught steadily through the day.
Finished with 10 barbel, most around the 5lb mark but did have a 7 5 and a 9 1.

The swims with some flow seemed to produce fish. I was expecting more canoe traffic and the ones I saw were very well meaning. Love to come back.

Fishing Saturday the 25th we found the river up and colored but settled in to swims that have produced for us in previous seasons. The fishing proved to be quite challenging almost as much as some of the canoe parties that passed by. Making subtle changes to location and presentation did pay off and the barbel were begrudgingly coming to our nets. Finishing Saturday with around a dozen barbel, a chub and some eels for good measure between two rods. Returning on Sunday 26th our concern was on the forecast for bright sunshine and temperatures close to 30 but this was before we saw that the river had come up over night by a good 3ft and was transporting large trees out to sea! My previous swim was now in the river and hopes of fish were slim. We stuck it out and some how did manage to land the odd barbel, the biggest just shy of 9lb, at times in mad fishing conditions.

Three barbel from four to seven pounds. Four chub, largest was around four and a half pounds. All caught on a single hair rigged elipse pellet fished in conjunction with a small pva bag of crushed pellets and hemp.

20 barbel biggest 9lbs 1 0z. 7 chub average 3-4 lbs. All caught on pellet. Excellent fishery a little concerned about a bull in every meadow!! however this did not prevent us from fishing.Access was excellent but orchard stretch of river was more or less inaccessible for fishing. Thank you Wye and Usk Foundation for an excllent days sport in very difficult river conditions- low and clear.

River up perhaps 1 foot but clear. Fished middle croy 10am to mid-day, 1 9lb plus barbel and 2 around 7/8lb on large halibut pellet.
Fished pool behind submerged bottom croy until 16.00hrs and caught 4 more barbel all over 7lbs and lost large one that went downstream to end of spool line when hook snapped at bend, (a size 8 carp hook by reputable manufacturer) All on large halibut pellet with loose fed small pellets.
An 11lb plus barbel was taken by a W&U angler from this swim on Wednesday.
Salmon seen frequently surfacing between croys, tried heavy flying c with no result.
For those who have fished here recently and been entertained by the loneley duckling, its still alone but alive and growing fast.

Four anglers caught 10 barbel, best 9lb 7oz. The middle section produced well. We all enjoyed the day which was the
first visit to this stretch. You need to decide which section to fish as access to the various parts are distinct. Day spoilt by dreadful prolonged and heavy rain later in the day. All anglers caught barbel so good sign.

A fantastic days fishing was had by both of us, Thanks to the earlier input from Colin the Ghillie we homed in on 2 key locations that kept producing Barbel throughout the day.
The river was about 2 and a half feet over summer level.
We finished the day with 25 Barbel to 2 rods and a few Chub.
The bait was halibut pellet fished with feeders.

4 barbel and 6/7 chub. Largest barbel 7.5lbs, largest chub 3lbs. First time on this beat and I suspect we didn't quite get our location right. All in all a good days fishing in great surroundings.