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Excellent day on a beat we haven't visited before. Plenty of colour in the water and a fair amount of floating debris but otherwise looking good. The persistent rain, wind and cold made the banks an interesting proposition without crampons but we wandered up and down the river trying the numerous swims available. Half a dozen chub to well over 4 lbs and a couple of nice barbel to 8 lbs on small pellets and corn without any baiting other than feeders made us forget the weather (I'm writing this on the 27th and the sun is shining with temperatures in the mid-teens). Caught some in the faster water below the island and some in slower stretches upstream.

Good day - thanks WUF. Can we be clear on whether or not we are allowed to drive upstream from the hut. The computer says 'no' but the well-worn tyre tracks suggest otherwise.

WUF Note : Please note that anglers are NOT permitted to drive along the bank.

River about 1.5 feet up. Plenty of chub on this beat, lost count of how many, at least 15, including two fish not far short of 5 pounds. The barbel were harder to find but ended up with 4 to about 7 pounds. Nice beat, plenty to fish to the whole lenth of the beat. Yes all on pellets!

Wyebank Section. 16.00 to 18.30, overcast but mild. Evening walk to use maggots left from trip to Glanwye. Met 2 W&U anglers leaving after blank day for Barbel. River falling and clearing but water very cold the probable cause of the lack of barbel. Trotting, centre-pin, chubber float lightly over shot to size 14 hook on 4lb line set at 3 to 4ft and held back on edge of flow. Loose feed maggots with 2 on hook. 1 x 3lb plus chub followed by dace to 12oz every other cast until very dark. During this summer only caught occasional individual dace when using sweetcorn for barbel/chub and thought the heavy presence of a cormorant family and immature goosanders had cleared most of dace so good to find a large quality shoal present again.

Very cold overnight and wicked frost when we arrived with heavy mist. Very atmospheric and a beautiful stretch. Bright sunshine arrived by mid afternoon. Did not find any barbel willing to feed until the late afternoon. 3 barbel to 6lb to one rod, 2 chub and one barbel to the other.

Wyebank Section. 16.00 to 18.30, overcast but mild. Evening walk to use maggots left from trip to Glanwye. Met 2 W&U anglers leaving after blank day for Barbel. River falling and clearing but water very cold the probable cause of the lack of barbel. Trotting, centre-pin, chubber float lightly over shot to size 14 hook on 4lb line set at 3 to 4ft and held back on edge of flow. Loose feed maggots with 2 on hook. 1 x 3lb plus chub followed by dace to 12oz every other cast until very dark. During this summer only caught occasional individual dace when using sweetcorn for barbel/chub and thought the heavy presence of a cormorant family and immature goosanders had cleared most of dace so good to find a large quality shoal present again.

Wyebank Section. 16.00 to 18.30, overcast but mild. Evening walk to use maggots left from trip to Glanwye. Met 2 W&U anglers leaving after blank day for Barbel. River falling and clearing but water very cold the probable cause of the lack of barbel. Trotting, centre-pin, chubber float lightly over shot to size 14 hook on 4lb line set at 3 to 4ft and held back on edge of flow. Loose feed maggots with 2 on hook. 1 x 3lb plus chub followed by dace to 12oz every other cast until very dark. During this summer only caught occasional individual dace when using sweetcorn for barbel/chub and thought the heavy presence of a cormorant family and immature goosanders had cleared most of dace so good to find a large quality shoal present again.

4 x Barbel and 2 x Chub. River rising.

A bright sunny day and the river a lot lower and clearer than I thought it would be. A struggle to get bites all day, ended up with just 1 medium sized chub at dusk.

A stunning beat and if it was double bank fishing it might be worth the cost. As it was, we were unable to fish the upper section of the beat, including the very alluring Cadora pool, due to anglers on the other bank. I guess we could've fished opposite but we're pretty anti-social. A guy came and pegged the opposite bank for a match, and although he provided us with great entertainment when he fell in a couple of times, we shuddered at the thought of paying twenty five pounds each to fish across from a competition! We feel that fifteen to twenty pounds would be a fairer price. All this said, we loved it here. I managed to extract three good barbel and a very good chub whilst my companion broke a long blank spell with a chub. The swims were very interesting to fish and you always feel as though something might happen. It's our new favourite WUF barbel beat.

Lovely stretch of river, but no bites in the morning. Met Colin who told us of some likely places we should try.
I had 3 chub and a barbel about 5lb. All caught on pellets.
Other rod had his day made, he caught his first and second barbel ever, plus 4 chub. Also caught on pellet using maggots in the feeder.