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3 Barbel, 3 Chub

Fished Hard, probably too hard and should have applied more patience. Fantastic venue, barely saw another angler.

The swims are challenging to fish, which is just how I like it. There are plenty of manicured commercials if that's your thing!

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Float fishing to start with produced 2 chub, but conditions were difficult with strong wind and river running a bit too high. Later switched to free lining that produced 4 more chub. The best fish was 4 lb 10 oz.

6 Chub

Had a short session, not ideal conditions due to lots of rain last few days/also on the day itself. Fished for first time ever. Eventually found the fish, managed to catch 2 chub before my session had to end. Caught a 3.5lb Chub followed by a 1lb chub.

2 Chub

Not a bite all evening

Hoped for some trotting but the river came up over half a metre overnight so spent the day roving the section with the feeder rod. Caught chub from most swims and found barbel in just one - close in the slacker water in the morning and then further out in the flow in the evening once the water had dropped about 20cms.

5 Barbel, 16 Chub

2 Barbel

The river was rising with a lot of debris coming down , so made fishing difficult . I was disappointed with my first Wye and Usk passport , website made it sound like it would be exclusive to anglers and said we were not allowed to visit the water until the day we booked , but on our day the whole area was full of dog walkers hikers , picnickers, cyclists even launching a home made sail boat in the swim we were fishing, kids swimming and shouting where we were fishing and lots of the beat completely unfishable due to lack of pegs 45 is not cheap for me and was meant to be a treat and father and son time but was noisy and anything but peaceful , really disappointing.

Fishing Passport Note : It is mentioned on the Caradoc website page that during hot days, particularly at weekends, other river users can sometimes be present. Apologies if you missed this. We will try and make the message clearer.

1 Barbel, 8 Chub

Everything seemed in place for a great days fishing , river levels up , nice chocolate colour, slightly overcast and the temperature perfectly mild . We were feeling more than confident. Our confidence gradually turned into frustration as we realised it was going to be a tough day , waiting and waiting with no signs of any activity,
We were prepared to write the day off , what a contrast from my last visit only a month ago , when the conditions were a complete opposite.
But as the evening came to a close the fish took pity on us and our rods came alive with some last minute action which lifted our spirits.
A very testing day but a blank avoided.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Enjoyable early morning start paid off with 2 nice barbel over 5lb in the rain, water rose 2’ and made for challenging conditions

2 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other