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Great beat, good access. Due to rain on Saturday, banks deadly but at least some help being offered with revetting and ropes to most pegs.Other beats take note.
Fished two pegs at end of beat ,a chub a throw to meat on float and ledger virtually all day. Barbel on bottom in the faster water opposite the castle. Good day really appreciate Fishing Passport for gaining access us to fish stunning ,wild countryside ...in the shadow of a castle.....

3 Barbel, 40 Chub

4 barbel and 2 chub. Only one angler fished.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Caught a few barbel on the upper section, mid river, using just one rod (as per WUF rules!)

3 Barbel, 6 Chub

Only one 3 1/2Ib chub caught and one lost. Too many canoes passing by (many of them rude and didn't care about or even look for anglers - ploughing straight through our near bank several times) and very hot/bright. Feeder and ledger methods used with various pellets and meat baits but hardly any bites considering the reasonable flow and slight colour to the water. Of note, the track down to the car parking area is quite deeply rutted in places and some anglers from Yorkshire (booked on the adjacent Home stretch) got their van stuck and had to abort their fishing trip after kindly being pulled out by a local in a 4WD vehicle. The recent rain had affected the track and it's best left to proper 4 WD's during wet periods. Due to the very heavy canoe traffic, we won't be fishing such stretches on a weekend ever again.

1 Chub

12 Chub

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

lots of chub up to 5lb and 2 barbel to 7lb

Slow days fishing. 3 chub and 1 eel caught. Weather was extremely wet. River was slightly up with a nice colour. Road exiting the fishery was extremely slippery with both vehicles having to be pushed up the hill upon exit.

3 Chub, 1 Other

Rained from 5.30 to 9.30, no barbel just 2 chub.

2 Chub

Beautiful stretch, the top half has excellent access for the Wye, but the bottom half appears to have no swims cut out and only looks fishable at high water levels. The large weed beds I remember from my previous trip here a few years ago are unfortunately mostly gone.

Honestly lost count of the number of Chub and am pretty sure I caught at least one fish twice. Most were small, but a few were 3lb+. The Barbel was a mint condition long and lean fish of around 7 1/2lb. Everything caught on pellet feeder.

I appear to have lost a bank stick at some point while exploring and was unfortunately unable to find it.

1 Barbel, 19 Chub