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9 Barbel, 60 Chub, 1 Pike

Sorry for this lengthy report.

In the many years that I have fished on Wye and Usk waters I have rarely had to give negative comments. Sadly Upper Breinton has not lived up to my expectations. This was the first time we visited this stretch of the Wye and on approaching the river we wondered why there were three picnic benches set up by the bank. Perhaps they were there so you could use them as an anchor for a rope to allow abseiling down the steep bank. Whilst I’m not the most agile I can normally negotiate most situations, but in this instance I did fall causing a bruise to my knee.

There are only two spots you can reach the river and a very dodgy third all within 20 or so metres. Thankfully it was dry but in wet weather it could be quite dangerous. We had already booked this stretch in October but due to the unsafe conditions we will not be attending. I just wish we knew all this before. I hope this information will help others to make an informed decision before booking.

As for catches just two small chub were caught.

Owner Note : The picnic benches have been provided for the family and anglers use. The beat has some of the 'better' access when comparing some Wye beats. There are 4 swims, but it’s a 3 rod limit at a push for this stretch. It’s only 130m long as advertised. I'm afraid any stretch has the potential to be dangerous in the wet.

2 Chub

One small chub around 1 3/4lb.

1 Chub

4 Trout

What a difference a day makes - nothing caught on the same beat yesterday, but after 12-15 inches of rain last night, 5 barbel 4-8lb,and 2 baby barble 20-24 ounces, plus 1 2lb chub, all caught in the afternoon/ early evening - last fish 7.45pm when regret I had to leave.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

2 Barbel, 30 Chub

2 Trout

1 Chub

Lovely spot but hard going in the low water conditions (0.127m on the Tafalog guage). Most of the beat was very shallow with a couple of deeper pools in the top half. Disturbed a few very small fish and saw a couple of swirls from bigger specimens but nothing took an interest in the fly. Still enjoyed it though.

Great day, barbel were small but lots of chub on the pin was good fun.

3 Barbel, 20 Chub