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Fantastic day on a well kept beat,it don’t get any better than wye barbel and chub,look after the gilly and he’ll look after you,he knows where the fish are.all fish caught on double 8mm halibut pellet on hair rig,fed with pellets in cage feeder.overcast for most of the day and river quite low

4 Barbel, 17 Chub

River low, conditions were warm and sunny, found casting to shaded spots under overhanging trees worked well, open ended feeder and 12mm pellets worked well, fish were immaculate condition

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

I only fished the late afternoon/evening, the water was very low and much of the river looked very unpromising.
Took a grayling in the first run which buoyed hopes and focusing on the moving water with a dry and tiny Mayfly Brassie I was able to do quite well under the circumstances. Tricky casts under the trees to reach the moving water made for interesting fishing and I think that I enjoyed this the most so far because each fish was well earned. I can see the potential of the beat with a bit more water in it. I also suspect that a number of fish may have dropped back downstream due to the low water.
Nothing much hatching, but the brown trout all readily took the dry and the grayling all came to the nymph. The grayling seemed to fight harder than the ones I took on the Wye, despite the disadvantage of not having much current to assist them.. Lovely afternoon's fishing. Again thank you for making this possible..

6 Trout, 4 Grayling

Good days fishing, open ended feeder n pellet used, river low and conditions bright

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

low water , winter floods seem.to have washed away some of the groins.

9 Barbel, 12 Chub

3 Barbel, 8 Chub

Difficult day very few fish rising. a lovely quiet beat Access is an issue here that people should be aware of I took my ageing uncle and he could not access a large proportion of the river. There is no sign of the "ladders" and "hand rails" mentioned in the description of the beat.

2 Trout

Despite warm and humid conditions at Lyepole there was not much fly life and little evidence of rising fish, at least between 1 and 4pm when I was there. Several plucks on a weighted nymph but nothing to hand for me today.

Having fished the day before was a bit more prepared for what lay ahead. Parked up around 4:30am with and reduced my gear to the minimum (although still seemed to way a ton) and took waders. Went up to the swims opposite the Islands again and decided to rotate between 3 swims, fishing one swim having fed the next. No more than an hour (or two fish )in each before moving to the next.
Worked well with fish being caught regularly during the day 12 Barbel (4lb 1oz - 7lb 10oz) and 12 Chub (incuding a Wye Personal Best of 5lb 2oz).
Had to pack up at 8pm which was a shame as I'd just lost two in two cast (both shedding the hook into weed) but was faced with the walk back to the car and a 4 hour drive . The 47 step climb at the end once again got the heart racing.
All in all over the 2 days I fished the beat I would say that this is in my Top 5 of Wye and Usk Foundation beats, however I've got a feeling that at the height of the summer, the swims at the top end may be a bit busy. There's caravan hook up points in the field and I guess the owner has a camp site there. And it's a perfect spot for the Canoes to stop, but early/late season. And those in the bottom/middle sections are likely to be restricted by anglers on the extremely popular far bank.

12 Barbel, 12 Chub

Having fished the day before was a bit more prepared for what lay ahead. Parked up around 5am with and reduced my gear to the minimum (although still seemed to way a ton) and took waders. Went up to the swims opposite the Islands again and decided to rotate between 3 swims, fishing one swim having fed the next. No more than an hour (or two fish )in each before moving to the next. Started fishing at around 6am
Worked well with fish being caught regularly during the day 12 Barbel (4lb 1oz - 7lb 10oz) and 12 Chub (incuding a Wye Personal Best of 5lb 2oz).
Had to pack up at 8pm which was a shame as I'd just lost two in two cast (both shedding the hook into weed) but was faced with the walk back to the car and a 4 hour drive . The 47 step climb at the end once again got the heart racing.
All in all over the 2 days I fished the beat I would say that this is in my Top 5 of Wye and Usk Foundation beats, however I've got a feeling that at the height of the summer, the swims at the top end may be a bit busy. There's caravan hook up points in the field and I guess the owner has a camp site there. And it's a perfect spot for the Canoes to stop, but early/late season. And those in the bottom/middle sections are likely to be restricted by anglers on the extremely popular far bank.

12 Barbel, 12 Chub