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River low and clear we fished the available swims and I caught 12 barbel all under a pound, a brown trout and a dace of about 8oz, my fellow angler caught one small chub, all came to maggot on feeder tactics after persevering for several hours on pellet feeder gave no results.

12 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Water level low, no fish seen.

Fly fishing. All 4 on small dry fly. Excellent service. Your maps and directions were great.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

Haven't been here since it was part of Abercynrig. There are good places to find salmon but no sign here today. The water was pretty low and clear and will likely remain that way until the season ends.... It looks like the season will just whimper out again.
I did catch 4 trout. It still amazes me that they take my salmon flies with 15lb line! All were safely returned.
There was an awful lot of plastic bottle waste present, not to mention bits of car and a bicycle in the river. I have written to the WUF about this.
WUF Note: We have spoken to the owners representative about this

What a lovely day for a spot of fishing. I arrived at 7am and headed for the bay, a couple of anglers already set up when I arrived. I had a single trout on a spinner which pleased me as I was trying a new rod (10-30g 7ft spinning rod bought from China) and it cast well and allowed the rainbow to give a good account of itself. I also tried worm under a float and on the bottom with and without a pop up but to no avail. The anglers to my right caught a few on the bottom. I left at 11am well satisfied with my session in a lovely location. It was pleasing to see that the banks were free of litter.

1 Trout

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

We arrived at the Fishery at 7-30am to find the river low and clear. I managed to catch 3 chub on pellet to about 4lb from under a tree about halfway along the stretch up to 3pm. After speaking to Glynn he advised us to fish the fast water at the top of the stretch. We tried various methods and baits to tempt the barbel but all to no avail. Low and clear water meant we were going to struggle which proved correct. We just got our timing wrong but living 120 miles away it is difficult to visit at the drop of a hat when the river is in top condition for the barbel. Maybe next time! Lovely accessible stretch!

3 Chub

Great beat, with some good looking swims. liked the short walk from the parking. The river looked perfect and the weather was mild for the time of year. Struggled a little for bites but 3 barbel landed and 3 chub. Wish we lived closer to the Wye, as it's very well run.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

Fished from around 10 - 6 with some breaks in between. Lovely beat, could have done with a touch more water but conditions were fishable with a fly. Fish showed in the tail of the drop-off at the top end of the beat but in slack water and impossible to swing a fly past and no luck when stripping past. Thanks to Barry for his advice on the phone, much appreciated. Will be back I'm sure.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub