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Late report of 7lb fish taken on fly by John Meighen on 24/6 from the Rapids Pool on Redbrook.

1 Salmon

Only fished for 1 hour due to poor weather.

My first Wild Stream trip as a season ticket holder. A couple of evening hours on the Arrow resulting in a nice 10in brownie on a Parachute Adams and a minnow on a pheasant-tail nymph almost as big as the fish. Plenty of fish rising along the beat although many small and very fast-taking (hence only the one trout to hand!). Stopped at the weir as the light was fading. Lovely beat, will return. Fly life good also, a few mays stillcoming off but plenty of smaller upwings as well.,

1 Trout, 1 Other

Arrived at midday to see river low and clear. Managed a couple of chub by the Bridge on light legered sweetcorn and a luncheon meat. Saw a couple of barbel off the bridge but the chub were keener and took the bait first.
Met the beat owner who was very helpful and moved to a deeper swim which was quiet until about six pm when traditional tactics of legered meat and sweetcorn cocktail saw seven chub landed up to 5 pounds 9 ounces and a barbel of around six pounds. A surprise eel on sweetcorn finished the session to the extent that my Labrador saw it and fell in with shock at such an unruly specimen!!!

1 Barbel, 9 Chub, 1 Other

Several trout caught throughout the beat. River very low, also several diseased fish seen and two dead. Has there bean any investigation why these fish are diseased??
WUF Note: If you come across dead or diseased fish, please contact the Natural Resources Wales/Environment Agency emergency line as soon as you can: 0800 80 70 60.

7 Trout

A great afternoons sport on one of the most scenic WUF coarse fishing beats. The long (1/2 mile) walk is well worth it - just don't take a lot of gear with you!
Barbel from 4lb - 8lb, all on simple pellet and cage feeder tactics. Most chub 3 - 4lb. Plenty of bites missed and fish lost.
CT - 5 barbel, 7 chub, TH - 4 barbel, MM - 3 barbel
RD - 1 chub.
The first two anglers fished from 2.30 pm to 9.15 pm, the second pair arrived at 6.30 pm, fished to 9.30 pm. Plenty of swims here for 4 fishermen.

12 Barbel, 8 Chub

Started late due to oversleeping but still caught well all afternoon, including a nice Barbel on my first cast. I fished the top end of the middle field upstream of a massive weedbed with the feeder on hemp and pellet, catching several Barbel and Chub (including a nice Chub of 4lb 6oz). When bites dried up, I decided to have a go at floatfishing with speci wagglers and centrepin at the tail end of the island. After landing several more nice Chub on 6mm pellet I returned to my original (now well rested) swim for a couple more Barbel before packing up at dusk. A great day on one of my favourite WUF stretches.

7 Barbel, 13 Chub

15 chub and 4 barbel again taken from below the forest almost at the beat limit.

4 Barbel, 15 Chub

Total of 7 fish caught 6 carp and 1 chub. The carp weighed between 1 to 3.1/2 lbs but the majority were in the 3lb range and the chub was 2lb. Sweet corn was the most popular bait but I used dynamite baits hemp and snail as a change bait and that netted some of the larger fish.

1 Chub, 6 Other

A beautiful stretch of the river Wye. However there is a price to pay. A steep walk down the path to the riverbank (would be a nightmare if it was wet) and then barely anywhere to get down to the river. Be prepared to cut your way into the swims. Walked to the top end of the beat and baited up the pool below the Croy and then moved downstream to a shallower section where I managed to get into the river. Trotted crust from a centrepin with the sun on my back for about an hour taking three hard fighting Chub, fantastic. Moved up to the Croy and sat it out until about 11.00am with two more Chub taken on feeder with pellet. Retired for lunch and came back about 3.30pm. Unfortunately no Barbel but five more Chub taken from the deeper water at the beginning of the Beat. A fantastic two days fishing. Many thanks to the owners and the Wye and Usk Foundation as it is a privilege to fish this river.

12 Chub