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Apologies for the delay in responding but been on holiday. Another great days fishing thankyou WAU.

8 Barbel, 6 Chub

River was low and a bright sunny day. First time on the creel. It's a lovely stretch will plenty of swims available. Started in the field nearest Foy bridge. Fished the far bank and middle with feeder and pellet but no bites. Moved to the first swim inside the gate next to the track you walk down. First three casts resulted in three chub to 3lb. An hour later had a 7lb barbel. Then three more to 8lb 10oz and another small chub!
Nice stretch with plenty of potential.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

5 on klink and dink and 1 on a sedge. Excellent directions to the beat ... thanks.

6 Trout

3 1/2 lb stale Grilse. Every little helps!

1 Salmon

Very quiet, nothing moving on the surface. Managed to pick up half a dozen grayling all around 3/4lbs on a weighted gold head size 18 down deep. Breaking the silence were a couple of salmon leaping clear of the water making a substantial splash. All fish returned.

6 Grayling

8 Trout

Small flies fished on floaters and intermediates.

2 Trout

First time fishing this beat and really pleased we did. There is a fairly long and hilly walk involved (if you don’t want to fish the first field), so worth leaving the kitchen sink at home. We fished in the wooded section and caught most of our fish between 4-6pm, but we did have the odd fish throughout the day. We fished pellet and feeder tactics, best barbel around 9lbs and we had several around this size (and lots of Chub).
This is a very peaceful and scenic stretch and we really enjoyed fishing it. There are one of two very snaggy areas in this wooded section and we lost a number of feeders working out what was what (and I don’t generally lose much tackle on the Wye). The access in this wooded section is pretty dodgy, if you’re not fit or good on your legs – slippery sloped path and very steep banks leading to the swims. The fact there is rope to cling onto, should tell you everything! But I personally loved the fact it’s been left wild. Would certainly return to this beat!

10 Barbel, 12 Chub

I had to work harder for my fish today on a low and clear river. The cold start to the day, coupled with the beat having been fished the previous day, may also have been factors. I picked up one or two fish from most of the runs I fished; but none of the 5 and 6 fish from the same run that I associate with Lyepole at this time of year. I also found that, a lot of the time, I had to cover a fish upwards of a dozen times before getting a response. As with my previous trip, everything on the same nymph - a Tungsten Endrick Spider. Today's count will be more accurate than previous counts; for some reason, the Grayling figure stayed in my head and, with 4 of the trout coming in the last 15 minutes, even a dunderhead like me could work that one out.
An autumn day at Lyepole, and all's well with the world ...

6 Trout, 17 Grayling

What a lovely beat. The barbel were a little slow on the uptake (or perhaps it was the angler!), but who cares - spent a large part of the day trotting small baits and filling my boots with chub and dace - the numbers are guess work - I wasn't counting but for the most part it was a fish a trot. Some of the chub were nice fish 3lb to 4lb plus plenty of chublets. One nice barbel on the float and then one on pellet in the gloaming.

2 Barbel, 30 Chub, 40 Other