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Caught & released 4 small trout and one or two parr.
All on spider patterns. A few olives hatched but no fish rising to the hatching fly.

4 Trout

Another beautiful stretch of river, with access very good, a drive around the field and right up to the waters edge. Pre baited several swims with pellet & hemp with the plan of coming back to them later, when we did nothing until mid afternoon, then 2 barbel and 9 chub. All on sweet corn, nothing on pellet. Thanks to W&UF for another wonderful opportunity to fish this fantastic river.

2 Barbel, 9 Chub

Tough days fishing with the river low and clear. rose several fish but failed to connect with most. Finally hooked a good fish of around 3lbs, caught on a PTN fished NZ style.

1 Trout

Results probably didn't reward the effort made. 450 mile round trip and a 20 hour day for 4 chub. But I will be back!
Do Not Underestimate the walk from the car park to the top end of the beat, it is a killer. Wanted to try the top end pools as I've fished Courtfield (opposite bank) before. Disappointed that two anglers from the next beat were already fishing in the top pools. They had walked down from the next beat but with nothing to indicate where one finishes and another starts what can you do?
Caught two chub in available pool, then worked my way back down to pumping station with no further action until last knockings when I caught two more. Good sized fish that were enthusiastic.
Beautiful location but probably due to early season swims had to be "manufactured." No sign of Mr Barbel.

4 Chub

Lovely section of the Wye. Really enjoyed ourselves. 2 barbel and 5 chub between us. Will be back soon.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

Fished for a couple of hours, hot evening, one decent fish on then off!! Klinkhammer off the surface.

Low conditions, but once fish are found, they could be caught steadily throughout the afternoon.

3 Barbel, 6 Chub

Having read the recent catch returns for this beat I felt mixed emotions prior to fishing it....sheer excitement at the potential quality of the fishing I was about to experience and a slight hint of anxiety about bumping into the "ogre".
As expected the setting was perfect with stunning scenery and very peaceful. The banks are getting seriously overgrown now which not only added to the experience of fishing a wild stream but also helped provide some cover for me. At times it felt like I was engaged in some form of commando exercise as I made my way upstream as stealthily as possible without being detected. At one point I could hear the sound of a quad bike getting closer and closer and this truly got the adrenaline going.
Fortunately I managed to avoid being spotted by the farmer but sadly despite my best efforts I couldn't avoid spooking the fish. The water was very low and very clear so it was difficult to get into a decent position. I got the impression that the fish were very wary and as I occasionally placed a foot in someone else's print it made me wonder how many of these fish have recently felt a hook point or two. Saying that there were a fair few fish rising and I managed land three between 10 and 12 inches and lost/pricked a great deal more. All on a grey wulff. These fish are in stunning condition, fit and seriously well fed which is of no surprise considering the amount of insect life that was present including a few mayflies. Sadly I was only able to fish for four hours so didn't even manage to cover half the beat.
I seriously enjoyed my first time on this impressive little stream, it has a huge amount of variety to it and a seriously impressive head of decent sized, hard fighting trout.

3 Trout

The barbel are still spawning (I observed this one evening on the camp site I was staying at) so I think they are two to three weeks behind due to the low Spring/early Summer temperatures.
This was my first time at this fishery and so spent some time walking all the banks. I say walking the banks but the upper section is more like deep jungle and impossible to fish from the bank for trees. Fished the upper section long trotting with bread flake for five nice chub.

5 Chub

Fished what I thought was Henry's pool.
Nice glide about 3 rod lenghts out, about 8 foot deep.
Had 4 chub on a specci waggler setup with sweetcorn and had 4 on pellets on a feeder or lead.

No Barbel, tried big/small baits and various lengths of hooklink.

Biggest chub which was caught on the float was 5lb 1oz.

Be careful of the track down to the Youth Hostel.

7 Chub