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Only a few swims fishable in low water conditions. Hard going but managed a barbel and chub each. Need some rain !!

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Arrived at beat at 9am and as others had said the river was very low but as I told the lads the fish are still in there. Buzzards and kingfishers a plenty, what a way to start the day. Tom and Mark started off down stream and me and David went to the top of the beat but couldn't fish the end peg as there was a salmon fisherman down there and we didn't want to be to close. Tom fished just above rope swim and got a 3lb chub and a 1 1/2lb barbel before 11:30am then at 1pm got a 7lb barbel in great nick. These were caught on soft pellets wrapped in paste. Me and David had a few knocks up stream but eventually we moved down stream to the rope swim at around 2pm where David had a 2lb barbel. It was perfection in miniature. I then moved downstream and fished amongst the nettles and got 4 chub up to 3lb all on meat. It was very hot and sunny and it went dead. Me and David went back up to the last peg at the top of the beat, I then had 2 chub of about 4 1/2lb and an eel of over 3lb (hard to guess with eels but was very thick). Then at around 7:45pm, David got a barbel of over 10lb, a lovely fish (caught on 8mm red and black halibut pellets). Tom and Mark were down stream, it was getting dark when Tom who was touch ledgering landed a 10lb barbel of his own. A great end to the day. Mark had struggled to get amongst the fish, but had tomorrow at Sugwas Court to go at, this beat has everything, great scenery plenty of pegs and great access. Mind the ramp on the track down.

5 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

Other = dace + 2 perch.
Both anglers spent most of the day trotting or free-lining sweetcorn from the bridge end but were unable to locate any chub or barbel and if we switched to maggots we caught dace. Jim fished for an hour off the rocks on the faster stretch using rolling luncheon meat and caught 1 chub.
We both agreed the beat owner is an absolute star and now we now have more idea how to fish it we will book this beat again.

1 Trout, 1 Chub, 50 Other

21 barbel to 5.5lbs, 14 chub to 4lb. Barbel caught mainly in bottom pool but also just below the salmon rock far side immediately below the Wyebank crib. Fantastic day. All fish caught on SMALL pellets fixed to the bottom and very small feeders, not swim feeders which seem to be scaring fish.

21 Barbel, 14 Chub

8 x grayling 6-15 inches, 8 x trout 6-11 inches, some small chub, parr etc. Most on a size 18 Grey Duster, although all grayling rises stopped when a rather chilly upstream wind started late morning, after which a few came to spiders. River is really down on its bones again and once more we are desperate for rain - although admittedly the situation is not quite as bad as it was in July.

8 Trout, 8 Grayling

With my usual haunts sadly devoid of water I made a rare foray onto the main river. No shortage of water here, Ty-Newydd is an impressive expanse of river in a beautiful location. I was eyeballed twice by members of the otter family and witnessed acrobatic salmon in Erwood Pool.
With little happening on the surface I stumbled on a successful formula; a weighted PTN and a Hare's Ear Emerger fished together on a short leader through the riffles. Both flies took fish. Most were small with half a dozen in the 9"-10" range.
A great day out.

8 Trout, 7 Grayling

With the river so low and no fresh water for weeks expectations were not high. Fishing with maggots as loose feed I managed to coax a lovely looking chub to the net but nowt else .... only the small silvers seemed to be active. The other angler set out with maggots on waggler and had a variety of small fish before being smashed by a barbel. After stepping up his gear to cope he lost two other barbel. He did however manage to land a near 5 pound chub which was in immaculate condition.
Despite the conditions it's nice to know some decent chub can be had and the barbel are willing to feed if they can be found.
Despite the walk (it gets easier over time, or is it improving our fitness level?) this beat is growing on us and we look forward to our next visit.

2 Chub

Water very low and clear which meant I could occasionally see the Grayling (which looked huge) flashing in the deep water of the gutter on the lower part of the beat - especially when viewed from high up on the bank. Only when I put on a real "depth bomb" could I get deep enough to take one - and then remembered about the magnification of a good depth of water - as the fish was 1 lb or so. Still I was pleased as I'm a grayling novice. Otherwise, a lovely quiet day with not much rising and only one other trout 8". Kingfishers, Herons and one salmon jumping made another great day - I have to say "as usual"
Thanks WUF for this great service.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

River clear. Grayling of 10"(3), 9"(4) & 8"(1) caught on goldhead hare's ear (4), goldhead red tag(2), goldhead white nymph(2). Enjoyable day.

8 Grayling

Bit of a grueller due to low water conditions - also fell foul of the snaggy conditions on the main river bend (lost alot of gear). 2 chub very early on then nothing throughout the day. Then as dusk fell the river came to life!!! Critically balanced pellet on a long hook link did the main damage, to both feeder and straight lead tactics. Utilisation of the 1 hour after darkness was absolutely vital to our (limited) success. What an absolutely stunnning beat, which will only increase in beauty as the autumn wears on.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub