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What a shock to the system, really cold in the wind but river clear. Could see bottom around islands. Walked beat and set up just before railway piers. Complete blank for both of us. After booking this water take note of need to ring keeper and tell him you are coming, he is most helpful and confirmed we should not attempt the track to the lower car park with our vehicle in the current conditions. Walked down through wood as he suggested. Bit longer but it brings you out in the middle of the beat. Came back up the direct track from the lower cottage, doctor has suggested I take more exercise, in particular some uphill work - not sure he meant this steep but we took it slow and it was ok. Will certainly rebook in the future.

WUF note - There will be some slight alterations to the parking arrangements and map shortly for this beat to improve access and consideration for residents at the near by cottage.

Fished 11am to 6.30pm, a fairly cold day (approx 6 degrees), river quite low and clear. Started opposite the Weir Gardens on a gravel beach, caught 2 barbel (biggest 9lb) but lost too many feeders so moved up river to the next peg. Caught 3 more barbel and a very small chub. Mid afternoon moved down to the field you arrive in, caught another barbel and one more chub. All fish caught on 14mm pellet, despite alternating between pellet and meat. In total caught 6 barbel and two chub, a very enjoyable day.

Winter arrived on Friday, with a cold northely wind. Clear water with lots of leaves turning in the currents. Chub to 5.5lb and a beautiful 18.5lb pike. A great day but I had to work hard to get the bites.

Good level, nothing special, probably not lot of fish in this beat. Fishing with a very good fisherman with nymps and dry, just 1 small trout and 1 small grayling.

A and T from our party fished Wyastone on Friday 26th. Fishing was slow probably due to the drop in temperature over night and the easterly wind. Caught 3 barbel to 8lb 4oz. All on pellet.

Had a good day on Cefnllysgwynne, the water level was .43m and clean. A cloudy start with browns @10" taking grhe - three in total. After lunch the sun came out, on went the dry size 14 hare's ear parachute, may fly and pale watery dun and the grayling showed some interest with 19 cought between 7" and 18" and another 4 browns up to 12". All in all a great day.

We booked 2 rods for the day, our first time ever fishing on the Wye. We took a punt on which beat to fish, we wanted Caradoc but its always fully booked.
We loved the surroundings but don't think we would fish this beat again. We found the swims very limited for a 1 mile stretch of river and found only about 4-5 swims that were safe enough to actually fish from.
The directions were also someway sparse and the fishery itself not enough basic info on the place not even the name of the beat/fishery anywhere to be seen and we had to check with the local farmer to check we were in the right place!
As said loved the surrounds, the fishing was quite slow we only had 1 small barbel at 6lb.10 and lost 1, bait that caught was a small pellet boilie with some paste wrap. Lovely looking mint fish.
Will defo fish the Wye again as the whole area is stunning, but we need to do some research as to where to fish and this time we would like to meet someone there that could tell us a bit about the beat.

Arrived at venue to find water level reasonably low and very clear. We settled into swims in the meadow at the lower end and tried a variety of methods and baits catching 2 trout and 2 grayling. MC moved peg in afternoon a little upstream in meadow which resulted in 2 barbel mid and late afternoon both to pellet. Lovely looking venue and good access to most pegs.

One 3.5lb chub on pellet, a few missed bites but generally slow possibly due to weather turning quite cold. River flowing well through mid section and reasonably clear considering recent rainfall.

River still low and clear and weather just holding at about 10c. No barbel at all from the meadow. Very difficult fishing due to leaf fall. The Easterly wind ensured the trees dumped them on our side of the river. Ventured down to the wooded section and C caught two lovely chub of 4lbs and a beautiful one of 4lbs 14oz in about 45 mins. Difficult fishing again due to leaf fall. Still a very enjoyable couple of days in C's company.