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Heavy rain night before, river real funny colour, after every cast tippet, line and fly covered in green slime, needless to say no takers. Pity as it looked nice stretch of river, just seemed very dead on this day, only a couple of fish seen moving all day.

Fishing for Barbel & Chub in inclement weather, only took the one Barbel of about 8lb early eveing fishing at the far end of the beat (the Vanstone). Walk most of the beat couldn't find any outher swims outher than up river from parsons tree stream.

Weather changeable with periods of sunshine followed by increasing rain later in the day. Spoke with Colin the day before fishing, who kindly put us on the fish. My friend Paul and I had a memorable day's fishing, landing 17 barbel to 8lb (Paul had 12) and 30+ chub to around 4lb. The fish came to pellet and luncheon meat. We will certainly be back.

6 Wild Brown Trout in fantastic condition in a couple of hours. First time on this beat and very impressed. Almost as good as the Dulas Brook, a little over grown in places my 6 foot rod was a bit long until I got down on my knees.
All fish on para Adams. Must try this one again on a day when then weather is kinder.

8 fish caught including 2 salmon parr. best fish a splendid 2-12 and 2 others at about 1 lb. All on nymph mainly red or black twin tailed copper John fished either Czech style or in tandem below a dry NZ style. All returned. River high and rising through the day to flood by 6pm. Fishing tailed off as river rose. Tricky to wade in high conditions but lovely beat. Saw fresh tracks of (almost certain) otter. Bigger and wider than the mink tracks I'd seen the day before higher up near Sennybridge.

Access to the river is easy, although it would be better if it was made clear that the correct route to the river, once through the main gate, is via the two gates on the left, rather than via the track through the field on the right.

The river was very low and my son and I had only one or two small chub. No sign of any barbel.

Stunning stretch - every swim looked fishy. 8 barbel caught. Will definitely be back.

Lovely beat, overall caught 23 fish between us with 8 wbt to 8" and 15 grayling mostly 6-8". Wicked downstream wind picked up for a while which stopped any fish rising. Surprised to find another angler fishing who advised he has permission from landowner.
WUF Note: The owner has confirmed that nobody except those purchasing WUF day tickets has permission to fish at Eyton. Please report any poaching activity to us as soon as you can.

2nd time on this beat on two differnt swims. Boat taffic heavy around midday. Looked like someone was fishing off one canoe. 14 chub to 4lb and 2 barbel to 7lb.

An excellent day nearly all round. The forecast heavy rain and windy conditions did not really materialise and the river stayed low and clear. We shared 9 barbel to 9lbs (including two clonkers from the 'spot' - thanks Don) and not less than 15 chub to 4lbs, some of which were taken bumping large lumps of meat down through the current - John's foresight in bringing waders paid off. We also caught an obligatory eel. Lots of fish were caught from the bottom pool.

The only downside was the boat traffic - more canoes than I have ever seen in one day. Some of the groups that came through were supervised and competent. Others hadn't a clue and beached and back-paddled where and when they felt like it. Some passed the pub before realising that was an authorised stopping point and their efforts to paddle back upstream to get that hard-earned pint put a stop to the fishing for some time. John had to forego his mid-stream chub-fest when it became increasingly dangerous to be anywhere other than on the bank with lines wound in.

On the upside, having a pub at the start of the beat and immediately next to the car-parking is positively inspired and it was a pleasure to see the day's catch swollen by several Barbel in the 2-3lb range, we hope this augers well for the future. The shallow margins and banks of streamer weed make the stretch quite challenging but stick to the main flows and there's fish almost everywhere. Thanks WUF - good call.