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15 barbel (to 8lb) and 7 chub between the two of us, all caught on various pellets.

This is a lovely stretch that screams barbel. The first section is quite shallow with lots of streamer weed, it then deepens off before shallowing off again. There are quite a few swims with three well cut out swims at the top the beat near the croy. This stretch does not appear to be as profilic as other streches. The fish were quite wary, after catching a couple they would move out. They soon come back though. I tried three swims and caught barbel from all of them as well as a number of chub.

The walk back to the car is a killer, as is the walk to the far end of the fishery, you have a bridge and a stile to negioate. Also use strong line, the weed can be thick and the fish make straight for it. I retrieved two sets of tackle from two of the barbel i caught.

Wyebank truly is a stunning location which offers outstanding fishing. I arrived at the car park around 9am and was greeted by a gentleman called Rudi who gave me the low down on where and how best to fish the beat. His advice was duly noted and within around 40 minutes of fishing I had, not only my first barbel of the session, but my first river Wye barbel. It was a fish of about 2-3lb and what it lacked in size, it more than made up for in its magnificent beauty. After this first fish the action dwindled for several hours. However, from around 3pm until I had what must have been my 15th "one last cast" at about 8pm, the fish really came on the feed and took a liking to my feeder fished halibut pellets presented into deeper water off the bottom croy of the beat.

I finished the session with 10 fish. Two small chub (1.5-2lb), 5 small barbel (2-3lb) and three larger barbel: 4lb 13oz, 6lb 1oz and 6lb 4oz.

All in all a thoroughly enjoyable session which was no doubt shaped by the kind advice given to me by Rudi at the start of the day.

Wonderful beat with a wide variety of wildlife seen including kingfishers and otters playing in the water. Caught 2 brown trout - both about 6" on a Parachute Adams - plenty more takes and should have caught more but missed out due to the inexperience of a novice angler!

We had a very enjoyable afternoon, super scenery but the fish were a bit elusive. 3 trout +1 grayling, all returned.

Had a great day with six Barbel between us to 8.12 and a few Chub all taken from the swims at the top of the fishery. The river is stunning with plenty to go at and lots of varied water. Thanks W&UF.

Started off in the orchard area, river very low and weather unhelpfully sunny to begin with. We waded out to the small gravel island and cast to the run across to the far bank. The spot produced 8 barbel of a surprising high average size, with 6 fish between 7lb and 8lb plus. In addition to the barbel, we had about 15 chub to 4lb plus, and again the average size of these was much higher than we've encountered on other stretches.
We moved downstream mid afternoon but this turned out to be a mistake as we only caught a further 2 small barbel and 3 smaller chub.
Nice to get a bend in the rod again on a very pleasnt stretch.

Just a couple of hours spent here. 1 good barbel each, around the 7lb mark. Found this beat OK for an evening and would be better with around 2ft extra water maybe.

My first day on the Usk, and very enjoyable it was too! Was warned off the Wye by the booking office team and had Fenni Fach suggested as an alternative - good call; many thanks.

Lovely spot with good road access, about 5 minutes out of Brecon (ideal for a lunch time break etc.). Broken sunshine and cloud all day, with temperatures in high teens. Cold downstream wind would occasionally make things tricky.

Fishing wasn't easy, needing to ring the changes to respond to a seemingly infinite variety of water. Fished predominantly a GRHE nymph which accounted for three WBT, and changed to a Klinkhammer as soon as I spotted a rising fish (surprisingly rare), which accounted for another three WBT. Hooked and lost another three decent sized fish just to keep things symetrical. Fish were from 10" to around the 2lb mark, which was a personal best for a WBT.... much celebration on the long drive home, with shameless sing-along to Kerrang FM's cover version night.... How sad is that!!

An excellent day which seemed to balence challenges with rewards.

6 barbel to 7lb+, 6 chub to 3lb+, one 2lb+ eel. Most fish to pellet or corn. One powerful fish lost to a hook pull, maybe a foul-hooked barbel. All but one from the downstream end, and most fish caught in the morning. River still carrying a few inches of water and a little colour, but both level and colour dropping out during the day. A nice day on a pleasant stretch of river.