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4 barbel 5 - 7lbs 9oz and 1 small chub all caught on pellets, between two rods. Very nice fishery, bank access very good, vehicle access easy when dry. Fished all day for nothing until 4.30 and then it got quite exciting. Big fish moving, probably pike but could have been salmon. Enjoyed our day very much. Excellent service from the office staff, thankyou very much.

5 Barbel to 7lbs, 1 Chub of 3lbs, water had a slight tinge to it, weather warm.

Species caught:

5 x brown trout (10-11 inch)
3 x grayling (10-12 inch)
several small trout

Fly: Czech Nymph

Had a lovely day at Luggsmouth....we had about 7 barbel (up to about 6lb) between us and a couple of chub....river low and clear, could do with a fall of rain! Sadly had to end the session early, but will definately return.

1st rod caught an 8lb barbel and 9 x 1.75lb chub. 2nd rod caught 1 x 3lb chub. 3rd rod - blank. Lovely stretch.

2 rods. Only 2 chub caught (5lb and 3lb). 3 barbel were lost. Looks like it could produce when everything just right.

River was up a foot from the day before and coloured but dropped fairly fast as the day went on. I returned two Brownies of about nine and ten inches, which were caught on a blue and brown Klinkhammer.

First time on this beat. The four musketeers started out with two fishing the 'Corner Tree' area and two fishing just below the 'Vanstone Pool'. Early results from the 'Corner Tree' were poor returning one Chub. On the other hand the angler fishing lowest at this point 'Ton up Tony' had been smashed up four times by lunchtime. (these bites proved to be his only bites on the day). Just above him 'Two Ton Trev' was having no joy either and both anglers were shedding rigs on the snaggy bottom 'BE AWARE!' 'Jilted John' and 'Bailiff Russ' in the corner swim decided to move downstream in search of the barbel. J settled in to a nice comfortable swim just below Tony and R found his way down a steep section of bank lower down the river. By late afternoon, the heavens opened and R started to return fish to the folds of his net, all on pellet based baits. But like I said, the heavens opened and by the time we started packing up at about 19:00 hrs, the bank that R had found his way down was anything but passable, leaving no way up! Eventually with a long length of rope and two human extensions, R was retrieved. All in all a great days fishing, only returning 6 chub and two barbel (biggest falling, last cast to Trev @ 9lb 4oz) but fantastic fishing nevertheless. All fish caught on fishmeal pellet.
Just be careful when selecting swims in times of inclement weather!

Three fantastic days fishing on this delightful beat. I explored the bottom end of the beat which Don explained gets less angling pressure. From the tail of the island (by the very handily placed pub), the bottom end of this beat comprises a series of, (if not one continuous long), middle river/far bank runs, mainly shallow but with one or two deeper holes. There were fish throughout in as little as 18ins of water.
Over three days I caught 22 barbel and numerous chub to about 5lb, (although mostly 1lb to 3lb), from numerous different spots. Apart from one stunning little barbel of about 12oz the barbel were mostly (estimated) in the 4lb to 7lb class with a couple (estimated) between 8lb and 9lb. The only two I weighed were 9lb 10oz and 10lb 12oz. All the fish were in stunning condition and fought like all Wye barbel do, which with the added assistance of the strong flow, and plenty of snags made for exciting fishing. All fish caught touch ledgering on sweetcorn, spam and pellets.

When you add in the gorgeous scenery, and the plentiful and varied wildlife you will not be surprised to know that I intend to visit this beat again! Thanks to Don and Rudi, and all at the WUF.

4 Barbel to 6lbs, water had a slight tinge, weather wet and warm, river low but rising.