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Excuses: firstly, low clear river, blue skys and very hot. Not great conditions so we didn't arrive until 12pm. Then things got interesting to say the least!! A young lady was walking her dog as we drove to the bottom of the beat only to strip off before putting on a cossy and having a swim in the pool at the end. Thank you Wye & Usk - do we owe you any extra money for above entertainment??
p.s. fishing great considering conditions with plenty of chub plus 3 barbel as the sun dropped away. Great beat, will be back soon.

One grayling 6inch and a brown of about 8oz. A lovely stretch of water but the day I fished was extremely hot.

1st time on the Wye. Weather very hot and sunny and the river a little low. Hard fishing with a single chub being the only decent fish landed between 2 rods.

Steep walk to the fishery - some nice swims first part of the river, then very inaccessible except for one swim at the end. Managed four chub on pellets during a short evening session. Many thanks- lovely river

Water 5 inches above summer level and clear. Fished from top of beat through to woodstream for salmon on fly. Rose one fish at the rock but was unsuccessful.

Switched to dry fly and took 2 trout of 12 oz on tupps 14. Later on took 5 trout fishing sub surface with deer hair sedge 14m the best 1lb 2oz. All returned OK. Had to leave at 7pm, pity.

Needed to get out and fish, so tried Courtfield as Wyebank was unavailable. Had to abandon the fly rod due to a lack of flow, and tried a flying C. Salmon showing so was hopeful, but settled for a 2lb chub! Left once the canoes arrived at 9.

My father and I fished for approx 5 hours starting at 10.00am. The river is very low and the sunny day allowed us to see pretty much every stone along with small trout fleeing as we moved along the beat. Very few rising fish although there was fly life all day around the river. Nymph proved fruitless so we stayed with dry klinkhammer and shadow mayfly (there were still one or two about). One wild brown trout approximately 8 inches taken in a deeper glide and safely returned was the only fish of the day. Plenty of dippers for company. The river needs a fair drop of water.

Caught five barbel and one chub, all on halibut pellets. Found it tough going during the day when it was hot, bright and sunny. Clouded over in afternoon when the barbel showed up, all in very good condition!

Yes this beat is very overgrown, but it is a lovey beat and would probably be booked up far more often if access was easy as well. So I did not mind too much crashing through the undergrowth to get to the water (be warned it is not cow parsley it is hemlock)! I had a Lovely brown trout about 14 inches and what looked like a rainbow of about 12 inches (how did that get in there)! a few dace and at last my first grayling, all on kinks and paras.

An early start found the fish queing up, chub at first but then the barbel moved in and I finished a hectic early morning session with 9 barbel to just under 7lb and 6 chub to 3lb, all on simple pellet and feeder tactics. Despite the low water levels this is a very pacey stretch and the barbel make good use of it.
Fishing early and/or late is the key at this time of year as bites petered out by 09:30 and by the time I left at 10:00 the canoes and kayaks were everywhere,including pulled out onto the bank!