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Another trip to this beautiful beat. If you are considering booking for coarse fishing the following may come in useful:

This beat is more about quality of experience than huge bags. But there are plenty, plenty of fish.
The setting and river is beautiful, and most of the length is remote from traffic noise.
Good variety of water, from gravel shallows to fast riffles to slacks and deep bends. Plenty of room, plenty of swims, good access once you have found all the car park points and best bank to fish from on the various beats
Generally beats 4 to 6 , fish left hand bank, 1 and 2, right hand bank, and I think 3 is right hand as well.
This far up there is not the quantity of streamer weed as the lower wye. There is no cover for fish in the heat/ sun of summer in the mid stream.
Some really good trotting swims, especially beat 2.
Great contact, Terry , who will tell you all you need.
Some over friendly locals on beat 2. The ones with udders were merely obstructive and persistent. The one with a brass ring in his nose and impressive testicles was slightly intimidating, but we agreed to pretend to ignore each other.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

We were 2 coarse anglers and 1 salmon
The river was low but we managed to catch 10 barbel and 6 chub on a mixture if float and feeder tactics, our salmon angler unfortunately did not catch but did see several fish during the day.

10 Barbel, 6 Chub

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Warm and sunny but not too hot. Fished mainly beats 2 and 4 on feeder, using pellet or luncheon. A nice narrow run down from the old house gave a few barbel and chub on the saturday - top weight about 7lbs. A beautiful part of the river, with the pub and campsite right in the middle of the stretch making life very convenient. Will undoubtedly be returning!

1 Trout, 3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Day 2, we fished the same stretches on Sunday with same tactics and similar results. Two of the party caught their first ever barbel which was tremendous. Had looked forward to this w/e for weeks and spent a fortune on refreshing my tackle bag....and then it was over. Already plotting our return!

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

"Other" fish caught: eel

1 Other

5 Trout, 1 Barbel

Hot and sunny, ......chub just under 5. Several fish lost to snags. Canoeists mainly sensible and careful, some perhaps not recognising others use the river.

2 Chub

Late afternoon into evening ~not ideal times buthe the beat to myself.
Slow burner but rewarded with some great barbel and a chub. Stunning venue.