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Water 1'7" on the Fownhope gauge, one well mended kelt landed but no sign of springers today. Thank you.

2 Trout, 1 Other

2 Trout

River was at a good height with good clarity, saw 5 salmon show, 3 were leaping high from the water so may have been kelts. Saw 2 others in different places head and tail quietly but could not tempt them, despite my efforts. Had 2 pike on rapala, one of which was around 30lb and leapt from the river twice, the other around 10lb,
Thanks to the WUF, in particular Seth for sorting out the locked gate.

2 Pike

Fished two relatively short sessions over the two days (4-5 hrs each)
Friday 11th October - 2 Barbel taken on consecutive casts at around 10.15am - 10.30am, no action at all either side of that. Both fish around the 5lb Mark
Saturday 12th October - 2 Barbel + 1 Chub taken mid-late afternoon. 1 Barbel around 5lb the other might have made 6.5lb with a struggle. The Chub was around 3lb
All fish came on feeder fished pellet.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fishing was very patchy and made harder by bright sunshine and lots of weed coming down the river. One rod faired well by the bridge with three barbel to 9lbs, whilst another managed one barbel and an eel. The remaining two rods blanked despite fishing very hard and covering the whole beat. It's the first blank I've had in three years and many visits. Access to the stretch by car is very good so it's a convenient stretch to fish. Good fun was had by all as always on the River Wye.

4 Barbel, 1 Other

The river was up and brown due to Thursday's heavy rain. Caught a 4.5lb chub downstream from the croy's, but the weed volume forced a move. Tried fishing deeper water at lunchtime. This produced five lovely conditioned barbel, three of them between 7lb and 8lb. The usual pellet baits scored again.

Managed a 7.5lb barbel from one of the middle croy's in the morning, but fishing was difficult due to weed volume in the rising river. Spent the afternoon below the bridge in faster water. This resulted in four average size barbel, to conclude another enjoyable day on this idyllic stretch.

Pools were unfishable, due to the amount of weed coming down river. Fished wider stretch down river had 5 barbel, 3 chub then had to pack up due to the heavy weed. Beautiful stretch, will be back.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

A good fun day's fishing off the croy's, resulting in 8 barbel to 6lb and a nice 4lb chub. All on pellets.

8 Barbel, 1 Chub

River very very low. Tried a number of swims throughout and caught a lot of weed and not a lot else. Was slightly peeved to find the beach section already being fished from the other side via syndicate water. The idea was to pay the higher fee and have the whole stretch to ourselves. Undoubtedly a good looking piece of river and would try again with higher water levels.
WUF Note: Caradoc is single (right) bank fishing only as stated in the Passport brochure and on the website. If double bank fishing is a requirement, please contact us on 01874 711 714 to find out which beats would suit.