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This is our 3rd visit to Caradoc with only 4 rods fishing as per the local rules, again the river proved rock hard on what has to be one of our favourite beats available, extremely peaceful and quite, especially after Wyastone Leys the previous day, all set in stunning surroundings.
Like may other previous reports the weed was a problem throughout and despite searching most of the beat, starting on the shallows and working our way back upriver past the hut, only 3 Barbel around the 7lb were landed by the pellet anglers.
One of the rods did put together a reasonable catch of silver fish trotting sweetcorn from one of the croyes, dace and chublets etc, with none of the bigger Chub or Barbel being tempted by the method.
Again many Salmon were heard and spotted crashing around, especially around the hut leaping well clear above the water on several occasions, this must me some ritual the fish perform to entertain the anglers.
All in all a fitting end to a wonderful 3 day beak, made even more enjoyable by record braking weather, “we will be back”.

Another good day and the weather was kind to us as well. 15 Barbel and 2 chub caught, best fish just under 10lb and what a specimen.

This weeks fishing totalled over 80 fish for 3 rods, one of our best weeks fishing on the Wye. Thanks to all at WUF

1st day of a weeks fishing on the Wye. River quite low and clear but managed 20 Barbel between 3 rods. Best fish around 7lb

Incompetently we struggled today landing only 3 barbel (all about 7lbs) and a couple of chub between the two of us. Still all fishing days are good days - especially on the Wye.

Following on from the previous day's efforts. Toni permitted 'Jilted John' to fish the 'Hot Spot' swim of the previous day. The remaining 3 rods slotted in at close quarters. The day proved much tougher than the previous albeit 3 rods did improve on their previous days catches. The weather deteriorated on the strong wind and heavy rain fell. The combination of these two elements took their toll on the two oldies of the group as they scuttled to the van. No complaints about the beat though! Final return for the 4 rods was 7 barbel between 5lb and 8lb mixed in with the odd chub here and there. Same tactics of halibut pellet, fished hair rigged over feeders was the successful method. How long will they keep getting caught in this manner to these tactics is anyones guess, but for me, a change will be made next visit. Finally, it was noce to see that 'Ton Up Toni' was human after all!!

Well here we are back for the third consecutive year and on one of our top three beats for two days. Water was lower than in previous years and with much streamer weed finding its way downstream, we knew it was going to be difficult. All four dropped into their preferred swims, 'Bailif Russ' settling into the rocky swim alongside the dead fallen tree in the bottom third of the beat, 'Two Ton Trev' made use of the ample space provided in a swim 200 yds above, 'Jilted John' found comfort on the concrete bank under the large tree slightly up stream and 'Ton Up Toni' dropped into his hot spot in the middle third. Everything went according to the scripts written before us, with very little action (with the exception of Toni of course!). Nil returns from three trier's prompted movement of swims but Toni was wedged hard and fast and catching! Final returns: A collective total of 18 barbel to 9lb 12oz and a handful of chub. I pains me to state that 15 of the barbel (including the lunker) fell to the ever artful Toni. All fell to pellet over pellet and groundbait feeder tactics. Scenery as always is spectacular as is the wildlife, to be blessed to see a pair of darting Kingfishers but a few inches above your rod tip is enough to bring you back again. Ever humbled by Caradoc's beauty, if you will have us WUF, we'll be back!

Caught 3 chub, one of which pushing 6lbs caught on pellets in conjunction with pellet/grounbait feeder. Lots of weed coming down the river making fishing difficult and disappointed the barbel did not make an appearance anywhere on the stretch. Great service from Wye & Usk Foundation though. Will plan to return to the wye next year in early season and after more research.

Struggled today on what is normally a very good beat. Fished various swims throughout the day, but only managed 1 Barbel and a few Chub between 3 rods.

The last day of our 3 days on the wye, Caradoc is a beautiful part of the river with wonderful wildlife,and when we were not watching various hawks, kingfishers, and finches we found time to TRY and catch a barbel.
As we have fished the beat before we thought we knew where and how to catch them, but as with the 2 previous days locating the fish was the hard part. We started on the gravel beach at the bottom of the beat and only managed one chub,we then spent the rest of the day fishing every peg until we found some feeding fish in the middle of the beat, and we each had 4 good barbel all between 7&8lb and 9 Chub to 4lb.The river is very low and clear and every one we spoke to said the river is fishing hard, BUT in our 3 days fishing, by traveling light and roving about we have caught 61 barbel and 27 chub between 2 of us. What a great holiday and MANY thanks to W.U.F for a wonderful service

Weather was wet for most of the day. Fished luncheon meat at the far end of the beat for most of the afternoon without success. Ended up with 3 chub to 4 1/2lb on pellet after changing tact and moving. Lovely beat with good access to the water and plenty of swims to explore!