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Caught here on ledgered pellet and feeder. The two swims upstream from the car park. Access was ok and thankfully the canoeists were both few and polite. Barbel up to 8lb and chub from 4 to 6lb. Caught steadily through the day.
Good Access to the swims and relatively snag free fishing. Would recommend and will return

9 Barbel, 6 Chub

The river was fining down and a little too deep for wading so we were confined to 4 or 5 pegs all of which looked interesting with variations in current, creases and eddies. Most people will prefer the top swim, although we caught fish on all the pegs. We fished with an in line method feeder and medium sized drilled halibut pellets on a hair rig. It was a memorable day with constant action with near perfect conditions. My only word of warning to roving anglers is that only one bank of this beat is fishable and this is just a long field, approx 1/4 mile long, so a more appropriate description should be single bank fishing of approx 1/4 mile!

8 Barbel, 8 Chub

River was fining down after a spate but still heavily coloured. Access was great as was the fishing. Usual pellets and feeder tactics had 14 barbel between us ranging frnom 2-8lb+. We will return!

14 Barbel, 3 Chub

Great days fishing, good weather, lovely beat...

2 Barbel, 9 Chub, 1 Other

First day of a 5 day break on the Wye for 2 of us and joined by a friend for today. The most successful day of our trip in terms of numbers caught, from a river slightly up and coloured. After driving 175 miles in the rain it stopped shortly after we arrived and we settled into swims upstream of the parking area . 1 rod caught 13 barbel, 1 caught 8 barbel and 2 chub and the other caught 4 barbel . The best barbel was 7lb 15oz and all were caught on variations of the pellet and open ended feeder approach .

25 Barbel, 2 Chub

Down to the river at 9:45 following a late finish the night before at Holme lacy 4. River up 1m and coloured. Walked the beat only 3 swims fish able very overgrown. Made base at 1st swim vanstone pool. 3 oz feeder wouldn't hold. Fished close in with a 2.5 lead and caught 4 barbel all on robin red pellets. Fished over a bed of hemp under the willow. All barbel caught before the rain started(2pm) then no more bites. Had an eel earlier on as well in the same swim. Plenty of salmon leaping! Largest barbel 8lb on the nose!

Great beat would fish again. Thanks W&U

4 Barbel, 1 Other

River was high but weather was good. We fished at the top end of the section as most of the other swims were unfishable.
5 barbel and a small chub caught between us although all were caught from the last swim on the stretch.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

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2 Barbel

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2 Barbel, 2 Chub

After Catching last weekend I probably deserved a through skunking which is what I was resolved to after 9hrs casting. However at 8pm I received some confirmation for my efforts while fishing deep with a Toby in the Vanstone tail, I think I probably inadvertently conducted an upstream induced take manoeuvre which an unfortunate Salmon begrudgingly accepted. Having seemingly learnt my lesson from the lost fish last week my upgraded single hook held as the fish went berserk and I played it cool enough to put the net under a silver 16lbs – result! Fished the beat through lovely wading water under the castle, no fish seen moving anywhere seemingly gone to ground in the deeper holes? Barbless hook came out in the weigh net again, fish away strong.

1 Salmon, 1 Chub, 2 Pike