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Fantastic day on a well kept beat,it don’t get any better than wye barbel and chub,look after the gilly and he’ll look after you,he knows where the fish are.all fish caught on double 8mm halibut pellet on hair rig,fed with pellets in cage feeder.overcast for most of the day and river quite low

4 Barbel, 17 Chub

River low, conditions were warm and sunny, found casting to shaded spots under overhanging trees worked well, open ended feeder and 12mm pellets worked well, fish were immaculate condition

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

I only fished the late afternoon/evening, the water was very low and much of the river looked very unpromising.
Took a grayling in the first run which buoyed hopes and focusing on the moving water with a dry and tiny Mayfly Brassie I was able to do quite well under the circumstances. Tricky casts under the trees to reach the moving water made for interesting fishing and I think that I enjoyed this the most so far because each fish was well earned. I can see the potential of the beat with a bit more water in it. I also suspect that a number of fish may have dropped back downstream due to the low water.
Nothing much hatching, but the brown trout all readily took the dry and the grayling all came to the nymph. The grayling seemed to fight harder than the ones I took on the Wye, despite the disadvantage of not having much current to assist them.. Lovely afternoon's fishing. Again thank you for making this possible..

6 Trout, 4 Grayling

Good days fishing, open ended feeder n pellet used, river low and conditions bright

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

low water , winter floods seem.to have washed away some of the groins.

9 Barbel, 12 Chub

3 Barbel, 8 Chub

Difficult day very few fish rising. a lovely quiet beat Access is an issue here that people should be aware of I took my ageing uncle and he could not access a large proportion of the river. There is no sign of the "ladders" and "hand rails" mentioned in the description of the beat.

2 Trout

Despite warm and humid conditions at Lyepole there was not much fly life and little evidence of rising fish, at least between 1 and 4pm when I was there. Several plucks on a weighted nymph but nothing to hand for me today.

fish taken mid morning from small deep pools on size 16 GRHE, including an impressive grayling of about 1lb. Trout of about 8 inches and ten inches. Upper reaches very pretty but only yielding salmon par.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Never been here before , great parking , and the scenery is delightful as ever , these are the beats I love to fish , rocky banks that taper off , and plenty of room to cast and set up , bank sticks might be a problem here , bring a pod or something,
Fishing was steady most of the day , but once evening set in it went up a notch , bites got more frequent and fish got bigger .
Fantastic day , lots of wildlife , didn't want to leave .

8 Barbel, 2 Chub