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Few salmon or sea trout in the river - saw one in the Pipe Pool. One of us had something substantial on but lost it. Caught a few trout, mostly small.

4 Trout

Access was good in the mid section of the beat, few fish rising couple of takes on a dry but due to poor accuracy, missed!

Lovely stretch of river that I was very much looking forward to visiting!
Unfortunately torrential rain for 3 days previous and then blazing hot sunshine contributed to a terrible day!
Didn't see a sign of a fish anywhere. Stayed from 12 midday till it got dark. Nevermind.

Stream looked a bit low but still a few deep pools where a couple of decent sized trout were rising to small duns.
Nothing caught, but a very nice beat none-the-less.
Was advised to park just inside the gateway to the farm on the grass.

Very well kept beat by colin who does a great job. Lots of available swims to fish in comfort We fished various swims to catch a few chub early on to 4lb then it slowed.
Colin came and had a chat and put us on the barbel (thanks colin)
KW caught 5 barbel from 7 to 8lb and 7 chub to 4lb on various methods and baits. GW caught 10 chub but could not bag a barbel even though he did try very hard
The river was up a few inches and had a little bit of colour but still very low. I am sure we will be back to target those barbel again. Thanks WUF, great parking and good instructions.

5 Barbel, 17 Chub

River looked amazing, bit of colour but not chocolate but ultimately failed to live up to what was expected.
5 barbel and a chub are not to be sniffed at of course and it was enjoyable fishing.
However, it is a long walk from the car to the first swim. And despite being a 20 year Wye veteran, fishable areas were at a premium. I loved it, need to see the banks in winter when they aren't covered in undergrowth to get a better idea of the areas that are fishable.
If you don't like walking or creating a swim this isn't for you. If I had a car this is the only stretch I'd fish purely because it's such hard work!

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fished beat 3 in morning and 4 in afternoon, beautiful stretch with plenty pegs but long long walk to beats 5 and 6 due to gate been locked at end of beat 3. Only vehicle access to right bank is Locsters Pool. Struggled all day fishing till 7pm but managed 1 barbel late on using feeder/bomb and pellet but still enjoyed it and watched plenty salmon rising, more suited to fly angler or adventurous roving coarse angler.

1 Barbel

Moved around throughout the day, Chub were suicidal for the first 90 mins in each swim. Most chub 3-4lbs. Had a few at 4-5oz, my hookbait was as big as their head! Settled into a swim for the evening. The chub kept coming until the last half hour of light when I had 3 barbel in quick succession. Strange day as the last time I was here me and a friend had 20 Barbel between us and only 2 Chub.

3 Barbel, 45 Chub

3 trout on the day, 2 on worm and bubble, 1 on fly! My first ever, well chuffed!

3 Trout

Second day of two day session. River started to drop but was already low and running fairly clear. Another hard day during the day with fish only coming at dusk. Lots of canoes during the day but most polite and considerate.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub