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6 barbel and 8 chub. Perhaps we picked a bad day.
Found ourselves on this beat in competition with 3 other coarse anglers, a salmon angler + I presume day ticket anglers on the opposite bank which spoilt the day. You get this on the Severn but have never experienced this before on the Wye, so will give this beat a miss in future.
WUF Note: The How Caple Court owner reserves the right to occasionally fish the beat with guests without any notice (as mentioned in beat description on the website). We will update the beat documents to make this clearer but anyone wanting guarenteed exclusivity should look for a different fishery. The recent beat work has created plenty of swims from which to choose.

Many thanks to WUF and local fisherman Mr Hannon helping us get the most out of the beat. Good day returning 2 on fly to 10lbs.

First visit to WUF beat and certainly won't be the last. 11 Barbel hooked unfortunately only 6 of which were landed to 9lb, snagging in weed/rocks the major culprit of lost fist (and poor angling of course). Luke also managed 6 Chub to 4lb. A nice stretch of water which we would approach slightly differently if visit again. Spotted a Mink on far bank by Lugg confluence also passing group of canoeists also mentioned spotting one later in day. Sitting watching one group of 4 canoeists pass when out of the blue between the last 2 canoes a Salmon leaps around 4ft clear of the water, not sure about spooking fish but the occupants were certainly spooked, hilarious! Quite a number of Salmon spotted during the day. Thanks.

Arrived just after 7, gentle mist rolling down the river and disappearing as I decided on where to fish. The river was slightly up and provided a strong flow to test my fishing skills - or lack of?

I am normally a fly fisherman, but opted to try my hand at Barbel fishing for a few hours. I decided upon the last peg and used a rolling weight with halibut pellet on a hair rig, not much joy so switched to luncheon meat. In four hours I caught 2 beautiful barbel and 2 large chub, all the fish were about 5LB.

Had a great chat to the owner and a big thank you to him and the WUF. A wonderful half a day, would definitely return to fish again.

Fished the lovely Bridge Meadow yesterday in basking sunshine, mooing cows, and a pair of kingfishers. Fantastic spot including having a little lunch on the island below the bridge taking it all in and suning myself. Had the big stick out but was unlucky and didn't have a touch nor did I see any salmon all day. Fished pretty hard through the three fly runs on this beat. Although I did see a chap on the fishery above fighting a fish. Plenty of trout around including some real nice ones above the bridge. Plain stubborness (probably stupidty) kept me on the salmon rod all day when I should have switch to the trout rod. A great little lower Usk fishery. Will be back, don't forget your trout rod if you go. Best of luck

Another wonderful stretch of water - directions spot on. Very easy accsess to the new swims, fished 3 and caught in all of them, pestered by pike when trotting for chub so might be worth a trip this winter. Barbel later to pellet - all in top condition. Thanks again W&U.

1 barbel and 1 chub caught in blazing sunshine in the run-off from the Vanstone Pool - thought we were due more action but it was slow for the following 2 hours. Caught a 3lb chub from near the top of the beat on corn - fishing up here was more than anything to pass the time while the river continued to drop and to give a pre-baited swim at the bottom of the fishery as much time as possible before fishing it. When we did get there things started slow but got gradually better with each feeder full - we caught a dozen barbel to just under 9lbs and 4 chub to 4lbs+. Great sport - great stretch. Cracking day out.
PS. Lots of salmon jumping about - no they weren't barbel!

We arrived to find the river pushing through nicely, with periods of bright sunshine, which warmed the air/water well and encouraged good hatches throughout the day. Sadly this was not matched by rises with just the occasional fish showing. 4 Goosanders and a Cormorant were present which may account for the apparent deficit of fish on what is a fantastic beat.

We manged 5 trout between us mostly small except for a 3/4lb one, this was when there was more cloud cover.

Lovely peaceful and tranquil beat - the kind of place you get away for. I had 6 hours from around 2.00pm to dusk but a great session nevertheless. Numerous Barbel including one klonker (no scales guess around 9lb); and epic struggles with a further couple (est 7.5-8.0). One of these got under a willow on the steep bank to my left. Remarkably (more luck than judgement) he(?) seemed happy to swim out when I got above him. Compliance was short lived and with the clutch screwed down and the rod describing the most unnatural curve I just kept him from getting back in there (12lb line). Adrenalin fuelled fishing for the finest fighting fish in British freshwater. Thanks WUF.

I thought I had missed my chance for a Salmon as the mini spate seemed to have gone but had the good fortune to land a 10lb Salmon in Spring pool which took my Silver Stoats tail. Marvellous - didn't see another fish all day.