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Tough days fishing with the river low and clear. rose several fish but failed to connect with most. Finally hooked a good fish of around 3lbs, caught on a PTN fished NZ style.

1 Trout

Results probably didn't reward the effort made. 450 mile round trip and a 20 hour day for 4 chub. But I will be back!
Do Not Underestimate the walk from the car park to the top end of the beat, it is a killer. Wanted to try the top end pools as I've fished Courtfield (opposite bank) before. Disappointed that two anglers from the next beat were already fishing in the top pools. They had walked down from the next beat but with nothing to indicate where one finishes and another starts what can you do?
Caught two chub in available pool, then worked my way back down to pumping station with no further action until last knockings when I caught two more. Good sized fish that were enthusiastic.
Beautiful location but probably due to early season swims had to be "manufactured." No sign of Mr Barbel.

4 Chub

Lovely section of the Wye. Really enjoyed ourselves. 2 barbel and 5 chub between us. Will be back soon.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

Fished for a couple of hours, hot evening, one decent fish on then off!! Klinkhammer off the surface.

Low conditions, but once fish are found, they could be caught steadily throughout the afternoon.

3 Barbel, 6 Chub

The barbel are still spawning (I observed this one evening on the camp site I was staying at) so I think they are two to three weeks behind due to the low Spring/early Summer temperatures.
This was my first time at this fishery and so spent some time walking all the banks. I say walking the banks but the upper section is more like deep jungle and impossible to fish from the bank for trees. Fished the upper section long trotting with bread flake for five nice chub.

5 Chub

Fished what I thought was Henry's pool.
Nice glide about 3 rod lenghts out, about 8 foot deep.
Had 4 chub on a specci waggler setup with sweetcorn and had 4 on pellets on a feeder or lead.

No Barbel, tried big/small baits and various lengths of hooklink.

Biggest chub which was caught on the float was 5lb 1oz.

Be careful of the track down to the Youth Hostel.

7 Chub

A tough days fishing, few accessible swims and relatively cold water temp for time of year of 12c. Anglers on the far bank wern't catching much either. only 2 medium sized barbel and 1 chub caught. Charging 3 anglers £60 for a length with 7 pegs is a bit steep, luckily no one had booked the 4th rod. More work needed on this one WUF.

WUF note - The booking of 2 rods on this beat achieves exclusivity and therefore we would only add 2 rods by telephone to the initial anglers booking and not 'overbook' them.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

A long walk from the car park led to a very beautiful stretch of the Wye valley. I would recommend travelling light as it is a further walk to cover the whole stretch available. Access to the river is difficult because of steep sided banks and lots of willow growth - there are few swims accessible without alot of cutting back and use of a machete (which I did not do). I fished the Island swim which is fast and turbulent. This proved productive in the evening after 5pm( I fished another swim further up river but there were no bites). My intended fishing partner for the day was not able to come so I fished alone. Ledgered and hair rigged pellets delivered lots of aggreesive bites(after 5pm) from the barbel but the swim was sadly snaggy and I lost a few rigs and big fish who took me into the snags. Persistence gave me a lovely 5 pound ten ounce barbel which fought very hard using the strong current.
Another really lovely day out on the Wye in a beautiful part of the valley but underwater snags and a general lack of access to the water made it frustrating at times. I could have caught so many more - don't we all feel that sometimes!

1 Barbel

Plenty of water today and not too coloured at all, 1 Salmon spotted splashing about on "The Gabions " but only a brief tug on a black and yellow tube before losing interest. Upper 4 beats difficult to access, had to help a couple of other fishermen get back up onto the steep bank on one and very overgrown. Altogether a lovely stretch of river and only a handful of canoes early on, perhaps as it was a weekday. Would come again but needs a trim!