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Found the river low, all fish taken from 4pm until dusk in deeper water. 6 barbel and 1 chub.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

The bottom half of this stretch is nice to fish, the top half with a bit of rain, take a lifejacket.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

A good day at this location, weather was hot and bright throughout the day, making fishing difficult. Found some deep holes to fish. Bites were slow. No bites on pellet and swim feeder, switched to luncheon meat and swapped the feeder with a weight. Started getting bites, Eels mainly, then hit into a Barbel and then another. The farmer has gone to a lot of trouble making the river accessible to anglers. A good location and fish were present although we only managed to catch a couple. I would visit this beat again

2 Barbel, 6 Other

I blanked, but friend caught two good size Barbel. (Will probably report separately). Lovely spot, but peace and quiet spoilt by diesel pump running all day extracting water from river!

Very disappointing day. Tried everything but couldn't get a bite.

Another tough day, the river here is really low with very little flow, not helped by three abstraction pumps doing there best to empty the river. We only fished the morning and thought the storm in the night may have freshened things up a little, not to be. We struggled to get any interest in baits at all and the four chaps on the opposite bank had nothing either, and they were using maggots, I thought they weren't allowed until September 16th??? Although the fishing was tough, we all had a great time and thanks go to the Wye & Usk for opening up these fantastic places to fish.

WUF note - Maggots, pupae or non-aquatic larvae can only be used between 15th September and 14th March (inclusive). No fish roe or crayfish baits.

1 Chub

Weather hot and river low. Not a bite all day. Lots of canoes most of whom were well behaved, but some decided to ignore the code and messed about right infront of me.

Too hot, one nice chub for a lot of effort.

Difficult day. River very low and clear. A few small chublets, one decent chub and one barbel on the waggler. No bites at all on the feeder.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fished the top of the beat in the afternoon in the heat of a scorching day and received not a single bite for my efforts. Moved downstream and fished the beach in the evening with the desired effect. Lots of interest from the resident barbel and two 5 pounders landed plus an eel. The former on halibut pellets and the latter on a piece of luncheon meat. A wonderful beat, great vehicle access and a very friendly farmer. Banks are very steep at the top end but the lower end is pretty easy going, I even managed to get a chair out. Many thanks to WUF.

2 Barbel, 1 Other