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Neither of us had a bite all day. Very disappointing.

Four of us fished this stretch on the Friday. The lower stretch produced three or four Chub to maggot also caught two nice Grayling. Five Barbel caught up to around 5lb all on maggot. The upper stretch produced 9 barbel the biggest was 8lb. These were caught on meat, maggot and pellet.

A bit of a struggle for myself today, couldn't settle in the right swim, managed 1 barbel and 3 chub. Honours undoubtably go to Mr J Dixon of Farnham who managed 13 barbel to 8lbs, top fishing, sweetcorn the going bait.

NICE BEAT,FARM HAND VERY HELPFULL, EASY ACCESS, NO PIKE CAUGHT.

After a recent cold snap and a rise in levels the river was pushing through quite hard and the barbel and chub too shy to show. Lighter end tackle on ledger with casters produced two nice grayling and a brownie late on.

Caught 2 barbel diectly after arriving - 12 o clock but that was it for the day despite trying several swims. Opposite bank was busy with anglers.

River conditions looked great but only 2 decent chub taken 1 to 3 1/2 lbs.

Water pushing through with weed, leaves twigs constantly catching the lines. Found a couple of slack spots close in and managed to winkle out 5 barbel between us, also lost a couple. Barbel 6lb to 8lb.

We caught two Barbel to 7lb 8oz and five chub to 4lb all caught on Richworth new Martin Bowler Xtractor Barbel baits due for release in January. This was our first visit to the Wye and what a stunning fishery, we will be back soon, many thanks to the Foundation and Adam for your help.

River 1 foot up and falling. The three of us started off fishing on the 'beach' across to the deeper water, but all that came from that was a 6lb barbel for me. Dad wandered downstream rolling meat and had one chub of 2lb. we all moved to the top of the beat to the slower, deeper water and fished swims that looked well used. Merv lost a barbel and had a chub bite, while I didn't have a touch. Dad had one barbel of 6lb, 2/3 of the way across. Both barbel were taken on halibut pellet with a feeder of mixed pellet.

It's worth noting that the opposite bank to this beat seems very heavily fished. there were several anglers up and down the stretch throughout the day and the swims looked very heavily worn and the barbel I caught had a couple of old wounds in it's mouth. I would suggest if you're looking for a session on virgin barbel, this probably isn't the beat for you. It also sows a seed of doubt in your mind as to whether these fish are getting tackle-shy.