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Unfortunately didn't connect with anything, but this beat is a hidden gem. A huge amount of work has been done in managing the banks and virtually all areas of the beat are fishable by fly. Great welcome and lots of good advice from Nathan the ghillie. I can fully recommend this beat and I will definitely be returning.

Water low and clear fish caught near rocks on pellet

4 Barbel

Saw quite a few fish moving, but no takes. Conditions were favourable with fog till late morning, after which cloud rolled in to leave a perfect afternoon for fishing. Even though no fish were taken, all in all, a great day's fishing.

Nice water height, good clarity, and nice for fly fishing, but hot and bright. Fished for a few hours but didn't see any salmon, which was a surprise as the lowish water levels should suit the beat. Met Nathan Jubb, the beat's Ghillie who showed me some work that had been done to cut out steps. Access to the beat is definitely heading in the right direction. Little run, triangles and cockpit are all accessible. Crescent and one or two of the lesser runs definitely need work but the owner and Nathan are working on this. Once finished, this will be a really nice little beat.

Fished with fly, the river was quite high and coloured. My first time on the Wye and saw a lot of Salmon activity in the morning. The beat was ok but would benefit from some work to give better access to the fishing. Only caught one brown trout about 1 lb in weight which was returned.

1 Trout

Fly fished all day. Good conditions if a little bright. A number of fish showed all day - however, we both blanked.

Fly only.

Fished Upper Bigsweir today, lots of fish showing in the morning then the sun came out and put fish down. A very promising beat could do with a little tlc, ie access into the river not very good unless you are a mountain goat!!!!!

1 Salmon

I really struggled with this beat. Despite following the directions and locating the points it describes for access it was mainly way to deep to wade. I'm 6' and wearing chest waders I could not wade in all but a couple of places. Because the banks are so steep it is difficult to cast without getting into the water. It seems that the right bank is much better suited alas this is not part of the beat. The river was only 12" on the Fownhope gauge and wading at Goodrich Court 5 days earlier with no rain since was no problem at all. I managed to cast from some submerged cribs and [deep] gravel runs but could not cast into the most promising looking sections.
No fish seen or hooked.

Nil.