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First trip on this stretch, which is another lovely piece of river. The river dropped rapidly (2ft) overnight and a further foot during the day. Water very coloured to start with, but cleared as the water dropped.
Fished the end of the beat, as others (and Don) advised. Nothing in the morning, but had a nice 8lb barbel and 3lb chub in the evening on pellet. Both pristine condition and the barbel fought incredibly hard.
Plenty of canoeists between about 9.15am and 5pm but all very civil and did their best to skirt around my line for the short time I was fishing alongside them. River was still running at full width, so that may have given them more space than recently.
Loads of wildlife and a stunning dawn on the river, with mist rising through streams of sunlight - makes it all the more enjoyable. Will definitely be back.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

River chocolate and trees coming down in the flood. Half-heartedly fished the slacks to blank. A washout really.

1 Barbel

Just two/three hours on the float this morning at first light. There is something magical about rivers (especially the Wye) at dawn. I do like this beat. To have the river to myself and watch the wildlife go by (well perhaps not the mink) let alone the opportunity to fish for such pristine fish. Priceless.

3 Chub

River clearing and in good condition. Float fishing today - trotting corn and small pellets for a few hours morning and evening. Tremendous fun. Unlike yesterday (when I hunkered down under a brolly at the end of the beat) today it was on with the chest waders and I was able to fish down from the top of the beat to the bottom. Caught all along the beat.

2 Barbel, 14 Chub

Glad I braved the remnants of Bertha for a few hours at/after daybreak. Back in the evening after drying out for a few hours! Consistent sport from 6 through until 10 and then from 5 until 9 (ish) even though river the colour of chocolate by the early evening. Fed with PVA bags of pellet and ledgered pellet, spam and corn hookbaits - all caught. Nothing huge but a great days sport.

6 Barbel, 11 Chub

River low but nice flow.

1 Barbel

River was apparently up a few inches and had a good tinge of colour to it. Flowing faster than I was expecting as well. All the action was after midday, with a lost fish after lunch (inconsiderate canoeist was partly to blame)and then nothing until 5pm. The swim (at the bottom of the section)then came alive although by this point I'd used the majority of my bait so couldn't fully take advantage. Best fish went 9lb 10oz with a 5lber soon after. Feeder fished pellet/groundbait mix with a trimmed down fishmeal boilie well soaked (i.e. for several days)in Korda Spicy Squid Goo. "Gerron the goo lad!" the guy from Korda told me. Seems he was right.

2 Barbel

Didn't catch any fish.

Well got there at 6am and had to sit in the car for 4 hours because the rain was so heavy could even get my waterproofs on to stay dry. Then got to the river at around 10.30am'ish, started fishing for 30 mins and then it started... canoe after canoe after kayak until 4.30pm. Even some locals said they had never seen so many, it was impossible to fish, so my advice is don't fish this stretch on a Saturday not worth it. Also, they have no consideration for you fishing like on other parts of the Wye I've fished. All in all I fished for 4hrs 30mins out of a whole day that's nearly £5 per hour. What made it worth it for me was the stunning barbel I caught at 8lb 9oz. Simply the best outcome I could of hoped for considering circumstances as I nearly gave up a number of times. River was still low but with some colour and apparently a extra foot on it.

1 Barbel