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First impression not very good. River by the parking looks not tempting but further down is much better, especially woodland parts. The bit without trees seem to be fishless but I'm sure there are some nice trout hiding(see you springtime chaps). I fished upstream nymph and got a few grayling; one of them aroung 50 centimeters but didn't manage to land it.
Plenty of grayling and trout fingerlings. My friend fished czech nymph with much, much more success. 9 over 40 cm fish from one place! He got 20+ decent grayling. I would advise to start from the bottom of the beat and go upstream, otherwise the mud you rise does not help the fishing.

Fantastic day! Caught 3 barbel to 9.5lb, 5 chub to 5lb and a 16lb pike all on 8mm soft pellets, feeding smaller pellets and crushed pellets in the feeder.

River quite low despite rain. Only very small grayling and trout rising and caught. I have yet to understand this stretch. Went once last year. No sign of any sizable rising fish. You feel a bit conspicuous with the lack of bankside trees on a lot of the river. Any advice would be welcome. I usually fish with a floater which has worked very well this year on the upper Wye. I persevered with sunken nymph yesterday but only caught very small fish.

Lyepole is a beat which never seems to disappoint. Although the records show that it is fished quite heavily, the fish still seem to respond provided you are prepared to go deep and fish a heavy nymph through the pools. Otherwise, everything about the place is just about perfect: there is no village here, but a steep-sided valley between wooded hills where few people seem to come, two farms and a riverside cottage, buzzards calling overhead.even the parking is ideal. You leave your car by an old stone bridge, halfway along the one mile beat, so you can chose to go up or down. The car is thus strategically placed for lunch or a meeting of friends who have split the beat between themselves. There are fish under the bridge, of course, and in most of the pools.

Working with Czech nymphs, I got 8 grayling to 14 inches and 5 out of season trout to 13 inches. The East European nymphing style is not my absolutely favourite fishing method, but there is still something charming about leading those tumbling weighted flies down under the rod top, making the mandatory strike at the end of the sweep and feeling a big silver grayling kicking away down there in the depths of the pool. The whole process has an air of magic about it, as unlikely and surprising as producing a rabbit out of a hat with a flourish.

The river had risen 6 inches in the past few days and was only slightly coloured. I caught 3 barbel (largest 6lb) and 7 chub (largest 5.5lb) on pellet, meat & sweetcorn bait using legered feeder tactics.

Fishing with my brothers Mike and Chris, we had a combined catch of 12 barbel, more than 20 chub and a large pike which latched onto a small chub that was being landed. The scenery was wonderful, the weather was balmy and
we had a great day fishing. What more can you ask!?

Sadly no barbel but had 10-15 small chub (< half lb) on maggot feeder. Tried meat and pellet presented in various ways but to no avail.

River seemed to have risen but was still clear if a bit 'big'. 8 grayling caught in the margins - all in the 1/2lb mark.

Excellent fishery and an excellent day was had. Fished pellets with cage feeder. I had 14 barbel and 2 chub and R had 5 barbel. Lovely weather and great surroundings

River was low and clear but my son and his friend both managed to catch personal best barbel of 8lb 3oz and 8lb 9oz respectively. My son also had a pb chub of 4lb 9oz. They also caught 2 more barbel around 6lbs. They caught all the fish on paste. I did not fish due to looking after two very inexperienced anglers but they returned home very happy. One of them had never caught a barbel before so I was pleased for him. Many thanks Wye Usk Foundation.

Had an excellent day out on the Wye today - between 3 of us we had 21 barbel, 5 chub and an eel!!! Will be back soon.