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Some great swims but definitely need felt/studs. No catches unfortunately.

Lovely venue. We navigated the ‘track of doom’ without assistance from the RAF or the SAS. The fishing was slow, the river was low, despite all of that, we were reluctant to go.
Thank you.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

Really nice venue. Managed to drive down and back up the ‘track of doom’ without having to call out the emergency services, which was a relief, even without a 4x4. Anywho, one nice barbel and a few small chub, all caught on meat. Great place, best of our 3 day trip on The Wye.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

Blank but a lovely day to be on the river

Low water and comparatively slow flow meant then fish were well spaced out. Finished with two pike to the net, one small and one mid double. Both falling to lures and a roving approach.

2 Pike

One of those red letter days. Conditions were more or less perfect, both in terms of weather and water (a little more colour may have been desirable).
Started at 'top' end faster water and worked out way down towards pylons as time passed. Decent Chub found throughout day, falling largely to ledger and pellet. 3oz, more than enough to hold bottom in most places.
Around one the first Barbel showed up, but it was after three that things got hectic, with four fish caught in a 90 minute window. Carried on till dusk, with last knockings arguably bringing the best fish of the day. All taken on a mix of pellet, from traditional Halibut, to Robin Red. Noticeable that the better fish preferred normal Halibut today.
Chub sizes ranged from 1.5 to 4lb. The Barbel were between 5.5 and 8.5lb. Worth commenting that ALL fish were in absolutely superb condition. Beautifully scaled, coloured and in most instances, plump. No damaged tails or fins and no evidence of lice. I think it was likely that few had seen a landing net before.
Not sure there's another stretch where bankside access to river is so easy. Yes, the trudge from parking to river might be a bind in heavy weather, but for an experience like yesterday's, a worthwhile endeavour.
The Bunch of Carrots nearby, offered a good range of beers, decent food and a nice environment in which to pick the day apart.

6 Barbel, 11 Chub

Good day on lovely stretch. Fished half a dozen swims and caught in every one. Croy at upstream end produced all the barbel. We then slowly moved back to the start of the beat as we wanted to try out different spots. Chub were all a good size. Other was an eel.

5 Barbel, 10 Chub, 1 Other

For our 2nd day at sugwas we entered the middle section to fish the slightly deeper water and had a much better day. Fish had moved in following the slightly cooler conditions. Swim access apart from one was again difficult apart from one swim where mick had 4 barbel , 3 on float and maggot, 1 on bomb and meat. Feeder was not effective over the 2 days. John and I just about managed to access 2 swims upstream and shared 26 chub with chublets, dace, small roach, trout and one perch on the float - maggot or caster - great sport. It was great to watch chub on the far bank coming up for hawthorn berries? Dropping from the trees. Many of John’s chub( to 4 lb) had the red berries in their throats. This is a lovely stretch of the Wye that we feel privileged to fish but I fear that it will be inaccessible without some management as trees are encroaching in the ‘old’ swims. I doubt that if we were a party of 4 that we would all have been able to fish

3 Trout, 4 Barbel, 23 Chub, 20 Other

A mild day and overcast day with odd sunny intervals, 0.27 on RoW gauge and a 12.9 degrees water temp. Very clear but with a good flow throughout the beat. Fished very hard though, with 3 bites between the 4 of us. 3 barbel hooked but only one banked at 8.06 - one snagged, one line break. GB and particle feeders tried as well as straight lead, PVA bags and loose pellets. Wind too gusty to fish the float without wading to mid river.

1 Barbel