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Had a lovely day on this stretch of the river. Started at the top albeit a little late. After missing quite a few bites due to not having a great deal of experience on rivers and the last time I was on any river was well over a year ago, I opted for touch ledgering which resulted in two nice Chub around the 3 pound mark. A long spell of not catching anything (and a little nap as the weather was very nice) I forced myself to move which I should have done hours before. This resulted in much more action and soon I found myself with a beauty of a Barbel of around 7 Pound. Spurred on by this I tried to find more Barbel but in vain. Moving down stream did the trick again tho and soon I reeled in 3 more decent Chub with the biggest being just under 6 plb. For me are record so chuffed to bits. All fish were caught on meat. Had to go home before dark for other obligations and although I'm sure many out there would say that would be meager result, for me a joy of a day.
Thanks WUF I will most certainly be back on this stretch. On to Wye Bank tomorrow for some more action I hope.

River level was dropping making it hard to get into a swim but managed to fish 4 swims. Total for the day 6 barbel and 2 chub. We will be back.

Indeed a good walk but once on the river access to swims is easy. River looked a few inches up but quite clear. I tried several pegs opposite the gardens but the fishing was quite slow catching 3 barbel and 3 chub between 1pm and 9pm. It seemed quite a lot of hard work for this return but I hope to give it another go.

18 barbel to approx 8.5 lbs and 1 chub on pellet baits

Caught 13 barbel, all on pellets.
Long walk from car park.

Took a few hours out from a family holiday to enjoy the delights of the River Wye. I definitely picked the wrong day! The weather was horrendous and, being a non-fishing holiday, I was poorly equipped for the conditions! Lost 1 barbel and caught another around 8lbs. Whilst playing the fish, slipped over twice in the muddy conditions created by the torrential rains. Plenty of bites in this swim too but unfortunately safety first meant I had to move and caught nothing else. 4 hours fishing and I think I was wetter than the barbel I was trying to catch! Lovely stretch, definitely more like a 3/4 mile walk!

Fantastic stretch of water with some great pegs that have been cut out. Long walk which means travel light as possible. Finished the afternoon with 4 barbel and a chub and lost 3 cut off on a snag.

Started on the float but struggled a bit with the main flow of water over towards the far bank. Only one small chub in three hours. Switched to feeder tactics for the last two hours and picked up seven barbel to 8 1/2 lbs to round off a superb days fishing. It's a fair trek from the car park, so best to travel light but the beat map and parking instructions were very clear.

After quite a tiring walk along a rather wet and muddy track we arrived at the river. We fished just beyond the bend opposite the Weir Garden on a gravelly beach (a lovely spot) and began catching almost straight away, we ended the day with 19 barbel and 5 chub all caught on pellet. However around 1pm around 30 canoeists came round the bend and landed their craft on the same beach as we were fishing, they had no consideration for me as I had to stop fishing as they had totally surrounded me. I spoke to one lady who seemed to be in charge and she said that they had paid to land there which I found unbelievable. She told me that's tough - deal with it. I have never encountered such rudeness from fellow river users as I have always politely lowered or removed my lines in order to let canoes pass. I ended up losing about an hours fishing due to a bunch of loud mouthed, inconsiderate 18 to 30,s. I have spoken directly to the office regarding this (with more details of the canoe company) and I understand they are investigating the incident.

21 Barbel 5 Chub 2 Roach 3 Dace on pellet meat and corn.