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Heaviest rain I've seen in years, river chocolate brown, didn't even see a single fish. Not many accessible swims to get down to the river.

Ledgered pellet, conditions ideal.

3 Barbel

6 Barbel, 4 Chub, 2 Other

1 over 8lbs, 2 over 9lbs. 1 on pellet, 2 on meat.

3 Barbel

Arrived mid-day and started at the bottom end of the fishery for a couple of hours to no avail. Moved to the top section which coincided with heavens opening and staying open for the rest of the day. I've never seen the river this low and apart from the odd patch of blanket weed, where has all the weed gone on this stretch? The sound of a generator abstracting water kept us company for a few hours in the afternoon, and it was sad to see that swims we'd fished in previous seasons had all been washed away and not replaced, leaving only two fishable swims in the top section. My friend ended up with 4 eels and a lot of lost tackle (rocks) and I could only manage 2 barbel and 6 chub. Without a doubt, this was the worst day's fishing we've experienced on this wonderful river and somewhat concerned about the lack of any real weed growth on this stretch.
This used to be a favourite stretch of ours, but I'm afraid, no more.

2 Barbel, 6 Chub, 4 Other

Hard day on a low and clear river. Worked our way around the beat fishing all areas but nothing interested in the heat.
Still, the lack of fish action allowed us to really appreciate the wildlife and the beauty of this stretch of the Wye.
Will be back in the Autumn.

Extremely disappointing trip. I came all the way from South Yorkshire to find a river with hardly any water in it. I couldn't really fish in the morning due to a constant flotilla of canoes coming down the river and many of them crashing straight into the overhanging trees that I was trying to put bait under. After lunch time I got into the centre of the river and walked the stretch up and down trying to find deep spots with some fish, but to no avail. There is also a makeshift ramp on the gravel track to protect a pipe going into the farmers field which is poorly constructed and is too high and almost tore through the bottom of my car (twice, as I had to get back over it to go home). I never saw any fish or any signs of any fish in this stretch of river. All in all a completely disappointing journey which cost me a fair few quid to make.

Fantastic stretch of water and watched a shoal of barbel flashing in the fast, clear water but very hot and the fish didn't seem to want to feed. One chub and an eel as the sun went down was the best we could muster. Thank you WUF and my special thanks to WUF Approved Coarse Guide Adam Fisher for his help and advice.

1 Chub, 1 Other

River still low but a decent colour and flow. Lost a big barbel early on then took 3 pound barbel. Had a mid morning break as the sun came up as it was to hot to fish, then walked the beat. All pegs found were adequate. Starting fishing mid afternoon, very hot and bright sunshine but took a barbel of 7lbs, 3lbs 8oz, a chub and 5 eels up to about 1 pound. All fish fell to ground bait feeder and halibut pellets. Salmon seen jumping in all the swims we fished and 4 cormorants seen hunting the whole stretch. Beautiful stretch of river to be on.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub, 5 Other

Very hot and sunny day at mhc, river painfully low and needing rain. First of all I would like to say what a great job has been done to accessing the lower end of the beat. It always use to be a bit of a battle getting to the castle end, not anymore! Struggled to find any fish willing to accepted a bait. Ended up finding some in the peg at the end of the concrete track. Had six barbel 4lb to 6lb, strangely enough all caught between 3pm and 6pm, by far the hottest part of the day. Earlier in the day I picked up a few chub from the top of the "Rope". All fish were caught on either float fished pellet or free lined pellet.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub