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The river was very coloured and we found the fishing hard, 2 barbel only at last light.

This was my first visit to this beat and I will definitely be back. Wonderfully picturesque and peaceful.

Nil catch but did straighten a hook on a very powerful fish. Plenty of tentative bites but couldn't hit them. I suspect that the barbel in this beat are bit cannier than elsewhere on the Wye.

The most interesting aspect of this session was the number of salmon showing. There were fish of all sizes crashing out all over the place. Most were well coloured but I did see one fresh looking fish. I have never seen so much salmon activity in one day before on the Wye.

Conditions permitting my next visit will be for salmon.

My first visit to the Wye, fished mid morning to mid afternoon, started at the top part of the beat in the morning and fished till about three, I had intended to fish the lower part but the swims were pretty high banked and precarious. Total catch was three chub to around 3lbs 10ozs and five eels, all taken on luncheon meat and pellet paste. No barbel, but lots of surface movement though, probably Salmon.

Finally found where the barbel have been hiding on the upper part of the stretch - in the Maddox. Watched them feed and even caught a couple before the sun went behind the hillside. We then moved down to a baited area in the Rope pool and caught steadily until dusk - tally was 14/15 barbel to around 8.5 lbs. Great fishing on a lovely beat.

Canoes were a pain but we caught a dozen or so barbel from the bottom end of the Rope Pool. Biggest around 8lbs. Salmon everywhere but no barbel from the Vanstone or above the Ford Stream. Will bring the salmon rod next time.

Arrived at 7am, caught a 7lb barbel at 10.30am, then 4 chub during the day before an 8lb barbel at 7pm.
Great setting as usual, perfect days fishing...

2 x Barbel caught and 2 x big fish lost. The angler sharing the beat with me that day also caught barbel. Cracking day, will definitely return.

2 rods fished for 3 hours on the lower part fo the fishery. Feedered hemp and pellet on the hook produced 8 barbel to just over 9lbs. Although the water's a bit slower here the fish are there and with a bit of patience it's as comfortable and rewarding as barbel fishing gets.

The weather was bright and sunny until late afternoon with nothing happening. Then we had overcast conditions with a few showers. Caught 2 chub of around the 3lb mark and a barbel of 5lb 9oz. Fished meat at the corner tree end of Maddox.

Fished Maddox with meat for a couple of hours early evening. Had two barbel (7 & 6lb) and a chub (2.5lb). Weather was overcast with rain at times. The banks are quite overgrown but the fishing is good where you can get into the water!