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Slow start but 2 barbel late in the day- 8lb 8oz and 9lb 7oz. Both fish to pellet. Thanks to all at WUF as always. Also good to see EA baliffs out checking rod licenses.

I finally managed to land my first ever Salmon from the Vanstone pool.It was a kelt in poor condition with damaged fins. Weighed seven and a quarter pounds. Returned after a lengthy resus and a salute from me. Took a yellow Flying "C" around 2.00 pm.

Three chub to 4.2. Breadflake.

Fishing v slow, but understandable after the amount of cold water that must be in the river. Only one small pike taken on deadbait in the afternoon.

River in good condition - not too much colour. Barbel slow to show but one nice fish around 5lbs taken on meat in the Vanstone Pool tight under the near bank. Dace were a menace! Attacking all maggot baits almost as soon as they settled but they were not our target species.

Lovely spot with great access for my elderly father who has difficulty walking - he had a grand day out sitting by his beloved Wye in the autumn sunshine - worth every penny to see him happy. Thanks.

PS "Silver Tourist" about 10lbs showing in the Corner Tree.

Booked early on the day after overnight rainfall in Wales. Arrived at the bank early to find the river in spate at a good 3 foot over LSLs. Hunted out the slacker water off the crease. Could not find feeding fish till late afternoon when the river had fined down to around 18" over LSL's. 5 barbel to 7.5lbs, 3 chub to 2lbs all on pellet. The other gentleman who had booked on the same stretch (Paul), I witnessed weighing a perfect 10 3/4lb barbel.

Lovely day, near perfect conditions - mild, river up and coloured. Had 3 barbel, 5, 6 and 10.75 lbs. All taken at the lower end of the fishery on pellet. Lovely beat, excellent fishing. Thanks to all at the WUF and to fellow angler Simon for helping to photograph and return the fish. Limited access to the lower end of the beat.

Beautiful stretch of river, could do with a sign to confirm you are on the right beat (at least for "out of towners"). Arrived early but was woefully inequipped for the river, no fish in the 5/6 hours I was there, another chap had fished the previous day with no luck either. Fished the Vanstone Pool and was even more snaggy than I had imagined. Advice - take lots of heavy weight and be prepared to lose some tackle.

Overall great place to fish with enormous promise.

Tough going today, tried the obvious beats on the upper section with no joy then moved downstream to some of the newly cleared (to me anyway) swims and roved around for one barbel of 8.12, then headed back upstream at dusk for 2 more barbel and a chub plus one lost to a snag, once again pellet was the bait to catch on it seems.

With the river only about a foot up on conditions that had been kind to us before we were both confident of a good days fishing. K.P had chose to fish for barbel while I opted for a change and targeted the pike. I walked the whole stretch fishing the most likely looking swims and was pleased with the two pike I caught which although only small were very nicely marked and in great condition. K.P did catch four barbel to around 7lb which he had to work hard for, moving swims and changing tactics paying off.