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Had another great day on this beat. The river was still a little high and had some colour. The forecast was for strong winds and heavy rain. The umbrella took off a few times and the Fox shelter pulled the pegs up too. And did it ever rain! A great day though Paul and Alex had never caught a barbel before. They ended with 9 barbel with each of them having a 7lb plus fish. 4 chub were caught nothing larger than 4lbs 10oz.
I think the two of them will return to this beat.
Canoe traffic very quite but the weather was terrible so not too surprised.

Fished this river after heavey rain the day before. It was clearing but I did not see any fish rise or caught any.I saw acouple of dead fish and some illegal fishing from campers at the rising sun campsite. The landlord of the Old Pandy inn told me later that there had been a silage spill recently and this may have affected the fish.

Fishing with my young sons (9 and 12)on a day that started and ended dry and fine, but mainly rained in between. The banks were slippery and dangerous and need to be sorted out for safe fishing, particularly for younger anglers. The river rose throughout the day and the reddy/brown colouring increased as it rose. Access to the swims was difficult due to the rain, but also undergrowth was excessive. Our catch, which was all on 8mm hair rigged halibut pellet and fed with halibut flavoured ground bait in heavy open ended feeders was a barbel of 6.5lbs (to my 9 year old son - his first ever river fish!), a chub of approx. 4lb, another barbel of about 3lb, an eel of about 2lb and a small chub. In spite of the weather the boys enjoyed it, but if you are going to charge £20 a ticket and £10 each for kids, when the average elsewhere on the Wye is £6 and kids often free, the Foundation need to make swim access safer and easier by digging out steps and clearing undergrowth.

WUF Note: While we endeavour to have fisheries accessible, we try to leave them (and the fish) in as natural state as possible. Even still, some fisheries have better access than others - if this is of concern to you then please contact us before booking.
Please note that the river Wye is an SAC and a SSSI. Digging steps into banks, therefore, requires statutory consent.

Fantastic beat, looked really nice, unfortunately we couldnt buy a bite! Dont know what was happenning on the day but nothing was biting. We will be back.

First time fishing this stretch, we ended up fishing the bottom end of the beat by the bridge pillars. I did take a look at the top end but not so many swims up that end available. The river was running high due to the over night rains, however this did not put off the fishing. We managed between us, seven barbel and about thirteen chub. Was finding it hard to hold bottom due to the flow. Because of the rain all day we did find it hard getting up the track in our van when we finished fishing. We had a great day, many thanks.

7 Barbel, 13 Chub

Bridge Pool, Glan yr Afon. 8.45pm, cock, colouring, 28lbs (40.3inches). No.2 LTT. Sink tip.

5 Barbel to 7lb 14oz and 1 Chub about 3lbs. All to 8mm pellet and/or corn with PVA mesh bags of small pellet. Meat surprisingly unproductive given the amount of colour in the water. Given the conditions, I probably should have caught more but a nice day on a nice stretch anyway. Beware the near bank tackle graveyard in the upper swims. The middle or beyond is better. No problems with directions/access, even the canoeists behaved themselves. Thank you WUF.

One small trout, released. A few nibbles but very quiet. A few fish rising briefly late afternoon. Beautiful beat to fish and a lovely day despite lack of success.

36 Barbel, 5 Chub and 1 Eel on Pellet Corn and Boillie. Caught fish from several swims. Between the three of us we also lost approximately 20 Barbel to hook pulls and snags.

2 Brown Trout and 2 Grayling. The rest little Trout. Frank williams was my guide the day before. The river was with tobacco color but a little clear. All catch and release of course. The Foundation gave me the guide contact.