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Well, if I was a Marine I might have enjoyed it, the amount of livestock water gates turned it into an assault course. I am pretty sure I spent more time climbing the banks than I did fishing! Please put a small section in the middle that can be lifted by someone other than Arnie! This is the worst beat I have experienced with the Wye and Usk, and indeed felt somewhat conned as there is no mention of this in the book. After 3/4 mile, and about 8 water gates I gave up, saw one grayling of 1 - 1.5lbs, right under a gate! An hours drive and £10 wasted, (used all the vouchers). It should not be a prerequisite that a recce be carried out before putting the vouchers in the box. If you need a design for a pedestrian pass in the gates let me know, it's not rocket science! I have no wish to advocate vandalism, but at one stage I dearly wished that I had brought my chainsaw with me!

No fish were caught on the day but had a good day there , plenty of other people fishing and I will be back again soon.
It would be better from a boat, maybe I will try it next time.

River in lovely condition. Only managed to fish for a few hours in afternoon. No rising fish and sadly drew a blank.

Arrived 11.30am and fished till 7.00pm. Between the two rods caught 3 Barbel between 5 and 8lbs and a couple of Chub around 2 pounds. Most fish taken on halibut pellets, lost a couple of fish at the net. Will be back soon.

Fished lower end by the cottage and groyne. River was normal summer level, had 6 barbel and 6 chub and dropped 2 barbel to hook pulls. All barbel on pellet, 2 chub on rolling meat. Went very quiet in the afternoon when the sun was up and started feeding later on. Lovely peaceful fishing in a beautiful setting.

Lure fishing for salmon. 4 x brown trout caught, nice condition, size between half and one pound, all returned. Conditions good, water level low due to no rain fall that week.

Had to give this one another go but finding the tricky downstream (v. cold) wind not ideal and the bank side vegetation having got a good hold, due to lack of angling traffic me thinks, the fishing was difficult. But with grit, determination and a lot of patience I did manage to take 3 WBT of 10”+ on mayfly/DLL pattern within the first 50 yds from start point (no “Go” sign seen though). Soon after however, a very close encounter with the local Otter family of three that had worked its way all the way down the beat, judging from the footprints, spelt disaster to the session. Only one more fish could I coax out from under the bank before reaching the bridge and my attempt to access the water upstream so overgrown proved near impossible.
Note to WUF: In my humble opinion, if this beat was fished more often or subjected to more regular keepering it could rank as one of the Foundations premier locations. If I lived nearer I would gladly volunteer for this task!

6 WBT to 9inches. Lovely evening fishing. Another rod leaving as I arrived.

River running clear on a nice sunny day. Unfortunately the fishing was a little slow and I finished the day with 2 small Barbel. Tried a number of swims around the orchard end but only one spot produced the fish. Will be back again soon.

14 Brown Trout, up to two pounds. 8-10 Gooseanders and two Cormorants working the water. Most fish caught on tiny dry flies! Very good day!!!