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Great venue, wide range of fish caught on the day, Chub, Roach, Rudd, Eel, Perch and Common Carp, the latter weighing in at 12lbs.

River fished harder than yesterday and we struggled to keep the fish feeding. Managed 8 Barbel and only a few Chub between the 2 rods.

First visit to the Wye. Was due to fish with my father who unfortunately could not come, so decided to make a weekend trip with my girlfriend. We were due to fish Holme Lacey on the Friday but she couldnt get the time off so started our trip on Caradoc first thing Saturday morning. We arrived to find the river around 4 to 5 ft up and very coloured. Due to the recent wet weather the track looked impassable so a long walk was on the cards. Decided to use the day as a bit of a recce as we were booked on again on the Sunday. Walked down stream and settled on a swim in the trees before the bridge that was large enough for the two of us. The swim produced 4 barbel to 7lbs in the pouring rain. The swim then went quiet, so we moved back upstream of the hut to another large swim where we settled in for the afternoon. By now the earlier rain had turned the water a brick red colour and i wasnt too confident of more action. I was wrong and we finished the day with another 8 barbel from the new swim to 7lb 6oz. All fish in good condition and caught on pellet and boilie baits on the feeder and straight lead.

First time on the beat. With that little bit of extra water on it was a very demanding day. It was however rewarded with a day out in a very beautiful almost Jurassic part of the country. Unable to stay late so missed out on the best. Fished dry sedges all day with 3 trout to 10 inchs.

Caught one 7lb salmon and lost another spinning at 11.30am.

6 trout all between in 9 -12 inch. 2 caught on 2 1/2in Griffiths Minnow, Black and salmon pink (near fishing hut)
4 caught on size 4 bronze Mapso popper ( mep )(near leaning willow). 1 salmon parr 7in also taken on mep. All lures used intended for salmon. All fish returned.

Fished the afternoon. One respectable 1lb+ brown trout from the bottom pool.

No Salmon seen or cought, A 4.5lb chub got the heart pumping for a moment and a seatrout about 1.5lb, but no salmon. Water very dirty.

Another superb beat, the setting is lovely and being higher up the Wye you miss a lot of the canoes!! Three rods were booked but only one fished. Barbel and chub came regulary all day, although as pointed out before, this is a very snaggy section. River was 3ft up and rising. Access at this beat is tricky. The farmer has locked the gates and directed me to follow the road. This was impossible as it was so muddy. I scaled the gates and follwed the path given in the directions. The route I went was down the hill and then over the second gate, follow the hedges to another gate, then follow the river down to the beat. I would say this was about a 10-15 minute walk and I would not reccommend this beat for less able anglers. The swims are all well defined with posts at the top of the bank showing where they are. Even in high conditions there were still plenty of swims.

Arrived to find the water very coloured and rising but worth a shot. Tried a Spindle Fly and Mepps for an hour and half and managed 2 trout. As the water conditions worsened (visibility into the water perhaps 6" at best) my guest rod Barry arrived. He decided to plug away with a Mepps, I headed off to collect number one son from his workplace. Later that afternoon I received a call from Barry with news of a 13 lber and later a phone pic as evidence. Just shows, if you dont have your line in the water ......!!