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Fished quite a few different stretches of the river Wye, but when I arrived at Caradoc I have to say it was better than I could have imagined, the scenery was stunning.
The river was very low and clear as I expected, so I decided to fish the fast water below the bridge. I used my bait dropper to feed casters and hemp and then rested the swim for an hour. It was impossible to feeder fish because of the weed coming down the river, so I decided to the best method was trotting a float through. I had two good chub straight away and as I was unhooking the second one I was joined in the water by two large dogs, the owners were on the top of the bank screaming at them to come back to them. Being a nice sunny day this sort of thing went on all day including two drunken girls swimming across the river. Anglers who book this stretch at a premium price should be aware that its limited to four anglers, but there are no restrictions to anyone else. I'm sorry to say I won't be returning.

12 Chub

We arrived on a glorious late summer morning to be greeted with some stunning scenery spoiled by a couple of cormorants flying overhead....The water level looked low and okish but this was our first visit to the Wye so it is difficult for us to judge the situation.
Great location but apart from 2 good fish we struggled to catch anything other than numerous micro dace and chublets which were there in abundance!! We did notice the presence of some Pike and this could be a good stretch for those who target them.
Our lack of experience was probably the root cause of a limited return. We enjoyed the challenge but would not fancy the walk back up the hill in wet conditions.

1 Trout, 1 Chub, 20 Other

Weather was sunny. Most of fish came early before canoe traffic! Did not seem to fish as well as on previous visits. My favourite swim now being on Samon beat where had previously caught barbel to 12 pounds. Wooded area bit pointless as to shallow and full of weed. Lovely location still will come back next year.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Pike, 1 Other

Didn't fish well ... was a struggle all day. This is a fantastic beat however. Look forward to returning again asap.

2 Chub

Although water some inches below summer levels there was movement which gave us a chance. Trotted a float with maggots for numerous chublets but nothing of size. A switch to traditional pellet/feeder did bring 4 barbel to 4lb during the afternoon.

4 Barbel, 10 Chub

Low, clear. Top of beat on bend best in deeper water. Fish caught on corn.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

Eel. Pegs dangerous when dry. Inaccessable when wet. River very low. Sport only fron 5pm onwards.

2 Barbel, 10 Chub, 1 Other

Eel. Pegs dangerous when dry. Inaccessable when wet. River very low. Sport only fron 5pm onwards.

2 Barbel, 10 Chub, 1 Other

8 x grayling 10-16 inches, 2 x trout 9-10 inches, on two heavy nymphs fished with an 8 foot rod. A grey, close morning, very warm and without a breath of wind. My general experience with these North Herefordshire streams is that, once the may fly is over and done with, I do better with the nymph rather than the dry fly. Nothing much was rising this morning, so that is what I tried. Very low water and my time was limited, so I'm afraid I cherry-picked the beat, just plumbing the deep holes where there was enough flow to move the flies. One good grayling, a decent number in the 10-12 inch range and saw lots of grayling parr, which is always encouraging.

2 Trout, 8 Grayling

Water quite coloured but fish were active. Did not managed to catch but missed several fish.