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1 chub - slow going - lots of weed coming down.

Beautiful stretch of the Wye. Weather hot and overcast. Didn't start fishing untill 9.00 am had problems locating fishery shame there wasnt a small sign on track gates as we went passed gates 3 times. Two barbel caught between 6 & 7lb fish in lovely condition caught on pellat. Apart from getting lost we all had a great day and cant wait to return. Many thanks to the WUF.

Got there early and not having fished here before, settled down at the first 2 pegs (rocky platforms). I had about 10 barbel all less than 2 pound and my friend Martin had 3 chub. Saviour of the day was Don who turned up about 11 and put us right. I finished with 25 barbel nearly all to double sweetcorn. Biggest only 5 pound but lost a couple of monsters. Biggest taken out by a canoeist after 15 mins fight--cheers. Martin had 16 Barbel, biggest 6 pound on 8mm pellet.
Very well kept stretch and great service from Don.

Difficult day; water very low and fish lethargic. No rise to speak of. Two very small grayling.

Heavy low cloud and rain through most of the day.
Chub were voracious in there attacks on the baits soon as they hit the water good fish 4-5 lb. Barbel fed later in the day ended with 15 Barbel and 18 Chub.
Very damp but very happy!
Thanks W&Usk for 3 days coarse fishing heaven.

4 Rainbow Trout on worm

20+ trout to 9" and 1 x grayling over 1lb.

Early start after the barbel. 6 by lunch time, Don witnessed the largest about 8 or 9lb. Some nice chub too.
Rolling meat worked well as well as pellets. After the lunch time deluge of Kayaks and Canoes no more action for the rest of the day. Perhaps finer gear and maggots would have worked better as its very low and clear. Would have been difficult to get the fish out though.
Thanks to Don.

WUF NOTE: No maggots or non aquatic pupae between 16 June and 14 September (EAW byelaw).

Caught the last of the catch limit by 6pm good day fishing.

A very frustrating day on a normally very productive beat. 6 barbel between the 3 of us all from the Vanstone pool. WE had at least 5 salmon in the pool, including an enormous orange coloured one which i guess had been in the river some time. We speculated the prescence on the salmon may have contributed to the lack of barbel, as conditions were perfect.

There are not many swims on this beat, and most are centered on the Vanstone pool, so ok if the beat is booked by a party of anglers, but less so otherwise.