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The river wasn't particularly high so I was surprised to find, when I arrived, that it was thickly coloured with visibility down to two inches. Might have been ok for barbel but I was fishing for pike, and blanked!

Unfortunately my visit coincided with the first heavy rain of the autumn which brought the river level up by a couple of feet. The river was having a flush through so was full of rubbish. I found a fishable swim on beat 5/6 and managed a few nice Chub to 4ib 2oz. No barbel today.

4 Chub

River low and clear. Fished all day for barbel and/or chub. Trotting various baits and rolling meat - not a single take. Observed shoal of barbel at Hay bridge which stayed in one spot for the three days we were visiting. They took no interest in loose fed bait. Large shoal of dace active in the shallows above Hay bridge.
Disappointed but fish clearly not inclined to feed.

River low and clear. One chub 3.5lbs to trotted maggot.

1 Chub

Fantastic day. Fished blind but caught some lovely fish. Nice to meet Terry Ward who runs the beat, very pleasant. Saw plenty of salmon jumping also.

27 Barbel, 12 Chub

River was low and clear. Had a barbel from beat 4 at the end of island on pellet and paste, and a chub from best 5. Was tough going but had a great time!

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

News has been that the fishing had been hard and they were not wrong. On a cloudy day with the water clear I had one Chub of 4.5lb half way down Beat 4. Salmon were jumping and small fish showing on top. Tried a couple of other swims but no luck. Will return to try again in the spring.

1 Chub

Very tough with very little action.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Not easy, two barbel caught and a few chub, would have expected more as conditions seemed favourable. The barbel was 8lbs.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

Fly. Water low-ish but decent flow and clear. No fish showing.
Many canoeists!