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As above.

8 Barbel, 10 Chub

River surprisingly high on arrival middayish, there must have been some overnight rain in Wales which we never saw in Hereford? The water was still quite clear & the level dropped steadily throughout the afternoon/early evening. Fish were in a cooperative mood though with only one quiet period mid afternoon for a couple of hours. Plenty to see though with an almost constant flypast of various duck species, the appearance now & then of a sparrowhawk, Kites & of course the kingfishers. There was a brief hatch at 7ish & of course the sand martins appeared.

The temperature was distinctly autumnal today & cold in the wind. Lost two good fish which felt like barbel. Used spam & pellets on quickstop, barbless hooks & 2oz feeder. The 2 others were dace... how they got hooked taking 1/2" cube of meat I cannot imagine but both hooked in top lip! Obviously quite hungry.

Many thanks to Terry & WUF for a splendid venue with plenty of healthy fish.

4 Barbel, 8 Chub, 2 Other

We were a group of 3 coarse and 1 Salmon anglers. The coarse anglers switch from feeder to float during the day and caught 5 Barbel, 7 Chub several Dace and a Salmon par.

5 Barbel, 7 Chub, 6 Other

Had a lovely morning on the river. Caught 3 Chub, biggest was about 4/5 lb. Never caught this species before so was delighted. Fished 07:00-14:00, all fish caught within first couple of hours. Heavens opened after that and killed the fishing. Hope to come back to get amongst the Barbel another time. If fishing the stretch for the first time, I’d advise entering the second beat by the toll bridge. I found beat 1 and 3 very hard to find/access. Thanks Terry!!!

3 Chub

14 Barbel

Lovely day on the Wye only managed a couple of Chub today both on halibut pellet . Better luck next time

2 Chub

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

2 Barbel, 10 Chub

A Red letter day for me and my boy , little bit of extra water and coloured up nicely . Fished pellet all day and had some great fish . Started at 11am and fished thru to 19:30 , Love Whitney .

10 Barbel

Slow day in good weather with all fish caught before 4.30pm although we stayed till after dark in the same swim which was lively the day before. There were many canoes which is unusual for this beat, and we had noticed that the opposite bank was being prepared for something, which turned out to be canoeists camping, so they were arriving until after dark, dragging their canoes up the bank and very noisily setting up camp. We also witnessed (illegal?) hunting, starting around 6.30pm with about 20 hounds who also went into the water opposite us during their pursuit of the fox, which we saw running along the far bank. The hunt was accompanied by much horn blowing, shouting and yelping of dogs, which continued for at least couple of hours, so unsurprising that we caught nothing into the evening.

Fishing Passport Note : Anglers are advised to contact the Fishery Keeper if any unauthorised activity is suspected.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub