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My prefered part of the beat at the bottom end was flooded so I fished the last swim on the high bank. I had 8 barbel to 9lb, all caught on halibut pellet and soft spicy sausage soft pellets. The river turned a chocolate colour at 5 o clock and then rose 10ft in the next 12 hours.

A very late booking due to heavy rain. The stretch we had booked we elected not to fish. Visited Holme Lacy and found no-one on the beat. Rang the WUF and after they spoke with Colin the Ghillie we were able to fish from about 1pm.
River high, coloured and pushing through. Needed a lot of lead to hold bottom, but by fishing the bottom of the beat we managed 6 barbel and 2 chub to one rod and 8 barbel to the other. The biggest about 9lbs - all the fish were in excellent condition although a couple were a bit lean and obviously recovering from spawning. All caught using heavy feeders and pellet.
Despite the poor conditions and the inclement weather a productive day.
Many, many thanks to the WUF who made every effort on our behalf so that we could fish, and Colin the ghillie for his advice and assistance as always.

River was about 4 feet up over summer level and heavily coloured. We fished off the bottom end of the island and had a fantastic days fishing. The fish fed all day and we ended with a total of 31 Barbel and 10 chub, best fish was 7 1/2 pounds.
Thank you to the Wye and Usk foundation and to Colin for strimming the swim.

15 barbel, 1 chub all caught on pellet.

First time on the Wye and our feeders were not big enough. Still had a nice day with 8 barbel to 8lb 2 chub and an eel. Bailiff was a great help. Long walk to the best swim but worth it.

On a falling, but still coloured river, we enjoyed a good day, sharing a catch of 30 barbel (to 6lb) and 6 chub between us. In the fast flow the barbel made up for their lack of size by tearing off downstream. A most enjoyable day: the weather was kind and we watched hobbies over the far bank woods. Thanks as always to Colin, the keeper, whose hard work ensures we had good access and fishable swims.

The river was high on our arrival and rising, about 6 feet up over summer level, rising to 7 feet during the course of the day. The current was strong as a result.
Sport was a lot slower than previous visits last year at this time. The fish fed only sporadically. That said we still caught 9 barbel to 8lb 12oz and a couple of chub. Bait was halibut pellet fished behind a feeder. A good day all in all.

Another glorious sunny day unfortunately I had to fish the same swim as yesterday due to the hight of the water. The fish were a bit more cautions today and i ended up with 6 barbel and 1 big dace all on pellets.
All in all a great couple of days and a big thank you to everyone at WUF.

River still about 7ft up and very coloured. Although this is a lovely beat there are very few swims in these conditions and the only water I found fishable was down below the island.
Had a really good day catching 18 barbel on halibut pellets, the best was 8lb. A real bonus was meeting Colin the keeper, a really nice man.

River still high and flowing fast, although level had dropped. Fished along straight stretch before bend. Caught an 8lb barbel fairly quickly and it then went very quiet. Despite moving beats only only managed one other barbel. Think Bob further down did much better. Hard going but weather and scenery glorious.