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River very low with fishing over thick weed. A warm and bright afternoon gave way to a cloudy evening and the fishing improved accordingly. The last three hours brought all the barbel with another five or six lost. As usual on this beat most of the barbel were small, but the catch included three probably approaching the four pound mark. All on feeder and pellet.

15 Barbel

For the past couple of years whenever we visit the Wye it is either 20 feet deep or 20 inches....no doubt others have enjoyed similar challenges recently.
We made the trek up that hill and at the summit were moving about the same pace as the England team in extra time the night before but fortunately the effort was rewarded with some good fishing.
It was fairly steady all day and we are delighted to report the fish still fought hard but all recovered swiftly after given a little time rested in the landing net.
Feeder was the method and did not use too much feed in the low water conditions.

5 Barbel, 16 Chub, 3 Other

Didn’t fish today after three frustrating days on the wye. Think we need to wait for some rain.

A nice short walk to the river found it low and clear. Fished from 6 til 3, taking all the fish on centre pin trotted corn and luncheon meat alternating between 2 swims. All the fish were in good condition, bar for a few lice which were removed. A couple of the barbel were around the 1lb mark, the rest were between 5 and 7lb. Thank you Wye and Usk for a fabulous day on the river.

9 Barbel, 2 Chub, 3 Other

River very low, clear and weedy. 10 hours fishing for a few small fish to show between 2 of us. Fortunately not many canoea which made a nice change..Nice day out though none the less.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

Only fished the top stretch for a couple of hours due to there being an England football match on, which we did even win!!

3 Chub

Another dour day with low water and blanketweed and very little activity except for canoes. Only one bite at dusk produced a barbel for Rich. Its a lovely stretch that can produce surprises but is also moody and badly needs a bit of rain. We only ventured out early and late and can recommend the Royal Spring invention Lane for lunch. Any barbel caught need very careful handling in these conditions and sadly some evidence that anglers upstream hadn't got this concept which is a pity. Perhaps a cessation of all fishing until water temperature drops WUF? I understand salmon fishing has already ceased out of concern for fish.

1 Barbel

River very very low and bright sunshine only fish for 3 hours tried trotting and the feeder

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Another good days fishing for the conditions.

2 Barbel, 25 Chub

Pegs on this stretch had to be cleared of vegetation before we could fish. Access to pegs is difficult and in wet weather would be dangerous . We also came across peg s full of litter but realise this is problem caused by anglers.We felt that the price paid to fish this section of the Wye was very poor value. This fishing was poor with 3 anglers all blanking but this due to hot weather spell