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What a day! Weather was overcast, river was fairly coloured but with a good flow on it. We couldn't stop catching Chub at first and as the day drew closer to 4pm the Barbel moved in! Between us we managed 18 Barbel, average weights of 5-7pb with a 10pb corker that my Dad caught at the end! (Jammy...) Really well kept stretch with very accessible banks, you can fish the whole stretch no problem. There are some runs with a lot more streamer weed than others but overall okay. With a total fish count of 27 we really can't complain! One of the best days fishing we've had. Thanks Wye&Usk - we'll be back.

18 Barbel, 9 Chub

Steep banks please go prepared to help you get the best from this section.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Very weedy conditions. Over cast day. Slow going until late evening. Managed 2 immaculate chub, 4.5lbs & 3lbs on freelined meat between weed beds in front of boys rock. Also lost a large Barbel!! Enjoyed my first time on the Wye. Learnt a few things about the river for next time.

2 Chub

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

River very low. Weather sunny and hot. Arrived early afternoon to find a canoe party had taken over the area around the island and were enjoying a swim. Fished upstream near the end of the footpath on meat. Two very large eels resulted. After a few hours the area around the island went quiet and I was able to fish the faster water. A decent chub came to trotted meat. Changing to pellet and feeder produced no bites over a number of hours so I moved back to the slacker water upstream and took three good chub of 3-4 pounds, losing a number of other fish in the weed. Again pellet was ineffective. A Kingfisher in the tree opposite proved a better fisherman than me, taking prey on every dive.

4 Chub, 2 Other

River low and crystal clear with bright sun. Not the best conditions but a beautiful day to be on the river.

6 Barbel, 8 Chub

3 barbel 5lbs 6lbs 10lbs all on pellet feeder. Very hot day.

3 Barbel

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

Waste of 20 quid. Boat traffic constant from 10 a.m till 7pm totally destroying fishing. Capsized boats, people swimming in your swim, stopping for lunch all down the swim all day. Told a few I had payed to fish, they moved and within 2 minutes the next few canoes were moored up. The arrogance of a few ruins it for so many. A few were more river wise paddling fast to pass through but mostly a bunch of arrogant idiots who quite honestly could not give a hoot.. and at their age, oh dear.. I have had this on other beats, people throwing stones in your swim and had them hitting the banks you are sat on. Mindless idiots.
WUF Note: July and August is the peak time for canoe traffic on the navigable sections of the Wye. Although we appreciate it is not always convenient, the advice to anglers is to concentrate fishing effort early morning and late evening at this time of year. Canoe traffic is less then and the fish are often more active.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

Arrived at this lovely well managed stretch at about 10am and fished through till 6 pm on a hot day. The advice on entering the fishery was taken and the drive round the field was not too bad and much much preferable to a walk from the entrance. Parked at the salmon hut and decided to fish in the vicinity after first walking the stretch to identify the obvious luggsmouth hot spot at the downstream end.
I fished wagglers and pellet in the run opposite the trees upstream of the hut but only had a few chub lets. My friend on the feeder had 1 chub let after 2 hours. I decided to move upstream to a chubby looking spot and immediately had action with chub to 4lb on meat. Would have caught more on the float but wind wrong on the day for loose feeding even with a powerful catapult. Ended up with 9 chub and lost a good barbel in the near side weed when the hook pulled.
My friend went downstream and immediately was into barbel, ending up with 5 to 6lb and a bonus chub all on 8mm pellet with 4mm and hemp through the feeder.
Quite a lot of water for 2 anglers and very well maintained. Easy to walk along the comfortable banks on the entire stretch. Saw lots of salmon crashing about especially right on the mouth of the Lugg.

5 Barbel, 10 Chub