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6 Chub

Fishing difficult due to large amount of weed. Not many swims cut.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

River rose 5-6 inches during the day and floating weed made fishing difficult at times. However, a good day with best barbel at 9-14 and chub to approximately 3-8 caught on pellet.

9 Barbel, 10 Chub

Floating weed a bit of a problem but a pleasant day with 4 barbel and 4 chub plus a dace and an eel. Concerned about the amount of Argulus on the barbel and some chub which I can't say I have noticed in previous seasons. Hopefully when the water temperature drops they may disappear but they are leaving some red patches on the fish which can't do them any good.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub, 2 Other

A poor day as far as the Barbel were concerned. Couldn't locate them in any of the usual spots on this beat. River very low and lots of surface/sub surface weed coming through making life difficult. Heavy overnight rain later and early next morning made the rest of the week (on non Wye and Usk swims) much better.

1 Barbel, 10 Chub

River colouring up after rain. Lots of weed coming down making fishing difficult at times. Chub to 4.5lbs and barbel mainly between 6 and 8 lbs. 2 largest 8lb 12 oz and 9lb 2oz.

9 Barbel, 8 Chub

The major difficulty of the day was the amount of dis-lodged weed floating through the swims in large and small rafts, making some swims unfishable. The day was overcast with some rain. The fishing was better than expected and not many canoes went through. Unfortunately, the farmers diesel pump was extracting water from the river until later in the day disrupting the tranquility.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

Just the one change chub today. Really worked the section hard but a difficult day.

1 Chub

Just fished for the morning and had seven fish. The river looked very low and needs some rain. Nice beat but my planned trotting didn't come off as the water was so low so a bit disappointed.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

I would recommend using the upper parking area (despite the overgrown brambles)if fishing by the bridge or islands as it's quite a long trek over several rikety stiles from the lower parking area. I was disappointed to find a very noisy generator/pump extracting water from the river. I understand life goes on and fishing is secondry to agriculture but never the less it did prevent me from fishing my usual swim. River was low as you would expect at this time of year. No Barbel to be seen, anglers on the opposite bank didn't appear to be having much luck either. A nearby pub by the upper parking provided a good evening meal and a place to drown my sorrows.

2 Chub