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3 Trout

5 TROUT 2 PERCH

5 Trout, 2 Other

Beautiful day to be beside the river with your mates but fishing wise hard going with bright sunshine & low water conditions. We all enjoyed watching the fledgeling sandmartins flying out of their burrows, doing a quick circuit & scrambling back up the bank face into their nests only to pop out for more practice a few minutes later; The anxious or maybe excited parents flying overhead in great flocks twittering away. Plenty of very busy kingfishers whirring up & down as well.

The 'other' was unusual! We have all heard of wildlife being 'hooked' other than fish that is. Bats whilst casting a fly in the evening, waterbirds when using crust baits, seagulls when sea fishing & even rats whilst leaving an unattended hookbait beside a pond where there's a lot of disguarded baits. But my friend was reeling in what he thought might have been a small barbel , when 2 or 3 feet from the bank up through the water came a squirrel hooked firmly in the upper lip. He said it took some umbridge at being un hooked.

A very de-stressing day followed by a lovely evening as the sun set.

Thanks WUF as usual.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

Lowest I’ve seen river four barbel loads of chub quite worrying to see no weed anywhere on the wye thanks to certain people putting whatever in river upstream they say it’s cheaper to pay the fines than have it taken way????????????????????????????????

4 Barbel

Arrived at 8am. Mist on the hills and a chill in the air. Absolutely stunning location.
Started off with French leader in Lady Alexander's catch, managed a solitary grayling from the run just below the faster water. A few rises, so switched to the dry, but no takers.

Made my way up to the top of the beat, managed to lose 2 trout that went airborne in Abernat stream section. After a break, switched to traditional wets, and fished down through Lady Alexander's again. Another 7 grayling, between 6 and 9 inches.
Fantastic day, fantastic setting. Pity I couldn't get the trout to stick.

Also saw a salmon show in the beat below the Stone Catch.

8 Grayling

2 Trout

Only fished till 11.00 am due to needing to get home early. Had a Barbel on first chuck but he snagged me, must have spooked any others in the swim, but managed a couple of decent chub before packing up.

2 Chub

All fish caught on feeder. Barbel were 6 and 7 lbs. All chub between 3 and 6 lbs. Most caught in the morning and evening session with one chub in the afternoon.

Weather in the morning was overcast with a decent enough flow on the water - so good conditions. The sun and kayakers made 11am - 3pm tricky. The sheer volume of kayakers is quite something and along with swimmers, ruled out the island pool all day.

Had a spell trotting in the afternoon with meat and pellets. Very quiet with a few takes but no catches.

Great location. Really beautiful spot. Access was good. Great to see the salmon jumping as well. Definitely will return .

2 Barbel, 8 Chub

5 Trout

How much the pools in this beat have changed since the beginning of the season

Fish caught in fast water

3 Trout