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2 x 6 fish limit, fish caught on orange lures and dries later in the day

12 Trout

Fished the wooded section and was into chub straight away. Caught on all methods and any bait.
No sight of a barbel.

47 Chub

Lovely beat, lovely day, no fish.

Both taken on floated worms

2 Trout

very few fish moving, one fish came to a black Klinkhammer, but missed. Blank day.

Only one rod fished between 11 and 7.30 and not much caught but still an enjoyable day on this peaceful stretch....There are plenty of small fish and I caught plenty of 4 to 12 ounce Chub and a couple of good dace....Unfortunately just one proper bite produced a solitary good Chub and leaving early kept the return pretty meagre.Quite enjoyed the company of some long tailed tits in the trees above me and the boat traffic was all courteous and not too frequent so will look forward to returning.

1 Chub, 20 Other

Two common carp in the morning (within 5 minutes of each other) weighing 12lb and 13lb. One eel and a bunch of silvers.

3 Other

One nice fish of about 14 inches caught on a size 14 Caddis and safely returned. A bright day (but with some drizzle to mitigate) and very low water. Lovely condition fish caught on a self-tied fly using a self-made split cane rod under difficult conditions, it doesn't get any more satisfying than that.

1 Trout

This is such a spectacularly scenic place to fish. It is a real privilege to be able to fish here.
The river had dropped a little further from the previous day and was running quite clear.
The fishing itself was quite hard. Chub could be caught but tended to back off quite quickly and were reluctant to feed for long. It was a case of constantly chopping and changing to keep bites coming. Managed to try all of the likely looking pegs along the stretch. Chub were caught from all of them.
Barbel were once again hard to come by. Only one was landed all day.
A guided party of paddle boarders used the ‘beach’ area on the inside of the bend opposite The Weir Garden as a picnic site. This was despite the fact that I was clearly fishing there already. They appeared to be very relaxed about this and I gathered that this is a regular stopping off point. Might be worth bearing in mind for anyone else that is planning to fish there.
Fishing Passport Note: According to the Wye Navigation Act, canoeists and other types of paddler should stop and get out onto the banks in emergencies only. While this is an unhelpfully vague clause in the legislation, it would be safe to assume that picnics would not be classified as an "emergency" and are in fact a trespass. In these situations, we ask that anglers politely request the name(s) of the company or organisation that is guiding the group (without ever putting yourself in danger) and pass this information on to us. We or the land/fishery owner will then be in touch with them.

1 Barbel, 18 Chub

Worm bottom ledger 3 fish
Spinner 1 fish

4 Trout