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Perfect conditions today,mild overcast and light breeze. Not much rising so stuck to small wets Bibio hopper taking most fish. 14 Trout mostly 8 to 10 inches. A couple of Cormorants visited in the morning but surprisingly didn't stay long.

14 Trout

Arrived late afternoon for a short evening session and was amazed how the beat has changed since my last visit in May. Massively overgrown along much of its length, the river not visible through 8’ high ferns, the path has disappeared with long grass and weeds to wrap around your feet and trip you up, nasty bitey insects and a long, hot, sweaty walk to the far end of the beat where the river is more accessible...I hate the summer!

Once fishing as the evening progressed there were plenty of rising fish to target but I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what they were rising to, I managed 3, lost one or two and missed more than I’d like to admit. An entertaining enough evening before the long walk back and a pint in Llangynidr. Thank you WUF.

3 Trout

4 Trout

Use nymph & dry pattern on 7 ft #3 rod

2 Trout

First time on this section. Two of us fished the top end of Legg Meadow from around midday to 8pm. There were certainly plenty of canoeists, kayakers and paddle boarders. We even had a man come past on an inflatable pink flamingo. The canoe traffic eased up considerably after around 4pm.

In retrospect, it may not have been wise to concentrate all of our efforts in one place. We were hopeful that the fish would come over the feed once the various daytime disturbances subsided and the light began to fade. Despite ringing plenty of tactical and bait changes though, it was not to be.

We managed just a few Eels and had no sign of a ‘proper’ fish all day. That’s fishing I suppose, some days you just have to accept that its not your day. The river was carrying a brown tinge which I think was an algae bloom.

5 Other

Arrived fashionably late at lunchtime had a look at the top end then drove to the bottom end to start, found it a bit difficult to fish any distance out due to the hundreds of canoes & paddleboarders passing by, moved up the beat trying different swims without a bite. The traffic ceased by 4 o'clock & the river fell silent I made my way back to the bottom end & managed to tempt a Chub of about 3lb followed by a 9lb Barbel & a smaller 1 to finish with, all fish caught on feeder fished pellet. Not sure I would fish the bottom end again as it is very snaggy I had to change the hooklink every cast as it either came back damaged or missing. Always good to be on the Wye.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

River was in decent condition, albeit a little tea coloured. Started on the lower end of the meadow. After a small chub second cast all went quiet for a couple of hours so I moved down into the wood where there was a bit more flow.
Nothing all day, I suspect due to the huge numbers of canoes coming through, then after the traffic had eased I had 4 bites in an hour and a half. First was clearly a barbel (and a good one I think) but spat the hook after weeding me up. Very next cast and it's gone again, Barbel of 9lb 7oz. Lost what felt like a chub a little later then another Barbel, this time 10lb 11oz! Action dried up as quickly as it started but I certainly wasn't complaining.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Another day with non active fishing. All trout gone down to the bottom of the lake. Water temperature +19C. Perch was so active this time. 2 trouts landed. Nothing else for 8 hours of fishing.

2 Trout