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JW caught 6 wild carp on a feeder with sweetcorn as hook bait. Two were 4lb, one was 3lb and the other three were all 2lb each. Although weed didn't seem much of a problem I still managed to lose a float and a controller and only had one bite all day. We fished where the stream from the bog feeds into the lake when the water levels allow. Lovely day weather wise although the wind picked up in the afternoon and changed direction so it wasn't in our favour.

6 Other

Fished duo and downstream wet fly in very mixed conditions. rain to very bright. One nice Trout 10in, smaller trout, a grayling from a deep run at top of beat and some lively salmon parr.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling, 3 Other

Upstream nymphing and dry fly. The weir pool was most productive.

8 Trout, 1 Grayling

River very low and clear, struggled for 2 chub and a further 2 slipped the hook.

2 Chub

An afternoon session on this pretty and promising beat. Hot, sunny and low water with little flow so conditions not ideal. Saw one decent fish jump in The V, but no other fish seen. Excellent access, but I found it difficult to identify the exact point for the upstream boundary. Could a yellow post please be put into mirror the downstream boundary?

Difficult to access the top half of the beat, due to shrubbery and fencing. Managed to wade from half way to lower end of the beat encountering large amounts of weed. At the pool below the bridge I saw a 2 lb chub inspect my nymph and proceed gently on his way. Decided to move back up beat to where I had seen some dace feeding but they were not to be fooled, cleverly mouthing my weighted nymph before spitting it out. While doing this I encountered another 2lb Chubb but could not get him to show any interest in the nymph, I decided to carefully change to a rusty coloured Klinkhammer, this was more up his street and he readily accepted the offering, with a mouth that could have nearly swallowed a tennis ball! You can imagine how he took off, and all this on a Tenkara rod! After a very exciting tussle he manage to find some weed and picked my hook like Houdini. A totally unexpected day topped off by many sightings of a Kingfisher.
With special thanks to Alison at W & U F for her kind help.

Yet another very small fresh 3.5 lb grilse on a small usk grub. Why don't they stop in the sea for at least another year?

1 Salmon

Work going on upstream and debris floating down made the beat unfishable

Feeder fished Halibut pellet.

3 Barbel, 7 Chub

Water was clear and shallow. We used halibut pellet to catch all fish. It was the first time either of us had fished the Wye. The Barbel were between 3 and 6.5lb. The Chub were between 0.5 and 4.5lb.

3 Barbel, 7 Chub