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River very coloured. Feeder tactics pursuaded a couple of fish.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

No catch because no fishing was possible. The river level was at the top of the gauge so I turned tail and went home.

The River was in perfect condition when we arrived. Coloured but not in full flood, but by the end of the day it had risen around 5 inches and was looking very different. 7 Barbel between 2 anglers, the best at 7lb 5oz. No Chub which was a surprise. The best addition to the kit bag was 2 screw-in dog tethers with rope, which made getting up and down a very slippery bank much easier.

7 Barbel

again a blank day . very windy intermittent rain , river high . Cow in river rescue services called !

river high and rising only 1 small chub cought.

1 Chub

Conditions were really good, river up but not too high, dropping at first but then rising quickly in the latter part of the day, cloudy and very mild. Fun day, took me an hour or 2 to find the fish but when I did bites were pretty regular, bites dried up towards the end of the day when the river was rising quickly. Used feeder with hemp and pellets and boil hook baits. All fish between 6 and 7.5lb. chub around 3lbs. Glad I have a 4x4 otherwise I would have had no chance of getting out of there!

8 Barbel, 1 Chub

A combination of not making it to the river until 1430 and my own inability to fish resulted in one grayling. Caught on a size 12 shrimp. My first time to this beat so learning the pools. A bit of colour to the water but still fairly clear and easily wadeable.

1 Grayling

Obviously some ' bank work ' being carried out upstream as both yesterday and today was being inundated with debris for 2/3 hours from 10 A.M. onwards. Now on a river like the Wye you expect to encounter debris especially at this time of the year but this was not natural as the large 'passing' branches and 'rafts' had clearly been cut. Basically, somewhere upstream you've got a fishery owner or angling club who are too lazy to get this debris onto the bank and dispose of it properly so instead dump it in the 'oggin' not giving a toss about who or what it affects downstream...

2 Chub

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

A great day, fine sunny day..lots of 10 to 12 inch ladies..2 biguns. Salmon louping in their tartan breeks as they back home. Ok

15 Grayling