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Saw very little signs of any fish at all. Spent 4 hours trying a variety of dry patterns; the closest I got to any interest was with a Deer Hair Emerger which was snapped at by a couple of trout neither of which made any solid contact, hence a blank day. Really enjoyed being on this lovely stretch of water though.

A lovely afternoon's fishing. Missed a few fast takes on small dries - down to my reflexes. Hooked only one small salmon parr.

1 Other

Day two of our wye adventure, after a prolific day on lower canon bridge saw a change in the weather/pressure and as a result, although all the swims in the first field looked like they would hold plenty of fish only 3 chub to me and 2 barbel and 2 chub for my friend with a stonking 16 hours on the river with a gap at midday. We felt like we really had to try every swim in order to catch. With no indication of fish coming in the first 45 minutes in each swim we moved up and down the bank in order to locate the fish.
All in all a cracking couple of days and more fish than we have ever caught before on our local river the Derwent making us thirsty for more Wye action sooner rather than later. Thanks WUF.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

Arrived to find the river fining down with a nice colour, started on the float and caught a small barbel of a 1lb and small chub and dace. After a couple of hours went on the feeder over the loose feed and finished with 7 barbel to 7lb and chub to 4lb, all on halibut pellet, tried corn and various other pellet without luck, overall a really enjoyable day, although I did lose 4 barbel and a few chub to poor skills !!

7 Barbel, 4 Chub, 6 Other

River coloured and flowing, looked good. Nice stretch, easy walk from the car. Fish caught throughout the day, mostly from the faster section close in under the trees on feeders and pellets. Upstream section quite overgrown, steep banks along section but plenty of swims.
Only downside of the day was that I fell down the bank and dislocated my shoulder, ending up in Hereford A&E! No fault apart from my own.

12 Barbel, 8 Chub

Another great day on this scenic beat. Fished from morning till dark. Had all the chub on the float and one barbel around 4lb. Switched to the feeder later on and had another 7 barbel to 8lb 4oz, all in great condition and fighting well in the slightly heavier flow than usual. Water still very peat coloured from up-river. Snaggy beat at the moment, but didn't loose any feeders after figuring out where the snags were and how to dislodge the feeders when they did get caught up. A great day all round.

8 Barbel, 6 Chub

Lovely evenings fishing to take my mind off the referundum result. River at 1ft 2" and still carrying a bit of colour (4-5ft vis) which is near perfect for the lower half. Missed one in Rectory and netted a lovely hard fighting 13lber for my friend.

We return here every year and always have a good day. Today was no disappointment, though a little harder than usual with slightly higher water than we're used to in June/July. We had two good fish from the rocks at the top of the beat: me one of about 1.5lbs on a Sawyers and my friend a very nice 3lb wbt on a GRHE. Other than these two, the other three were 8" to 6" on a variety of other nymphs.

5 Trout

River still up a little with some colour. We expected a very good day but the barbel didn't want to play. We managed 3 barbel and 9 chub mostly on pellets.

3 Barbel, 9 Chub

Travelled light so walk not too bad and settled in to one of the swims in the wood. Started fishing late morning and fish feeding from the start. Loads of bites and missed fish including a carp which was lost at the net. Action stopped abruptly around tea time and that was it. Fish caught on pellet and meat .

2 Barbel, 10 Chub