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1 Chub

2 fish, both on spinner.

2 Trout

Level lower than expected, clear with just a tinge of peat. Sunny and warm. 3 hooked and lost on GH nymphs.

The day was dry warm and overcast and the river was still carrying a lot of colour when we arrived, the prospects were good. Cardiac hill gets no easier in our advancing years but it's a necessary evil to get downstream, and walking through someone's back garden just gets weirder every time... We decided to take on the woods as the river looked so inviting there, the chosen swim was only big enough for one rod but that was fine (there's an element of mountain goat needed so caution is advised on these swims.) Boating traffic was minimal and all were courteous and kept out of the way, to be honest if you're fishing from the woods they don't usually see you until the last moment.
Fishing feeders with pellet or boilie hook baits we finished the day with 13 fish, 12 good sized chub including a five pounder you could have put a saddle on and a beautiful eight and a half pound barbel as last fish of the day. We would have carried on but the Wye lived up to its reputation as a tackle killer, the sharp rocks and snags eventually robbing us of every feeder we owned..
A real red letter day for us, thanks again Wye and Usk, we'll be back as soon as we've restocked with feeders.

1 Barbel, 12 Chub

The river had dropped a little but was still a foot or so up and coloured. This is one of our favourite stretches of the Wye and it seems to produce more than its fair share of big barbel. This proved to be the case today with the best barbel of 7 being 10lb 7oz. All the fish came from the slower water at the top of the length .

7 Barbel, 2 Chub

We started early getting to the River for 5 in the morning. River conditions were coloured with a little bit of extra flow. This is a beautiful spot to fish with the weir gardens opposite it only took the first 15 minutes to get the first chub on the bank the bites then came steadily throughout the day with the bulk of the action coming in the early morning. We caught a few clonking chub to over 6lb but the average was 4 lb biggest barbel was 8 lbs that gave me the fight of my life. This was our first time on the Wye and we will definitely be returning and recommending to others.

4 Barbel, 16 Chub

Yet another beautiful stretch of the Wye. Good access to the banks, lots of room to set up, good pace to the river. I get the impression this is a good salmon water with plenty leaping about, took me a while to find the fish moving up and down the beat but finally got some. All the chub were a good size, all around 4lb. Would have liked more barbel but was more than happy with my catch. I fished halfway between the pylon and where the rocks peak out into the river, this proved to be the spot. Nice venue great fishing.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

River at 1ft 6" and whole beat was fishing. Conditions perfect. The 2 rods fishing during the day had landed one and lost 2. I could only get to river around 5.30 pm and settled in for a evenings fishing. Started on lower half as someone was fishing Rock pool. Nothing in Mill race, Rectory or Rectory pot, but in the run a hard fighting colouring 22lb hen ate the Bann in the middle of the pool and a silver 8.5lb cock came from a lie in amongst the boulders at the tail. In Glangwye I had a strong pull, rod up 2 thumps and off.
Went up to top and settled into the Rock pool, which had been fished hard all day. It was good: 9lb Salmon, 3lb chub, Shad, shad, and finishing with a 14lb salmon with my last cast down in the tail! A fitting conclusion to an exceptional evening.

4 Salmon, 2 Trout, 1 Chub, 2 Other

I have been so unlucky this year.... I love this beat, but on this day it was near dead. No trout to be seen, other than the 'uncatchable' ones around the Llanoberry Pool. No salmon even seen, despite all the water. Caught about 6 salmon parr.
I did see some youths on the other side attempting to fish. I pointed out they were poaching and words were exchanged. They disappeared, but only as far as downstream, where I could not easily reach. They come here often I have no doubt. The beat should be patrolled more, at least on the other side where there is a public footpath leading to it.

Again a very hot day and although some fish were seen none were taken.