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Highly enjoyable day on an interesting beat. I fished the lower section and did find the access a bit tricky in places but the swims were worth the effort. I finished the day with a new Wye pb Barbel of 8.14 and some nice chub to just over 4lb. I'm looking forward to coming back for some serious chubbing in the winter. Many thanks to the young lady in the office for helping me out when I got lost.
Also thanks to the two chatty Yorkshire-men who set up opposite me and kept me entertained with a running commentary of every cast, bait change, rig change and missed bite.

5 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

Arrived on the river around 08:00 and walked the bank. I had brought my wife along on only her second outing and so we needed an easily accessible swim without an excessively steep bank. That was no trouble. It was a glorious morning and went on to become a little too warm and bright, however we had a great day fishing a hair rig below a swim feeder on pellets. The river was in good flow and colour following a good night's rain a night or two prior. This made it weed catch a regular occurrence but we persevered and banked two lovely looking chub both around 4lbs and a 6lb barbel. Saw plenty of fish rising and splashing around, some of these obviously salmon. Was also smashed up by what must have been a pike as it went straight through my tackle after a good solid bite and first run. Not a Wye belter of a day in terms of catch but it was a very pleasant day and a secluded spot without interruption from canoes. Finished at 7.00pm.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Start of a few days fishing for CM and GW. Slow during the day but picked up a little in late afternoon and we finished with 4 barbel.

4 Barbel

Fished Amman lowest section for 2 hours - water fast and coloured - access and wading difficult - barbless dry fly only - a few very small brown trout all returned safely.
Cothi- lowest part of Crugybar, Ffroodvale and Gwargorof beat for 3 hours - water clear and low - barbless dry fly only - a very few small brown trout all returned safely.
This stretch unfortunately straightened by an ill-conceived intervention creating one long shallow riffle with very little holding water. the bypassed stretch of river full of fish now trapped in stagnating pools. Very, very surprised that NRW would still allow/condone such an intervention, which has destroyed habitat and will increase flood risk downstream. Perhaps this was carried out without permission?
Cothi, Cwrt y Cadno - lowest section of beat for 3 hours. Barbless dry fly only. Lovely stream in very good health and benefiting from benign neglect. Clear water and reasonable flow, barbless dry fly only - 20 plus small brown trout all returned safely. There are some much bigger fish here with lies in very good cover.

27 Trout

Fished for a couple of hours in the evening. Plenty of fish jumping but none seemed to be feeding on the surface. The 3 I did catch went for a ptn fished deep. 1 was 6" the other two were about 14".

3 Trout

1 Barbel, 15 Chub

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

Started up in the wooded section, I had 6 barbel and 1 chub in morning on feeder and pellet but Steve did not have a bite so we moved down to the meadow in the afternoon where then steve had 5 barbel (including a personal best of 10lb 8oz), 2 chub and an eel. I finished the day with 9 barbel and 4 chub, all fish were good size.

14 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

A little bit of extra water in the morning, which was gone by the evening. All fish taken on small north country spiders. Best trout 10". Very enjoyable day but a little more water would help.

4 Trout, 1 Chub

First time on this beat so took a while searching the different stretches. Beautifu river in good condition and delightful woodside path. Had 2 from flats on black nymph. Few yellow and brown small uprights hatching but only small fish sporadically interested and couldnt get fish to rise to a variety of dries. Returned to nymph working down flats and had several more- beautiful well conditioned fighting fish. Superb beat with excellent fishing. Thank you

5 Trout