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Nothing today on what was a challenging day. Lovely stretch again on the Wye. Lots of Kayaks about which I can handle but when 6 people turn up and start swimming in the river just above you shouting their heads off I gave up.

A very poor day. No signs of life all day. Feeder streams are very low and water levels down. A lot of methane bubbles suggest oxygen levels fairly low, maybe this was why fish were inactive. Either that or the reservoir is fished out and needs restocking.

A very hot day but the barbel were obliging with action throughout the day. Best fish 8lb 10oz.

8 Barbel

Another great day on this beat.The water was quite low for the time of year which made accessing the end swim by the island easy.We spent the morning session at that end of the beat and caught regularly,mainly chub but some barbel,and the average size was very impressive. We also decided to try some other swims in the afternoon which yielded a couple of nice barbel off a groyne in mid section.
An hour at the end of the afternoon back at the island produced more barbel rather than the dominant chub.
The biggest barbel was 8lbs 10ozs and the best chub 4lbs 12ozs.
Such a lovely section of river and abundant wildlife (I think I disturbed an otter or otherwise it was the biggest rat in the world) on a very warm September day. Wonderful.

11 Barbel, 23 Chub

Saturday 17th September - fished the crib hole feeding with sweet corn had several bites losing two really good fish caught chub after losing many swim feeders to a rocky bottom.
Sunday 18 - fished above the strongon after catching a reasonable size chub the swim never produced another bite bad news if you were fishing the links run due to a whole host of canoeist gathering.
Personally I felt for cost not good.

Another great day on this exceptional beat. The river was quite low for this time of year giving us access to the end beat on the island. The fish came steadily throughout the morning, mainly chub but a few barbel, but the average size of the fish was amazing. In the afternoon we tried some other swims and caught a couple of nice barbel from the groyne in the midsection. I returned to the island for the last hour or so and caught more barbel. It was a lovely autumn day in the sunshine with abundant wildlife (I saw my first otter or otherwise it was the biggest rat in the world!!
The best chub was 4lb 12ozs and the biggest barbel scaled 8lbs 10ozs A lovely day to be out and well worth the long walk.

11 Barbel, 23 Chub

Dry fly fishing lovely day but nothing caught, river look great but the water level looked low.

A strange day's fishing - I started with a dry fly on the dropper and a nymph on the point and on my very first cast in a deep shady pool caught 2 trout at the same time - both about 1.5 lbs! Both released. The rest of the day I caught nothing, despite trying a variety of dries and nymphs, although I did spook a 2lb+ trout in the tail of another deep pool. And I saw a couple very small fish rise that I couldn't tempt. Not many fish in evidence, but ones that are there seem big. River low, about 17 degrees, sunny at first then overcast later.

2 Trout

Second day on this lovely stretch only had a limited amount of time but was pleased to catch a good barbel and a decent sized chub both on pellets.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Found it difficult - very few fish or rises seen. Tried nymphs in the pools and dries.