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I arrived in a downpour which coloured up the already swollen Honddhu. It cleared by about 3pm and a few fish began to rise sporadically. There were quite a lot of flies at this point, including a number of mayflies! I caught 6 on a small grey klinkhammer. The best were 11" and 13", both rising steadily in very sheltered spots. Given the initial conditions and the strong downstream wind I was well pleased with this result.

6 Trout

River rising just a little and had plenty of colour. Pellet and feeder tactic's. B had not caught a barbel for 37 years. Filled his boots today though. 18 barbel and 5 chub plus 2 eels.

18 Barbel, 5 Chub, 2 Other

Disappointingly, the river had not really fallen and was still coloured. The downstream wind didn't help, so no fish on this trip, which was a pity because it was a beautiful day!

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River very high & rising. 6 barbel to 9lb 2oz lost 2 also. Thanks to Don & Kenny for the help & advice

6 Barbel

River a raging torrent. Did not fish & transferred to Courtfield. Many thanks to Don & Allyson at the Foundation for allowing this.

First time on this beat. Fished the woods and despite damp conditions didn't have too much trouble walking up the hill and round the woods although would recommend fishing light and taking only the essentials as I did. Fished pellet with feeder and caught 2 barbel to 7lb 3oz and 5 chub around 3 to 4lb. River was high and difficult to fish as I have not seen lower - so lost quite a bit of tackle on unseen rocks. Interesting beat and definately worth a return trip in better conditions! Thanks WUF!

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

After a late start due to car trouble, we arrived to find two other fishermen preparing to fish the same beat and reluctant to agree that they had got it wrong. Thanks to Alyson at WUF it was soon sorted and we finally started fishing. Overnight rain reversed the previous day's trend of falling water levels but conditions were good and we began to pull some barbel into our swims.
After catching 2 in midstream a move to down the near margin surprisingly produced a string of quality fish between 3lbs and 9lbs. A couple of chub managed to foil the hair rig - they just couldn't resist our baits!
The weather was good too! Kingfishers, Jack Snipe, Buzzards, Sparrow hawk ... what more can you ask for.

11 Barbel, 3 Chub

Crossing the Severn at Gloucester did not give cause for optimism as the Severn was high and coloured. Arriving at the beat the Wye was about a metre up and chocolate coloured. We braved the wet path over the hill and into the woods to fish in the rocky pools but our pellet and meat baits brought nothing. Lots of salmon were moving in the coloured water. Walking downstream into the next field we found some smooth water ideal for trotting but corn, bread and meat brought only small chub. With the water at this level much fewer swims are available and we found nothing in the bottom field. At 2pm we decided to walk back to the top meadow as the walk to the cars would be much less. So glad we did. The dropping river still covered the croys but we managed to squeeze in nearby and were rewarded with fine sport with 6 barbel between 5 and 8lb 2 oz- all good fish that fought so well. All on meat or 8mm pellet through block end or open end feeders with or without extra lead. We also had 4 nice chub to about 4 lb.
Packed up at 6.15 as we wanted food but would definitely have caught more. Fabulous scenery as usual and so nice watching a kingfisher perching and fishing a couple of yards away. Would love to go back when the water is lower and clearer to see what all the fuss about the swims in the wood is about. In wet weather the path was very slippery and sloping and we needed a rope to get in and out of some swims. Really feel privileged to be able to be on such a beautiful stretch.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

We hoped to find the river level falling after rain. It was, but it was higher than we expected, and the Fenni Fach beat was only fishable with a fly about tea time. Perhaps we should have been spinning for salmon. Caught three trout about half a pound.

3 Trout