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2 barbel & 2 chub caught first thing from swims either side of shallows 2/3 way down beat, nothing else until I moved up to the swim in front of hut last thing when 3 barbel & a chub put in an appearance. 2 of the barbel were around 8lb & the chub was over 4lb. Always worth staying until dusk on the Wye, river was low & clear always a pleasure to fish this well kept beat.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

flyfishing with dry flies emerger white or pale size 20
Grayling size between 35cm and 40cm

5 Trout, 12 Grayling

Good day on a lovely beat. Hard fishing river very low and clear. Hooked a nice fish but was broke off. I will be back

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

The water conditions are about as low as I have seen them. Ron though had a lovely barbel of 10lbs 1oz at last light. Fished in the woods.

1 Barbel

Bad day River very low and fish hard/impossible to find. Moved to various swims up and down the beat but the day was a total blank. Had to come I suppose as I have had great results on my previous two trips to the Wye.
Tried various baits and methods to no avail.......but will be back again in the near future.

Hen fish, freshish, c 16 lbs, from Sliding Grounds, casacade, released.

1 Salmon

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River was low and clear, which resulted in the fishing being tough. Other than seeing a Pike, the only activity we experienced was a Barbel around 5lb.

1 Barbel

2 Chub of about 3lbs, 2 Barbel of 5lbs and 1 Barbel of 8lbs. All caught on feeder using two Halibut pellets on a long hair rig.
The river was crystal clear and low, all fish were caught towards the end of the day as the light was changing.
Lots of loose streamer weed made fishing difficult but not impossible with a little effort. This particular beat is quite long with lots to explore towards the bottom end of the run. Would recommend using some waders and fishing the channels between the weed on the faster sections.
A fantastic weekend and will be back ASAP.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Barbel fishing and pike was our objective. First cast of the day a red 6lb cock salmon took AE's pike lure (quickly returned). Then for rest of day not a single bite from the barbel, or dead baiting for pike despite covering whole beat. River seemed grey and dead, water very low and clear. Just one of those days when absolutely nothing happened! The stretch seemed fishless aside from the odd salmon showing.

1 Salmon