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14 x grayling to 15 inches, 2 x out of season trout to 12 inches. Rained all morning, but sunshine came through about 3 in the afternoon. Pretty hard work, really, still on a very low stream with the bottom covered with slime. Many of the runs too shallow to fish, so worked on the deeper pools. All on heavy nymphs, except for a last fish on the dry fly (Grayling Steel Blue) before finishing.

14 Grayling

1st time on this beat, nice easy access and plenty of swims although when the river is this low we could only find a bit of depth in the 1st field. CH had 4 and I 1 all on the usual pellet feeder method. Would certainly return here with a few more feet of water on. Fish were 5 to just under 8lb.

5 Barbel

2 Trout

No fish caught

Fished all day by the hut in first field but could not get a bite on pellet or meat using feeder... Trotted a float in the afternoon for a couple small Chublets and a 7/8 inches rainbow. Saw 1 Barbel come out to another angler in top field... with no Barbel or decent chub that's my second blank on the Wye this year.. frustrating.... very alarming to see the residents from the house by the hut all afternoon disposing of all their huge cut down tree branches into the river... the rapids down stream where catching all the branches and that lot will play havoc with fishing down stream when they are carried along in higher water..

2 Other

No fish, river extremely low, could see the bottom in most places!

All grayling came to Czech nymphs fished duo. Rained heavy a.m, once it stopped the fish became active. All grayling between 9-14 inches and one oos trout at 14 inches.

1 Trout, 8 Grayling

Water low and clear fish caught near rocks on pellet

4 Barbel

Water level very low and very clear, fished for 2 days for 1 bite. barbel of 71/2lb. We put it down to water conditions rather than our abilities as we have had some very good days on this beat before. on the plus side we stayed at the local Old Court hotel which we would recommend, the prices, the service and the food all excellent.

1 Barbel

Arrived geared up to try for the barbel - but conditions were not promising; river very low and extremely clear. Managed to sight chub between the streamer weed runs and touch legered cheese paste; with some stealth and perseverance managed to bag a couple.

2 Chub