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3 Trout

This was our last day of the week and what a way to end!! We arrived at lunchtime and walked the full stretch, eventually settling in the wooded area.
We fished a mixture of pellet and bomb and also groundbait feeder and had barbel up to 8lb + which all fought extremely well in the fast flow.
We lost a couple off to rocks and also missed out on our 100th barbel of the week to a snapped swivel!! 99 barbel in a week is an unbelievable figure though and just goes to show the quality of the Wye and Usk fishing. Back in Yorkshire that number would take about 5 good seasons to catch!!
This is a lovely beat, however the walk is not for the faint hearted due to the hills. The wooded area would be slippery in wet weather but we did not find it as bad as others have made it out to be.
One thing to note is the problem with the ducks here - they chased our loose feed down to the bottom of the river and at one point whilst rolling meat went down for the bait and came up with a baited hook in their mouth. A very close call!!
We will certainly try this beat in the future as we found it produced mid afternoon as well as the last hour before dusk.

19 Barbel, 6 Chub

We had a good day although the hatches were small and sporadic. Small patches of great sport when we should've have converted a lot more takes into fish caught. Just the first signs of autumn colour showing and when it got breezy leaves started to fall.

3 Trout, 10 Grayling

Post cold front bright day, dry and cool. Prolonged light hatch of light coloured size 16 mayfly though not many being taken from the surface: a dozen rises during the whole day. One 8" brownie taken on dark nymph at end of swing. Lovely day on the water and a very nice conversation with the owner of this stretch. I'll be coming back!

1 Trout

After heavy overnight rain, the "walk in" proved interesting. The river was still dropping throughout the day. Occasional insect activity had the fish feeding sporadically. A challenging but beautiful river.
6 trout to 11" 2 salmon parr 7"

6 Trout, 2 Other

15 lb hen fish first of the season from Eardisley by Malcom Hawkes on a Ally shrimp

1 Salmon

River seemed to be in perfect order, managed 4 small barbel 5 small chub. All caught rolling meat through gaps in streamer weed. Only downside of the trip were again a few brainless canoeists who seemed to think they owned the river and could do what they like !
Apart from this as always I can't wait to get back on my favourite river again!

4 Barbel, 5 Chub

Fished both banks from mid-day to dusk. River level was normal despite the overnight rain.
Managed to catch two barbel and two chub. All fell to pellet when the sun was off the water.
Love this beat as there are plenty of swims for 2 anglers with good access to the water. Expected more fish but with bright sunshine most of the day the fishing was patchy.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

35" coloured hen from Abernant Stream; #8 Cascade, 6ft fast sink polyleader and 5ft flurocarbon leader. First Wye salmon and first ever on fly. Took on 3rd cast of the day at 10am, with another coloured fish seen running through shortly afterwards. Fished Lady Alexanders in the afternoon for two WBT (0.75lb and 1lb approximately). Lovely beat with great fly water.

1 Salmon, 2 Trout

2 on fly 2 on worm.

4 Trout