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Cold so hard day. 2 of party targeting barbel, 1 after pike. Pike only fish of the day. Nice beat, keen to come back when it warms.

1 Pike

Arrived to discover I had packed the wrong rod; a 7ft three weight instead of the 10ft four weight so not in the best frame of mind thereafter. That's my excuse for a blank day. River level was 1' 10" at Llanstephan so was able to wade extensively in search of fish but as if to confirm it wasn't my day caught my right foot on a rock and all but removed the felt sole from my boot. Decided to to pack up early.

Piking slow on the clear river for lures 1 jack and a chub, switched to deadbait and had mid double last knockings, spring excitement is in the air...!

1 Chub, 2 Pike

Great to be back on the River again! The seemingly everlasting winter floods having finally given way to more normal conditions. The floods have left the River running clear as gin, and there is just the faintest hint of spring in the air. 3 of us fished today in cold, but thankfully dry conditions. The grayling were still very much in evidence, and quite a few were taken in short bursts of activity throughout the day. Beaded nymphs of around 2.5 - 3mm suspended below a suitably large dry indicator proving to be most successful. An estimated 30+ grayling to 2lbs plus 4 out of season browns were returned. Looking forward now to the first real fly hatches of the year!

4 Trout, 30 Grayling

Fishing was very slow. River approx 3 foot higher than summer time. I tried maggots, hemp, boilies but I didn't get any bites. I changed to krill dumbells and I managed to catch two chub 4-5lb and one barbel 73cm. I didn't weight my barbel.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

River was a little high and fast, did not get many bites but managed an 8lb barbel and 4lb chub.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Two of us covered a lot of water with deadbaits..float fishing and wobbling. No bites all day despite conditions looking good.

lovely beat with plenty of water to explore, we moved around all day hoping to find the fish. SM had one nice 10lb pike and MH had a small jack of around 3lb both taken from beat 5 in the slacker water. spotted a few nice barbel in beat 2 and wished we had brought our barbel gear!.
Still a pleasure to be on this part of the Wye thanks W&U

2 Pike

River low & clear one 4lb chub caught at dusk

1 Chub

All fish caught on worm with popup.

6 Trout