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1 nice 2.5lb rainbow

1 Trout

Windy & low water. Lots of weed. Other than Chub caught nosing of any fish.

1 Chub

Not a good day

Nice to be back on my favourite beat of the Wye for one final thrash. Had come to the beat the previous day to retrieve a lost net that one kind member has stashed in the hut for me ( many thanks). River had gone up overnight and had peaked 1.45 on Erwood guage and at first wasn’t sure if I was going to fish as quite swollen and coloured. Nevertheless I persevered though wading tentative as had left my flotation device at home, but was pleased I had wading stick with me. No salmon touched or seen but a lovely autumn day to be on the water.

i knew there was a pulse of water coming downstream, so made an early start to be on the river at first light...i was reckoning on about 6hrs before the water would start to rise. Took me a couple of hours to find fish...no where near where i found them in the past...right at the tail of the run after the stones, absolutely nothing in the faster water. Meat/pellet/corn all bought fish...barbel of around 6lb. Lost a bigger one at the net; if its a broken hooklength or a break at a knot you kind of take it on the chin...to lose a decent fish because a swivel snapped in half left me feeling a bit cheated. Water came at about 1.30...bites stopped..weed and debris didnt help...battled on for a couple of hours before i ran away.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

2 brown trout caught on worms

2 Trout

Blanked

1 Trout, 2 Barbel, 6 Chub

Caught a dace while fly fishing a few hundred metres down river from Ty Newydd.

1 Other

Hello, we had a great day fishing however the herd of 20 plus bulls with calves caused us an issue. Many of the walkers on the public footpath warned us of the bulls, however since they were keeping away from the river we managed to have an enjoyable day fishing, until the final hour. When attempting to leave about 5pm, we found the entire herd had moved to the exit gate and we found ourselves unable to leave. After calling the contact number over the next 30 minutes, as well as farm contacts at the Wye and Usk, there was nobody that we could ask for advice. We approached the farm at the top only to find 2 bulls blocking the gate. The only way out was to move through the top right gate and through the next field. Not sure if this is normal for anglers to navigate the bulls in this way but thought I would mention it.

1 Barbel