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Blanked, where there was enough water to fish your rig would be covered in silkweed within a minute. Not fishable at the moment

I should of researched a little better, this was my first visit to the Wye and was hoping for a glimpse of a Wye barbel, I booked lower symonds yat, absolutely stunning place, but not a barbel stretch in these low/slow/hot conditions, never took a rod out the van in three days of looking
I will be back, booking and access info was great, I’ll chose more wisely next time

1 Trout

Popped down on the evening and tbh it was more to try and sight the Swifts and Swallows down here of which there used to be lots of .
Saw half a dozen or so Swifts and a few Swallows, hopefully there where plenty more over the hill. Fantastic little creatures.
River was just about fishable still in the runs for a dry and water temp 15/16c but not surprisingly nothing doing at all with fly or fish so just enjoyed the peace and quiet and the Swifts. The Kingfisher was busy still too.
Good numbers of tiny olive nymphs on the stones where ever there was decent flow , but of course thats a diminishing resource these days!
Rocks where very gungy in the slack water but not particularly slimy so hopefully that all means the water quality is ok still.
Digits crossed.

4 Barbel, 31 Chub

Very low but just about fishable

3 Barbel, 17 Chub

Drew a blank. Only 1 angler as one withdrew due to conditions, he made the right call…
Fished around the island. Good access to the beat but the lower swims are now inhibited by the willow growth. Tried multiple baits without success.
Water obviously low but clear. Did meet a nice kingfisher…

My son and I had 122 chub and two Barbel. All the chub were in the 3 to 5 pound bracket with both Barbel around 6 pounds. Fish were caught trotting meat and cheese on the float as well as bouncing it through on a small 3g weight. Fantastic days fishing.

2 Barbel, 122 Chub

4 Trout

2 Trout