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10 Barbel and 1 Chub. The river was low. It had been a cold night and it was sunny during the night. Not ideal conditions. Barbel fed late afternoon. Small fish 6oz - 5lb. Average size 1 1/2 - 2lb.

10 Barbel, 1 Chub

Another lovely day at Holme Lacy. Lots of snagging up but common theme on the Wye. All fish mint condition. Best Babel 8lb, Chub 5lb, no Chub under 4lb and mouths you could fit a tennis ball in. Good chat with Colin as usual.

6 Barbel, 8 Chub

A very bright day, nil returned. Many thanks.

3 were in the lower section, which produced 2 barbel of 5.9 and 10.8 on pellet-with 3 good fish lost in snags. The other 1 was in the wood and landed one barbel of 10.8, on pellet. Same conditions, similar catch (2 doubles) same enjoyment!

3 Barbel

Ist time ive fished this beat, absolutely stunning scenery.
Fished most of the swims with float and feeder, did not get a bite other than minnows.
The river is very low and clear plus it was bright sunshine all day. Not the best fishing conditions. But it was just nice to be in such a pristine part of the Wye valley.

What a difference! Last time we came, about 3 weeks ago, the water level was 3-4 feet higher and the barbel were feeding. This time the current was slack and although a warm day I guess the water temperature was well down.
We started on the upper section where we fished before but couldn't even elicit a chub knock, so we moved to the bottom end where there are more swims. The water looked great, ideal we thought, but still no bites despite trying most swims.
Later on GW caught a nice chub, and SP set up his float trotting rod and managed to catch a small trout and a perch of about one and a half pounds.
I blanked, a rare event thankfully. Better luck next time, hopefully.

1 Trout, 1 Chub, 1 Other

1 Grayling

Fished the last swim down stream on the road side from 3pm to 7pm with very little action. The weather was bright and sunny but the fishing was tough going... Using pellet/feeder the best I could manage was a 4 1/2lb Chub! Not a great days fishing but a lovely day to be out there.

2 Chub

Lovely day. All fish caught on a small nymph just after lunch just by the car park area.

4 Trout

Wonderful stretch of the Monnow. Water level very low and I didn't see a single fish move all day. But this beat will go on my list of favourite places to fish, despite the landowner doing all he can to restrict access to the river.