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6 Trout

Beautiful day on a lovely beat, overcast, although river low did look promising. Alas no fish. Which could be my lack of experience on the river or just fate, however will be back to enjoy once again. Thanks

Fished bottom pool on left bank, water was low and clear which made fishing difficult, no success with feeder & pellets but managed a single chub about 2.5lbs on float fished maggots. I was then joined by a large flock of 100+ Canadian Geese that decided to land on this small stretch of river for lunch. I left before the geese did

1 Chub

15lb coloured cocktail salmon caught at 7.30pm on 1 inch Black and Silver tube 7# single hander and intermediate line.

1 Salmon

Great day at the Creel, good weather and great fishing. All fish came to feeder tactics. Several swims tried throughout the day, however all fish came from two swims.

16 Barbel, 12 Chub

My best Wye salmon to date taken on the smallest fly in my box as advised by Terry.

1 Salmon

A lovely walk in the Usk valley on a crisp autumnal day. B caught and returned a 2lb+ brown Trout first cast, downhill from there on until we reached the old farm where we caught 3 more Trout and I made brief contact with a bright looking 5-6lb fish, whether it was a Salmon or Sewin I was not sure. An enjoyable day with Dippers, Kingfishers and a single Red Breasted Merganser for company.

4 Trout

Blank day. Not much sign of fish today. I did manage to make it to the top of the beat because the undergrowth is dying back. I have to report that a pair of very large trees have fallen across the river at the very top of the beat blocking the flow and probably preventing the passage of fish. They are certainly preventing the passage of fishermen! Enjoyable day in peaceful surroundings. Thank you WUF.

After fishing the top field the previous day I thought I'd actually walk the whole stretch before starting to fish on the final day. I hiked over the hill but I could only find one swim that looked like it had some depth and so I decided to fish the same swims as the day before. I had a small Barbel from the hole down from the dead tree followed by a decent trout. Moving up to the top swim I had three more Barbel in quick succession and then the Dace moved in, finally for the last couple of hours I moved back down to the previous swim and managed to net a decent Chub.
All in all I had a lovely couple of days on what was a new stretch of the Wye for me. As I mentioned it's always worth giving Woody a call for river info before coming up and if like me in London all your local tackle shops seem to be geared solely for carp anglers, his shop is a veritable Aladin's cave of river tackle.
Can't wait til my next trip up!

4 Barbel

Saw a few salmon, but didn't make contact. A very enjoyable day.

2 Grayling