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Arrived at first light, started off at Boys Rock fishing feeder/pellets, No luck so tried meat and maggots. Still no luck. Left the swim and went for a wander. Managed a couple of Barbel about 4lbs a few swims downstream from boys rock on maggots. River still very clear despite recent rain.

2 Barbel

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2 bream only today - lake still one of the better stillwater venues with much potential for those who are prepared and able to make regular visits - really needs to be fished more to really unlock the potential of this lovely water.
The assistance received from the WUF staff is much appreciated.

2 Other

Lovely day on the Wye expected it to be high and dirty but it was above low level but clear
TWO lovely 8lb fish.. but nothing in the afternoon.

2 Barbel

Weird day, plenty of fly on water other than small grayling nothing coming to it. All grayling between 9-12 inches and oos trout 9-14 inches. I spotted something of size so flicked my nymph upstream then bang I struck into a very large brown trout that tore fifty yards upstream and with one huge leap spat my hook..this fish was big and I mean proper big... over 4lb big. After fishing the wild streams for years and landing trout to 16 inches this beast almost gave me a Sean coronary, brief encounter but explosive.

3 Trout, 5 Grayling

Rising river hampered sport, but managed a few chub on meat. Also caught seven very small barbel (up to 7 inches would you beleive). Had plenty of dace on the float on maggots to good size.

7 Barbel, 3 Chub, 20 Other

Caught 50 Dace trotting plus 2 small Chub.

2 Chub, 50 Other

Good days fishing on a superb beat. All Barbel caught on ledgered Halibut Pellets while the Chub (mostly small) were caught on float fished maggots. Small amount of weed coming down river during the day but not enough to seriously effect the fishing.

8 Barbel, 12 Chub

Another fine day greeted us and fearing the worse after three days of rain we were surprised to find the river in fine form, little bit of colour but perfect for fishing. We fished the bottom section and two of my friends were rewarded with 3 and 5 barbel all caught on pellet. The fish came throughout the day. I fished the top section and preserved with the pellet but couldn't buy a bite so float fished for a couple of hours and was rewarded with two perch of over 2lb and lost a bigger one which I managed to get to the surface but lost as he made a final dive for freedom ! I estimated him to be between 3 and 4lb.
It's a super stretch of water with many accessible swims lots of kingfishers flying low across the water buzzards with their cry gliding overhead such a wonderful place to be.
Thank you W&U

8 Barbel, 2 Other

River was a little higher than our previous visit due to heavy rain over the last few days. Started off in the woods. Proved to be nearly unfishable due to the amount of weed and debris floating down causing us to lose a few sets of tackle and constantly snagging our rigs. We did manage one barbel but by late morning we gave up and moved to the top field where we stayed for the rest of the day. Here we managed to catch 7 Barbel to 10lb and 2 Chub to 4lb. We had to fish close in due to weed and all the fish fell to usual baits. Quite hard going but all in all a good days fishing in the end!

8 Barbel, 2 Chub