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Grayling to 16in trout to 12in. Fish caught early on at bottom of beat and then heavy rain killed sport for rest of the day.

4 Trout, 4 Grayling

9 lbs and 16 lbs. Both coloured but in very good condition.

2 Salmon

Very nice stretch, again low water levels but still fishable.

7 Barbel

First time fishing this beat so we were not quite sure what to expect.The conditions were windy and overcast. We made for the end of the beat but my companion fished about 3/4's of the way down while I went on further. A long walk and not for the faint hearted. Travel light. We both caught fish immediately on feeder tactics and the fish fed all day with just a quiet spell here and there.The Barbel ranged from 2lbs up to the 2 best fish of just over 9lb's. Most of the Chub were between 3 and 5 pounds with the best one 5 pounds 2 ounces.
A brilliant days fishing in a beautiful place. I would have loved to have fished with the Stick and Pin but needed to wade and my chest waders had sprung a leak.
Will definitely be back.

15 Barbel, 35 Chub

Good day, wading at the upstream end bit difficult

2 Grayling

Wonderful beat with salmon moving throughout. The whole river system was low however we started to get bites at dusk with 1 rod catching a brace of barbel over 8lbs. Great day!

1 Trout, 2 Barbel

The river was low but following overnight wind and rain the river was full of leaves which made it very difficult to present either a nymph or a dry fly. There was only a very occasional rise, but if the fish was covered it was usually possible to get a take, but sadly we either missed the takes or lost the fish, so ended up with a blank. Still a pleasant day, although this beat is not as varied as others on the Irfon.

1 angler caught a 7lb 12oz barbel on luncheon meat fished half way across the river. The 2nd angler was smashed up on the first take, went onto catch 4 eels, best around 3.5lbs and a barbel of 4.5lbs. All these fish feel to luncheon meat fished 2/3 across the river. The other anglers had 20 chub between them as well as about 6 small dace. All the chub ranged between 2 to 4 ozs fished on trotted maggot. Nothing was caught on the swim feeder.
The weather was breezy and upstream which helped long trotting. The water was low and clear.
The fishery itself was OK but we were confined to the last swims on the furthest upstream boundary. The other swims had steps down step banks but these were very muddy and it would have been dangerous to have attempted to go down and wade.

2 Barbel, 20 Chub, 4 Other

I don't know what went wrong but it was a very quiet day on Wyebank. Nothing at all until 4.30 when I had a bite and ultimately lost it through my own incompetence. In total 3 takes but no fish to show for it. The river was very low, and the weather was raining and overcast for the day. Tried a whole host of methods ranging from feeder to PVA bags bookies to pellet. Still a bad day on the Wye beats a week of good days in the office.

No fish caught nor bites had. It didn't help that a match had been held on the opposite bank on the previous day!
River was low and clear and weather was overcast and ideal fishing obviously affected by over activity unfortunately!