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Fishing dry fly. River very low and clear. Conditions too difficult for my basic skills.

River low and gin clear but had still had a great day, lovely stretch of water.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling, 5 Barbel, 1 Chub

A fantastic area to fish, you couldn't wish for more except a bit more water in the river. 1 lost barbel and some chub on a mixture of float and feeder fishing. Will definitely return when the levels are up a bit.

6 Chub

First time I have fished the Wye and hoping that I had arrived for an autumn bonanza with the barbel. The fish were not exactly lining up yet as the river was a bit low and it is still not really feeling like winter is around the corner!! However on day one I had a chub about 3lbs and a barbel at last knockings of 9 lb 2. On day two it was very quiet until the last hour and a half. First fish was a 9lb 6 beast that fought like fury. This was followed by another of approx 6-7 lb and then another pull missed at the end. In summary a bit more action would have been nice but the bigger fish was immaculate and a real mike Tyson so it made it worthwhile.
Stayed at Ferndale b & b which was local and very comfortable, recommended if you like some comfort with your fishing!

3 Barbel, 1 Other

First time I have fished the Wye and hoping that I had arrived for an autumn bonanza with the barbel. The fish were not exactly lining up yet as the river was a bit low and it is still not really feeling like winter is around the corner!! However on day one I had a chub about 3lbs and a barbel at last knockings of 9lb 2. On day two it was very quiet until the last hour and a half. First fish was a 9lb 6, a beast that fought like fury. This was followed by another of approx 6-7 lb and then another pull missed at the end. In summary a bit more action would have been nice but the bigger fish was immaculate and a real mike Tyson so it made it worthwhile. All caught on the ever reliable spam.
Stayed at Ferndale b & b which was local and very comfortable, recommended if you like some comfort with your fishing!

3 Barbel, 1 Other

Second day of three for the three chub and barbel virgins from Northern Ireland. Another extremely beautiful stretch with abundant bird life but again very low water. We looked first at the upper reach, above the orchard, but found the water to look painfully low. We also felt that we would have difficulty finding suitable swims for all three of us as, like yesterday, many were left high above the water.
We found the lower reach to look slightly more appealling. Although slower and with less features, it did appear to be a little deeper. This gave us a little more confidence. The fishing again we found to be very difficult. A few dace, some of which seemed of quite good size for the species, allowed us to tick off another new species. At last light I managed to land a chub of four pounds, another first for myself.

1 Chub, 8 Other

A fantastic beat with a variety of dry fly flats, riffles and deep pools. Weather was rather windy and mild, around 18 degrees. The water was gin clear and cold. There was limited fly activity, mainly small to medium olives and the odd small brown caddis. Landed and released 2 beautiful wild brownies of 10" and one grayling of 11". All fell to an olive emerger, size 16.
Have booked the same beat again later in the week. Spending a few days fishing this beautiful part of Wales. Staying at a lovely B&B in Llantrywd Wells, www.cerdynvilla.com, highly recommended.
Looking forward to week ahead!

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Both barbel about 6lb caught again at dusk. River very low and crystal clear. Chub to about 4lb. Limited swims due to weed and lack of flow, large clumps of weed drifting down due to weed cutting upsteam ment rolling meat was the only option for the 1st couple of hours.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Feeder, 4' fluorocarbon, small hook, river low, hot, cloudy spells. Barbel 3lbs bracket. JB 16lbs pike, and silvers on the mag feeder.

1 Barbel, 1 Pike

A good day, in fact the best of the week. Chub caught mostly on feeder but some on float tactics. The Barbel (best fish 6.5lb) all caught on feeder fished pellet.

6 Barbel, 14 Chub