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No salmon seen or caught.

Cool downstream wind wasn't what we hoped for, kept the fish down all day. Didn't stop us catching though! TG started the day off with a nice grayling of about 12", then as the day went on, he lost count of the numbers of trout and salmon parr, as did I. My best was a grayling of about 10", and also lost count of the further fish caught. In all, I reckon on about 60 - 70 fish for the day. Successful flies were weighted GRHE's and weighted Connemara Black. Once again, Ty Newydd did not disappoint!

20 Trout, 20 Grayling, 20 Other

No sign of any salmon but I had a great day on a beauitful river.

No fish caught on the day, using fly only. Low water,
still a nice day out for me and my friend.

Worm and spinner.

3 Trout

Fish caught on worm.

2 Trout

The day was cloudy for most of it with hot spells and strongish gusts of wind. The river was slightly higher than my last visit 3 weeks previous. Caught 5 barbel from just over 1lb to 8lb 2oz. 3 chub also caught again from over 1lb upto 3lb 12oz. All caught on a feeder with pellet on the hair.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

1 Trout

Another red letter day at probably my favourite Wye & Usk beat, despite the river being lower than I have ever seen it - and gin clear. Barbel from 5lb to just over 10lb and chub up to just over 6lb. Started in my usual spot and got in to fish immediately - not quite a fish a cast, but not far from it. Went quiet around lunchtime but picked up again in the early afternoon. Tried a couple of other locations later and picked up a fish few from each - but couldn't resist a return for the early hours of darkness. Every fish taken on 2x12ml eclipse pellets glued to the hair, with a wide range of micro pellets (halibut, krill and betane) in a large drennan flat-bed feeder. 18lb micro braid hook link with 12lb red mist mainline on my Daiwa Infinity Specialist Barbel 2.25 test curve rod. Lots of loose fed pellets with the occasional balls of ground bait also seemed to stimulate bites. A very good day with a good fishing buddy, and one I hope to repeat very soon - but the river really does need some water.

37 Barbel, 26 Chub

River level low and clear with good pace. Fished from 8am till 9pm, had 9 barbel weighing 6lb 4oz, 5lb 2oz , 4lb 2oz, 6lb 2oz, 7lb 8oz, 5lb 6oz, 2-3lb, 5lb 8oz, 6lb 8oz and 5 chub weighing 4lb 8oz, 4lb , 4lb 8oz, 3lb 5oz, 4lb 3oz. Lost 4 fish due to fishing close to weed and sunken snags. All caught on cage feeder setup with halibut marine pellet or pepperarmi. Some illegal fishing at lugs mouth on bend but John the gillie had a word and they left. Several canoeists all well behaved. All in all a beautiful beat and excellent fishing.

9 Barbel, 5 Chub