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Very disappointing day. Tried everything but couldn't get a bite.

1'7" and falling on the Llanstephan gauge as dawn broke....a lovely height.
Lovely early morning to lunchtime session, unfortunately the cloud cover was short lived and air temperatures soared to 30+ degrees!
Not quite the day after a rise I was hoping for.
Nonetheless a nice height to fish the Rectory at.

Rainbow trout stock fish caught on worm. Hot sunny day with rippled water.

3 Trout

Only intended to fish the evening rise and I knew that this beat would still have some decent water in it.

Arrived a 7pm with the sun shining straight down the river so I went to the Red Lion for a pint.

Returned about 8:15 and worked my way upstream eventually arrived at the run about half/two thirds way up with fishing starting to rise . Had a frantic half hour from 9pm, landed one fish of around 12 inches, lost three others and loads of missed takes.

Left around 9:30pm, this is not the kind of beat you want to wade in the dark !

As I worked my way back down stream I saw no other fish rising. Just goes to show that you have to find the fish.

Thanks as always to the Wye and Usk team.

1 Trout

One trout. Worm

1 Trout

No fish, not even a bite.

Hot bright sunny day. Hooked and lost three small fish. A lovely beat and plenty of trout to be caught for those with a little more technique than me!

Arriving at first light we managed 3 Barbel from 6 to nearly 8lbs from towards the far end of the beat. By 10am, it was already pretty hot & obvious that the Barbel had gone for an early siesta so we packed up & made our way back for a well earned full english & a cold shower.

We returned at 5pm, & with the mercury touching 32C we made the sweat drenched trip back to the same area. As the sun started to drop, the Barbel came on the feed again & we managed another 5 of a similar size until the light started to fade & we reluctantly had to reel in & call it a day.

An enjoyable visit overall but limited somewhat by the the weather conditions, the low & clear water & the limited number of fisherable swims, particularly as our trio included a father & son meaning we needed to fish close together on the grounds that returning to a distraught mother to explain how we had sacrifed her precious teenager son to the river Wye might have been a bit tricky.

I note from a previous report that there is nothing to stop you from creating swims but the feasibility of this is a bit constrained by the level to which the vegetation has now grown on along much of the beat. Whilst accepting this may not be too much of a issue to anyone young & fit there is still the consideration of finding a spot that allows for access close enough to the water to allow fish to be safely landed & returned.

8 Barbel

A long walk from the new car park, for very few swims. The river was very low for the time of year. No fish caught. The day did not start well as the bridge at Hoarwithy was closed for repairs, meaning a long diversion.

Fished from 4pm till 8.30pm. Water at 1ft 5" falling to 1ft 3" 4ft vis and just under 17 degrees C.

A blisteringly hot afternoon. 30 degrees at 4pm! Started on the faster water on the bottom half but gave up after fishing Mill stream and the neck and middle of Rectory and retired for a drink. Moved up to upper half and no sign of a fish until the sun went off the water. Saw a couple head and tail in final hour (tail of Rock and between the stones in the Bridge pool) and heard another jump behind me when fishing tail of Rock pool. Only excitement was a tightening to a worked fly at the end of the tail of the Rock pool, around the spot I had seen a fish show a few minutes before.