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A truly hot summers day, so had an early morning fish until 10.30am - nothing showed and nothing caught, then went back again for the evening. Some lovely baby OOS grayling gave great sport, but nothing bigger than quarter to half pound.

3 Grayling

A very productive day, despite the scorching heat and the world and his dog being out in canoes! Over 30 barbel was far better than I expected, but a very pleasant surprise. River was low and clear, but with a very good flow all the way down the beat. Managed to find a spot under a tree so didn't get sun burnt, and started catching almost immediately. Started with fish in the 5-6lb range, progressed up to 8-9lbs and then hit the doubles - managed 6 in total, with the 2nd largest I have caught on the Wye and 4th largest on any river to date. All the barbel were caught with the same method - two 12ml elipse pellets glued to a hair on a size 10 hook. 20lb braid hooklink and 15lb mainline on my 1.75lb test curve Daiwa specialist barbel rod. Large flat-bed Drennan block-end feeder, with the holes widenend and 2, 3 and 4ml pellets on board. Although there are some snags I managed to find the clear sections and didn't lose a single feeder. And I have never seen so many canoes in my life, but in fairness they were all very respectful and conscientious of me being there. A great day and a great venue - I will be back, especially as I found a fabulous pub on the way back home!

30 Barbel, 2 Chub

Scorching hot day, so decided to fish morning and evening only to avoid canoes and sunburn. The morning session passed without the merest hint of a bite, but fared much better in the evening with 6 Barbel between us. All were over 6 lbs with the best fish exactly 9 lbs.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

Thank you to the Wye & Usk Foundation for a super day at Pant y Llyn. The filming was a success, with plenty of carp caught and seen. The fish were on the top: a brace of wild carp was caught on floating bread, plus a brace of chub. A third carp was caught on luncheon meat on the bottom. The result of the filming will be a Fennel's Priory DVD, due for release by Christmas. Regards.

Fished from 5am to 1pm, and returned for 6pm to 9pm in order to avoid being fried during the hottest time of day. Caught 6 barbel to 7lb 14oz, all on pellets.

6 Barbel

River low, found it hard to find the fish due to very warm weather. Great place, shame about the trek to get to the beat from the car park. 1 chub, 1 barbel, 4 eels.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

A difficult day due to my inability to be stealthy in my approach. Couple this with my poor casting and managing to hook every tree / grass stalk / and nettle available.
I did manage 2 WBT of about 10oz each, one took a brown klinkhammer, the other a GRHE.
Wye and Usk, you tell us to fish upstream but on this beat the access point is right in the middle of the beat.

WUF note - Unfortunately, we cannot always guarantee to arrange access points at the very bottom of the beat. In such situations, it may be advised to than walk to the lower limit and fish upstream from there.

2 Trout

A lovely day, water low and clear but enough rising to make it fun. Only one 10" trout brought to hand (and released) but plenty of interest in the dry fly and certainly bigger fish around. The end of the day was marred by someone local or from the campsite (no car) who took their Friday evening on the pool at the top of the beat for free. Sad really when I'd driven an hour or so as I looking forward to trying my luck there.

1 Trout

One of us took the lower beat where the sport seemed better (see separate return). Parts of this beat are hard going. Fish rising in the big pool by the house but were not to be fooled today.

Caught on worm with form under hook to hold up.

3 Trout