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River in good condition, fished full beat hard all day with fly then spinner. Never touched nor saw a salmon. Switched to nymph for trout last hour, lovely fish about a pound from run above the bridge returned.

2 x Grayling to 1¼lb, 7 x Trout to ½lb and a couple of parr

This was our second visit to the Wye and again the fishing and surroundings did not disappoint. We found our way to our first swim quite easily (no problem with access as previously stated) and after a quiet start we landed a chubb of 4lbs 7oz and an eel of 4lbs, both caught on boillies. We moved to another swim where we only caught 1 chubb but lost several fish and feeders. We decided to move once more and changed bait to meat. This was our best decision as we landed 4 barbel to 7lbs 7oz and 2 chubb. Looking forward to our next visit next month. Thanks once again WUF.

4 WBT and 5 Grayling between us, all released. Best fish probably one of the grayling, maybe 10ins or so. All taken on nymphs, there were a few upwings and sedges coming off but very few fish rising for them. River clear and running well, very overgrown with summer foliage which made the fishing challenging. A wonderful first afternoon on the Wye & Usk waters.

July 30th at 8pm 8lb coloured cock fish caught at Nyth.
Nyth total is now 45.

Very nice stretch of river with plenty of well established swims, although some of them are tricky to access. Unfortunately the fishing was quite slow for most of the day, but did pick up in the last hour or so of light. In the end, I managed 6 Barbel with the biggest at 7lb 10oz and a small Chub of around a pound after trying several different swims.
I did come across one man who was fishing without a ticket, but he did apologise and leave when he realised it was a private stretch (I also pointed him towards the WUF website). Maybe putting some signs up at the entrances would help prevent this in the future?
Thanks again WUF for a great day out :)

Back again full of hope but no dream start like the previous day but two fish early on then very quiet so decided to go roving. Good decision - finished the day with 8 Barbel - biggest 6lb 14ozs average size around 6lb and 4 Chub biggest 4lb 8oz which if it hadn't been spawned out would probably have topped 5lb. Brilliant fishing in a lovely lovely place. Thanks WUF for all the work you do.

6 x trout around 8 inches, fishing a Klinkhammer on a warm evening with rain on the way. Very pleasant couple of hours, except for the mosquitoes which are very much present this year.
I have an impression that the number of trout in Bideford Brook is reduced, although the average size is higher by an inch or two than it used to be in previous years. They are still small by most people's standards! The landowner currently has a report under investigation by the EA concerning a sewage overflow here. This is not connected with the outflow from the treatment works (which goes directly to the Severn estuary), but the raw sewage inflow to it via a pipe buried under the stream. This pipe overflowed via manholes into a field above the brook during May floods.

Water clear and at 11". A few oncers rising most of the day when the wind dropped but no consistent rise at all (some small olives, yellow mays and latterly sedges and gnats but, by and large, fish showing little interest at the surface). Most risers suspected as being small trout and parr. Had about 25 fish between with a few more trout than grayling, plus lots of parr. Fish taken on nymphs, spiders and on surface patterns. The majority of fish were caught by GM whose Elk Hair Caddis proved excellent on the day and completely out-performed small emergers. Got cold later and no evening rise. As usual a lovely place to spend a day.

Caught a dozen chub up to 4lbs and a couple of dace all on trotted sweetcorn over hemp.