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Spent the morning trotting but was hard work, with 1 small Barbel and a few Chub.
Changed to light legering / trundling in the afternoon and things really kicked off, all Barbel except first 5 to 7lb , the Chub gemerally 3 to 3 and a half with a few bigger and a few smaller

9 Barbel, 20 Chub

A few salmon parr and dace, smallish grayling and some decent trout mainly in the more aerated channels on weighted nymphs.

6 Trout, 6 Grayling, 6 Other

Unfortunately 0 all all counts

1 Trout

Great 2 day session with 6 Barbel and 4 Chub. Biggest Barbel just under 10lb and Chub up to 4lb. Took a while to find the fish but constantly walking up and down the stretch finally allowed me to spot them over a pacy gravel run (about halfway along the river). Some stealthy clambering down and feeding with hemp and pellets got them going and caught 5 Barbel in a row! Returned the next day to find the fish much more cautious and only the one along with the chub. Great fun though and beautiful river (if a bit a low).

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

Ps had 43 chub and a very brave dace, BJ had the rest. Fished the afternoon from 1-7 mostly on the float. Lovely day

3 Barbel, 63 Chub, 1 Other

Difficult. Very few places where river was accessible. Finally found path down to a croy after about a half mile trek. Wasn't really suitable for two anglers, but was pretty much all that was on offer. Blanket weed made any kind of ledgering difficult, and so it was a case of wading and trotting. One nice Chub (near 4lb) and a small Dace landed. Large number of anglers on opposite bank (Aramstone?) also rather limited the water available. The pegs on that side were numerous and well maintained. This was by far and away the most limited Wye and Usk stretch I've fished. Wouldn't recommend to anyone with mobility issues and/or carrying more than a minimal amount of gear. Rather disappointing.

1 Chub, 1 Other

5 Trout, 1 Grayling

Very low water which surprised me because of the rain we had recently. No fish showing but did see one from the bridge before I started fishing. Tough day not helped by two paddle boarders who proceeded to go swimming in every available bit of deep water back up to the bridge. Add in the joy of tripping over a sunken nylon rope strung across the river under the surface causing a headfirst ducking not a great day! Spent three hours but most of that was spent watching idiots on boards ruining any chances and cutting rope and drying out.
Won’t be returning for a while!!

Second time fishing here and did better than my first trip probably because of the previous days rain which added a bit of depth and flow. Water was still very clear though.
Couple of hours on the lower beat to begin... 5 trout between 6-10" all on nymphs. The force of the water was quite powerful along there and the fish I caught were in the slacker water.
Then a few hours on the upper beat that was much easier to fish. 3 trout on a nymph between 8-12". Also lost a bigger one c.14" at the net.
Very little rising but had 2 grayling on a dry both well over a pound off the same spot. Lost another one further downstream of a similar size too.

8 Trout, 2 Grayling