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Sadly as per previous reports river is low and clear and weather could not have been worse with soaring temperatures and no wind so as planned only fished few hours in morning and few hours in evening , the rest of my day was spent sleeping under the trees and watching the swimmers, kayaks, paddle boards and exceptional wildlife which inhabits the Wye , the most spectacular sight being a Buzzard chasing a Kingfisher up and down the river at first light in pursuit of it’s breakfast! Mr Mink also put in a couple of appearances too!
2 Barbel and 2 Chub were caught in first few hours before sun rose on mobile rolling meat tactics on the Centrepin.
3 Chub , 1 Barbel and believe it or not a kind of lip hooked Minnow on a size 10 hook all fell to feeder fished meat in the evening session.
The biggest Barbel was about 7lb and largest Chub about 3lb 8oz .
Please note that I ONLY fished coolest parts of day in the faster ‘bubbly’ areas of the river which held the most oxygen and no fished was weighed or photographed and Only a couple in higher swims left the water to be unhooked which took under 10 seconds , all fish swam away strongly after a considerable rest in no different manner to any other time of year but in these times fish care is EVERYTHING and us Anglers all share the responsibility to treat these beautiful fish like new born babies in this heat preferably NOT removing them from the water!

3 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

Got one small brown trout , returned. And probably 6 small perch all returned

1 Trout, 5 Other

Due to the hot weather I arrived after lunch river was low and clear . Was fishing with my Two boys all sharing the 1 rod . Would be nice if they did more child options as the do on Witney beat . We had a cracking day and managed 8 barbel biggest 9lb 6oz and some really good chub biggest around 5lb all fell to a mix of feeder and float action with pellet and meat working best . Lovely beat only downside is hill and the end of the day ????

8 Barbel, 12 Chub

Bit better

4 Barbel, 20 Chub

LOTS OF SMALL FISH CAUGHT IN CHALLENGING CONDITIONS BUT GREAT FUN AND MAKES ONE PLAN TO COME IN DIFFERENT TIME OF YEAR

20 Trout, 20 Grayling

Overgrown banks with no access to river. Dangerous for anglers to get to waterside. Considering the charge of £50 for 1 adult and 1 child is utterly shameful. The whole stretch is dangerous to negotiate

Fished from dawn to midday switching between trotting and rolling meat.

Just 7 small Dace caught.

7 Other

6 Trout

Scorching hot during the day, fortunately this side of the river is in the shade for most of the day. Roving tactics proved to be the order of the day, then feeding up for early evening. Very pleased with our catch of 5 barbel , 7 chub and 2 eels.

5 Barbel, 7 Chub, 2 Other

1 Grayling