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I fished from about 2pm until sunset. River running high and fast so seeked out slack areas to present a bait. Keeping mobile and moving about kept the bites coming. 7 barbel in total and some nice chub, My first fish went 12lb 5oz and a couple of others went doubles so very enjoyable afternoons fishing. All fish caught on small baits and hooks, I found the longer hooklinks were fooling the bigger stamp of barbel.

7 Barbel, 3 Chub

2 Grayling

Lots of water but not too dirty. Wading very difficult. 6 Grayling from the bank on nymphs. Biggest 15" .

6 Grayling

Arrived on same beat after reasonable day before, full of expectation. River up slightly and employed same tactics but despite much effort the rods did not move. Blank day unless you count foul hooked Gudgeon. Further frustrated by losing 4 lots of gear. Will hope for better when we revisit this beat.

The river was carrying extra water today which was a lot colder than it has been for a long time. It also rose a little during the day this also didn’t help things so despite our best effort we were never going to catch a lot. This is a beautiful part of the Wye just a shame the fishing didn’t match the scenery

1 Barbel

River was dropping overnight from previous lift but there was another rise through the day. No bites on pellet, meat, corn in morning so tried a few other swims to try and locate some fish. 3 oz feeder only just doing the job, if I'd had more weight it might have made a difference.

Finally had a bite and a fish at 4.30, but nothing after. Lovely beat and good mix of water to try. Will return again.

1 Barbel

1 barbel aproximately 7lb. Nice day

1 Barbel

Five barbel and a small chub from the river below the woods, all taken on pellet except for the chub which fell to maggot. Biggest fish was 7lb 15oz, with two coming early morning and the three remaining barbel late afternoon.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

Blank

It was my first time on the Wye so I arrived at first light full of optimism. The river was high and fast after all the recent rain. I could barely hold bottom, so spent most of the morning walking the stretch trying every swim I could. At this point I didn't mind I wasn't catching as the surroundings were breathtaking. I decided to call it after a few hours and come back later.

I returned about 3pm and settled in a swim upstream that had a large tree sheltering the flow and fished just on the crease with a 6oz lead. Probably not much more than a rod length out. Within 5 minutes it hooped over and it was pretty much consistent action after that until darkness. Biggest fish went 11lb 4oz and nearly pulled my arm off in the flow. All fish caught on either dumbells cut down to pellet shape or meat. Very enjoyable fishing in some of the most idyllic settings imaginable.

5 Barbel