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Normally you don't expect to catch much in weather like we had today, but we had a pleasant surprise with 6 trout to half a pound on the nymphs, and 2 dace, of all things! Warning - any one thinking of booking this beat at the moment, the river bed is like walking on grease. Please make sure you have a wading staff, and use it!! Other than that, a beautiful day, and the fish were a bonus.

6 Trout, 2 Other

I fished from 6pm until 9 hoping to catch the evening rise but there wasn't one really. I started near the old bridge pillars for an hour and half but didn't have any interest in wets, dries or lures.
I then went up to the top end of the reservoir for last hour or so and had one brownie to an Invicta when a few fish started rising sporadically. It was a vicious strike from a fish of about a pound which fought like one three times it's size.
It was flat calm when I left the reservoir but the only things breaking the surface were the wildfowl. Still, a lovely evening in a stunning location.

1 Trout

Started at the bottom of the stretch which is full of Chub. I switched to float and lighter tackle for a while to catch chub up to 4lb 15ozs but most were in the 2lb to 4lb range. Only had 2 Barbel up to 5lb 6oz. Moved back upstream midday to try and find more Barbel but continued to catch more Chub. All fish caught on halibut pellets. Bites continued throughout the day despite the hot conditions.

2 Barbel, 28 Chub

Two wbt and one salmon parr, best wbt about pound and a half. Fishing spiders with gold head hares ear on point. All fish on the gold head hares ear.

2 Trout

Lovely stretch, it was probably too hot for the barbel but when it cooled down a bit later I managed a scrappy 5lber and lost two others.

1 Barbel

Another hot day on the river. River still very low and still suffering from algae bloom. Amazingly we had three barbel in the heat of the day and another two towards dusk. Floating weed still a problem but we overcame this in part by using backleads. An otter surfaced two rod lengths out from my peg, it was eating a small fish.

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

A great day on the Wye but a busy one. I have developed a new found fondness for the boating community in light of the swimmers who walk through your peg. First week of the school hols and 30 degrees guess I should have thought about that. I still really enjoyed it but found fishing tricky with the sheer volume of boats.
1 Big Eel

6 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Amazing evenings fishing, three barbel in last 90 minutes.

3 Barbel

A hot, but overcast (off and on) day. Part of a dry spell. Though overnight rain had helped the levels a little the water was still relatively low and clear. Couple of fish taken on small dry flies but most came to a small lightly weighted nymph fished upstream. Twelve fish to hand - not counting the minnow. Couple might have been Salmon Parr but we weren't sure. Mostly six inches or so but one good fish of perhaps 3/4 of a pound. 2 rods and modesty prevents my colleague declaring a win, 9 to 3. Doooh!

12 Trout

Thunder storms night previous, hence stream was fast and coloured. No fish caught.