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A great day out with friends Oliver Burch and Rob Evans. This is a very impressive stretch of river with lots of fishing. The weather was kind – a few fish were moving throughout the day but not as many as expected (considering the conditions). We were lucky to take fish on dries all day. There’s a fair walk to the bottom boundary, but it’s worth it. I’m taking my sandwiches with me next time to save walking back to the car! Although there’s an idyllic view from the fishing hut.

7 Trout, 35 Grayling, 2 Chub

Low clear water so I opted for a 12ft #8 Switch rod with a short sink tip on floating line and a double #12 Ally’s Shrimp at the end of the 9ft tapered leader, [classic Sewin set-up]. Glad I did as the 6lb cock fish, taken mid-stream just below the bridge, was far more fun on the lighter gear.
There were others moving up through the faster water in the morning but as the cloud dispersed they seemed to hold back in the deeper sections of The Creel downstream.
I think that’s me done for this season so thanks to everyone at WUF for all your help and see you next year..

1 Salmon

Fished here Yesterday with Shaun, and as his guests. Shaun started early with the Salmon rod, no Salmon this time but he did get 4 trout.
T.B. fished the French leader, and took a good number of both trout and grayling. When fish started rising regularly, we all switched to dries, and from then until the end of the day we took a good mix of trout and grayling. This has to be my favourite beat on the upper river, and rarely disappoints.
Thanks Shaun for a great day. (Fish numbers stated are a conservative estimate).

20 Trout, 38 Grayling

Almost gave up at start realising I hadn't brought my 7', so went on with 8'6". Doh! Water crystal and cold but could have been a bit higher. Didn't spot or spook any fish.
Plenty of fly life. Would like to try again next year, lovely stretch.

Nothing today on what was a challenging day. Lovely stretch again on the Wye. Lots of Kayaks about which I can handle but when 6 people turn up and start swimming in the river just above you shouting their heads off I gave up.

A very poor day. No signs of life all day. Feeder streams are very low and water levels down. A lot of methane bubbles suggest oxygen levels fairly low, maybe this was why fish were inactive. Either that or the reservoir is fished out and needs restocking.

A very hot day but the barbel were obliging with action throughout the day. Best fish 8lb 10oz.

8 Barbel

Another great day on this beat.The water was quite low for the time of year which made accessing the end swim by the island easy.We spent the morning session at that end of the beat and caught regularly,mainly chub but some barbel,and the average size was very impressive. We also decided to try some other swims in the afternoon which yielded a couple of nice barbel off a groyne in mid section.
An hour at the end of the afternoon back at the island produced more barbel rather than the dominant chub.
The biggest barbel was 8lbs 10ozs and the best chub 4lbs 12ozs.
Such a lovely section of river and abundant wildlife (I think I disturbed an otter or otherwise it was the biggest rat in the world) on a very warm September day. Wonderful.

11 Barbel, 23 Chub

Saturday 17th September - fished the crib hole feeding with sweet corn had several bites losing two really good fish caught chub after losing many swim feeders to a rocky bottom.
Sunday 18 - fished above the strongon after catching a reasonable size chub the swim never produced another bite bad news if you were fishing the links run due to a whole host of canoeist gathering.
Personally I felt for cost not good.

Another great day on this exceptional beat. The river was quite low for this time of year giving us access to the end beat on the island. The fish came steadily throughout the morning, mainly chub but a few barbel, but the average size of the fish was amazing. In the afternoon we tried some other swims and caught a couple of nice barbel from the groyne in the midsection. I returned to the island for the last hour or so and caught more barbel. It was a lovely autumn day in the sunshine with abundant wildlife (I saw my first otter or otherwise it was the biggest rat in the world!!
The best chub was 4lb 12ozs and the biggest barbel scaled 8lbs 10ozs A lovely day to be out and well worth the long walk.

11 Barbel, 23 Chub