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Blank, surprisingly coloured water. Lovely place though.

Dave had never fished the Wye before. With all the rain we had the river was rising rapidly. We changed swims and positions several times during the day. Lots of debris coming down including some huge tree trunks. First 3 casts produced two 7lbers and a 5lber, so they were feeding. However we had to move from this swims as we couldn't hold bottom where the barbel were feeding. So we moved swims. The river continued to rise and peaked at 8pm up about 4ft. Dave continued to catch throughout the day and ended with 15 barbel two eels. Of the barbel 6 were over 7lbs. The weather was kind for the day too.
All the fish were caught on pellet and feeder approach. Another great day out.

First time on the Wye. Lovely beat, rising river, very brown and fast, lots of logs and debris coming down.
Managed to find slack water below snags.
Total - six barbel to 8lb, one chub.
Fantastic place in spite of the horrendous weather.

Good conditions 2 days after heavy rain. Lots of good fish rising. Caught 2 WBT on blue Dunn and green kink. 1st time in Wye and Usk region/voucher scheme. Loved it and will be back soon!

River came up 4ft during our session, difficult conditions but we managed 9 barbel to 8lb 10oz, various tactics and bait, all good size fish and in great nick!

2 barbel before lunch. River became difficult to fish after lunch due to rising water levels so I packed up early.

2 Chubb only.

4 Rainbow Trout caught using worm as bait.

6 Rainbow Trout using worm as bait.

1 Eel about 0.5 lb
1Chub about 1.5 lb

Fished from 07:45 to 14:30

River state the river was a foot deeper than the previous day, very coloured with a very strong current. Weather, it rained for 3 hours then stopped. Fished the lowest peg next to the old bridge. Bait luncheon meat, bread paste, both on hair rigs.

As I wanted to catch Barbel the warden suggested a spot closer to the other bank however although casting was not an issue the current flow meant nothing would hold the bottom even with over an ounce of lead.

There are also plenty of snags on the lower pegs, I lost 6 hair rigs during the day even on 18lb line mainly due to the line being swept downstream, if the weight had held I suspect I would have lost less tackle.

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