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Low clear water. Hot day. Have 3 small fish and one at 1.5 lbs . Only fished the evening as this was the coldest part of the day. Lovely looking bit of water.

4 Trout

Some lovely trout caught today on worm fly and lure. I had 4 out of a good size. Weather sunny occasional overcast no wind

4 Trout, 3 Other

1 eel, 1 small chub. Very hot day. Beautiful stretch of river but limited bank access and very precarious descents in

1 Chub, 1 Other

No catch

Fishing on worm but No fish caught

3 Trout

A very hot day on the river which started very slowly but eventually managed some small Chub on the float at the top end but the generator noise precludes prolonged fishing in this area.

Early afternoon was somewhat marred by a scouts canoe group doing capsize training a few yards down from my chosen swim. I was about to move to avoid the chaos when my rod hooped around, and so began what was to be a noisy, chaotic yet productive afternoon/evening.

After 3 hours the canoes moved on and I had a pleasant late afternoon evening of Barbel and Chub sport.

It appears that the Barbel were shoaled up as the two other anglers I was with could only find Chub and Eels.

6 Barbel, 6 Chub

Written on behalf on the other two anglers that I booked on to join me. Moved around on the float all morning taking the odd Chub and then settled down on the feeder for the afternoon. One angler suffered the extraction generator noise close to the top end caught some Chub and eels but at least avoided the canoe carnage.

The other angler fished lower down in the more flowing water but for three hours endured the noise and disturbance of a scout group living their best lives. It's great to see young people having so much fun but 3 hours of screaming and capsizing canoes is not conducive to a good days fishing.

We are not new to summer fishing the Wye and fully expect the canoes to come through but landing on the opposite bank for 3 hours without a thought to anglers spoilt the afternoon. There are some signs further upstream about canoe landing being prohibited but there needs to be more signs, particularly where there are gravel beech areas where canoes can easily be landed. This would make it easier for anglers to politely request that they heed the signs and move on.

A great beat in general but not the best day on this particular occasion.

9 Chub, 3 Other

Another heatwave day on the bank. Water levels now low and still dropped off. Made for not a great day for Barbel. Fished another fishery previous for 2 days no Barbel for me and the same here. Tried 3 different swims with a bit of flow. Chub in one of those swims were attacking the bait before reaching bottom. 18 chub in total not weighed biggest around 4lb most were around 3lb to 3lb 8oz a couple of Chublet's. Barbel completely of the feed. Sounds disappointing because come for the Barbel but hay 18 Chub is a decent haul. All hair rigged on various pellets.

18 Chub

5 chub 1 eel

5 Chub, 1 Other