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Difficult fishing today. Trotting a float with hemp and meat, caught two small chub and a dace. This is a huge stretch with various sections of shallow and deep water. I spent too much time in the shallow sections and didn't get enough time to fish the deeper water further down stream. Very low water conditions, a bright and hot day. Bring on some good rain!

2 Chub, 1 Other

Largest Barbel pushing a double, fished the middle of the day never saw a canoe! Never saw another person ,absolute bliss

5 Barbel

Late on in evening on rolling spam. Lost one other..barbless hooks?

3 Chub

River at a very low level. The margins of some of the gravel banks are starting to become covered in silkweed. Took an enforced 2 hour car break in the afternoon as a heavy thunderstom passed over. Two of the chub were only small. Legered meat and pellets the method.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Despite being one of the hottest days of the year our 11am-6pm session was highly enjoyable on a river lower than I have seen it-and really 'showing its bones'. Some of the usual far bank barbel swims were covered in silkweed and did not produce to waggler or feeder.
When you found fish in the fastest water possible and it was 3 foot deep the chub and barbel were willing to feed even in the hottest part of the day. All but one chub came to floatfished meat or carp pellet over mainly hemp and pellet feed. Chub were up to about 4 1/2 lb and the barbel between 6- 7lb. Great sport on float tackle.
Friend Keith only just back on the fishing scene after as forced absence to golf couldn't believe how good the Wye was and got so excited he collapsed with cramp just before he could have his photo taken with a nice barbel. We couldn't wait for him to recover but the barbel did and swum away strongly. I still haven't seen beat 6 - wonder if there is faster water down there.

4 Barbel, 12 Chub

Enjoyable day although a tad hot limited spots due to conditions. My mate had his first barbel, and i had a first catching chub on free lined bread super sport. Beautiful spot more of the same today.

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

Hot and sunny all day. River very low. All fish were taken in the evening and in good condition although the numbers of lice seemed higher than normal. Very enjoyable day.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fished from 10am to 6.30pm. River level low (normal summer level?). 7 chub to 5lb and 2 beautifully conditioned barbel; 9lb and 6lb to trotted corn and luncheon meat. Several salmon seen jumping and lots of birdlife.

2 Barbel, 7 Chub

Very very low water

I thoroughly enjoyed my day on this beautiful stretch of the Wye. I had wanted to try to catch a salmon on the fly from the Wye whilst I was still fit enough, as I caught my first, a fresh run 29lber, from the Wye some 55 years ago. Unfortunately I chose a day when the water levels were very low as a result of a long period of dry weather.
I will be back to try again.