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An improvement on last week at Middle Hill Ct. River still low but settled opposite house where I believed the Mill Pool was at the lower half of beat. Top half of beat was far too low. Had two lovely Barbel in 5-6lb range, top condition and incredible fighters. Lost three others as they charged into weed. A lovely Chub in the first ten minutes as well. Saw big Perch patrolling in front of me but couldn't get them. Kingfishers to keep me company all day. Some canoeists but very respectful. Good parking and the cows were no trouble, kept their distance.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Other

Fished the upper stretch, river very low and gin clear.

4 Barbel, 5 Chub

Second day of three for the three chub and barbel virgins from Northern Ireland. Another extremely beautiful stretch with abundant bird life but again very low water. We looked first at the upper reach, above the orchard, but found the water to look painfully low. We also felt that we would have difficulty finding suitable swims for all three of us as, like yesterday, many were left high above the water.
We found the lower reach to look slightly more appealling. Although slower and with less features, it did appear to be a little deeper. This gave us a little more confidence. The fishing again we found to be very difficult. A few dace, some of which seemed of quite good size for the species, allowed us to tick off another new species. At last light I managed to land a chub of four pounds, another first for myself.

1 Chub, 8 Other

Booked for 22/23 September. Monday 22nd. With blazing sunshine & low water we were always up against it. No barbel caught but lost one at the net. Decided to trot & what a fantastic afternoon we had. Lost count of the chub, dace & perch we caught but real quality fishing. Biggest perch went 2 1/2lb. On the 23rd it was pretty much the same weather wise until the afternoon when we got some cloud cover. I hooked into two barbel but unfortunately was cut off. So a day of missed opportunities. But who's complaining we were on the finest river in the country. Simply glorious to be on its banks. Can't wait to go back. WUF do an amazing job.

Chub up to 5lb 3oz, barbel 6lb 5oz. 3 lost fish. All fish in faster flows but lots of streamer weed coming down river dragging even 5oz feeders out of place so bite indication very difficult. Access to fishery very good but not to swims. Lots of chub caught on trotting maggots.

1 Barbel, 13 Chub

Fished upstream above orchards, very few accessible swims in upper stretch. Weather was poor but managed a few fish on pellets.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

Arrived ready to go at 6am river really low and clear and lots of weed coming down, expectations weren't to high but at least we knew the stretch. Tom went to pump house peg whilst David and Mark started in first peg of the same field and I fished the orchard peg. Tom had a chub first cast quickly followed by 2 more all around 3lb and also lost a bigger one in the roots of the tree. Mark and David had a few taps but weed was a problem. I had my first Wye perch 1/2lb followed by a barbel of 8lb and a couple of chub of about 2lb, then it went quiet. Tom and Mark went to bottom of the beat but it was so low and clear they struggled to get decent bites. At 2pm David waded out to the gravel bar and cast under far bank with great results 2 barbel 9-10lb and 2 chub all caught on elips pellet but broke his landing net so had to come and fish with me on first peg of pump house field. Tom came back to the orchard peg and had 3 barbel 6lb + 2 x 8lb. I had bites on meat and pellet resulting in a few barbel (biggest 8lb) and chub (biggest 4lb). Mark tried a few pegs but was getting frustrated at the lack of action but at 6:45pm he broke his duck with a 8lb barbel... never has a fish been so welcome. We fished til dark getting a few knocks but it was hard going. Spotted a mink first thing and I've never seen so many kingfishers on 1 beat before. Woodpeckers kept us company most of the day, a beautiful place. Found 2 half eaten salmon one of about 15lb on gravel bar, only downside was a couple of blokes fishing other bank they must have thrown 5kg of pellets and a bucket of groundbait in and only stayed 2 hours over 2 sessions (strange). Also found otter tracks on Middle Hill Court and 1 eaten chub. We can't wait to come back. David,(Father in Law) has fallen in love with the Wye fishing so we'll be back in October.
Stayed at Grafton Travelodge £29 a room. It was clean and is a great base for a lot of the beats. I wish the Wye was closer as it's a long 400 mile round trip, but worth it. Thanks WUF

12 Barbel, 10 Chub, 1 Other

Good no. of barbel present but many small, under 1kg. Best bait was pellet. Some excellent perch caught up to 2.5lb

12 Barbel

Fished in the shallows upstream of the orchard from 11am - 6pm. We were gutted to have to set off on the long drive up to Yorkshire at 6pm as the fishing was so good. Simple tactics picking off the odd fish every so often all afternoon long.

8 Barbel, 1 Chub

A difficult day in bright sunshine and a lot of drifting weed , managed a few fish throughout the afternoon by ringing the changes. Very few swims on the upper stretch needs a lot of work to clear swims.