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Very pleasant day but very few fish seen, moving or rising. We each had one trout take but mine didn’t stay on! Both very small. No flies seen hatching - weather overcast, warm and dry Lots of Himalayan balsam seen along banks and also some Japanese knotweed

1 Trout

How lucky were we to get the river in perfect condition just a bit up after last weeks rain and still holding a bit of colour
Caught chub from the very beginning on banded pellet on the waggler, in 40 years fishing I have not had chub of the size and quality as I have had today.
Most of the chub caught were over 3lb and many of them were over 4lb and some were certainly over 5lb they were clearly young fish and were not the battered old warriors you can see, they were all immaculate fin and scale perfect. and a bright golden colour.
Could not catch a barbel on the float but one of my colleagues did catch 3 on feeder fished pellet
What a great day and it is a total pleasure to fish the Wye

3 Barbel, 35 Chub

River was looking really good with normal levels but a good colour. Barbel and Chub all caught on boilies using groundbait and pellet feeder. Thanks to Andy the gamekeeper for putting me in the right area. Look forward to coming back.

6 Barbel, 5 Chub

Fish caught throughout stretch on both feeder and float, mostly with 8mm pellet. Around 30 good stamp chub, between 3lb and 4.10, mostly around 4lb mark. Additional 30 or so chublets 8oz to 1.8. Barbel between 5 and 6lb. River steady level, some colour with around 18” visibility.

5 Barbel, 65 Chub

No Luck, a few fish about but they were not in the mood

Excellent quality fishing. Large fish present and a few caught though quite a challenging Llyn to fish due to weeds.

12 Trout

Despite the undoubtedly beautiful setting , for someone like myself who's legs are 'shot' this is not an easy beat to find a comfortable place to set up.The banks are relatively steep straight into the river , so your tackle was inclined to slip south or fall over. The best spots were at the top of the beat either side of the diesel water extraction unit...personally I would rather listen to the bird song. Next time I shall come armed with shovel, chainsaw & ear defenders.
Having said that we did catch one or two well conditioned chub on trotted spam . We should have done better but spent a lot of time 'sussing' the beat out which you need to do on every new venue.
We are lucky to have so much choice; Thanks WUF.

12 Chub

A cold wind took the edge of the day and only 3 rises we seen. Very little fly life on the water. Nothing was interested in a variety of nymphs either, very frustrating fishing. The wildlife was spectacular. Dippers, Kingfishers feeding a nest, sparrow hawk chasing a wagtail and i even managed to lure a mink into swimming across the river to a squeal!
Downsides!
2 families with wet suits swimming, splashing and generally having a good time made the middle section of the beat un-fishable (i believe from the campsite on the far side of the river). The steps down to the river need to be trimmed back. I don't mind wild fishing but this is a bit much, waders and nets are at serious risk!
Overall a beautiful beat but very expensive given the lack of access and disturbance.

NO FISH AGAIN! third time of fishing here in 3 weeks, not a bite, very poor, obviously not being stocked regularly. I used to fish this reservoir back in 2001 regularly and had some great trout, started up again and nothing.