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Had a great day ,weather was to hot but nice day to be on bank .

2 Chub, 1 Other

2 Trout

We used two spinning rods with devon minnows. The river had a lot of colour in it and we saw very little sign of fish.

All fish between 13” and 16”. Most were caught on nymphs with the others on an Elk hair Caddis. Good to be back on the Wye.

5 Trout, 7 Grayling

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

Quite hard going today. Lots of sedge around so maybe the late evening would have been the most productive time (last angler left the water at 8pm). The fish went up to 1.5lbs, taken on a mixture of dries and nymphs, mostly prospecting in the faster water at the top of the beat. A few rising on the flats later on, with 4 fish caught on a small cdc shuttlecock emerger.
Always a pleasure to be on this beat.

10 Trout

After two days of rain we found the river to be up around a further 2ft overnight. It was carrying quite a bit of colour and lots of debris. After some discussion we settled on pegs at the very far downstream end of the beat and occupied pegs either side of the tree with the rope swing. The river dropped a lot throughout the day but remained quite pacey.
The fishing proved to be much better than expected given the conditions. We landed a total of 19 Barbel with all of the fish being in the 6lb - 7.5lb range. The sport was steady but with a couple of purple patches when there were a lot of feeding fish around. Unusually, pellet wasn't the best bait and most fell to sweetcorn. Fewer Chub were showing today but, in my experience, they tend not to feed so well when there's lots of colour in the water.

19 Barbel, 13 Chub, 4 Other

The reservoir is fishing very well - 26 trout caught and released over 3 short visits recently. I've found average size to be excellent at 14 to 15 inches (1lb+) with a couple at 18'' and 19'' both over 2lb.
However you will be wasting your time fishing in the middle of the day at this time of year. Either go very early morning (7am till 10.30am) or late evening (7.30pm to dark) it is then that the fish feed and can be found in the shallow marginal areas.
If you must go in the day time, choose a windy wet day for it.

28 Trout

2 Trout