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Nice august day to be on the water but river slow and no sign of salmon.

Very slow day. Fish switched on in the last three hours before dusk. All chub over 4lb. Both barbel over 6lb. Pellet feeder.

2 Barbel, 12 Chub

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

The combination of bright sunshine with a low clear river made fishing very tough today. Just the two Barbel falling to pellet feeder for one of the group at last knockings. A handful of Chub throughout the day kept the interest going however.
A lovely beat which could benefit from the addition of a few more swims.

2 Barbel, 8 Chub

Brilliant sunshine great for the angler, if not for the angling. Started catching as the sun lowered. Lots of canoe traffic but no problem.
Ear defenders recommended if fishing near the pump, where the best looking (and most accessible) swims are.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

Small grayling rising for most of the day in certain pools but managed to avoid them and found a fair few fish to 15", mainly on nymphs but rising a few to the dry as the light began to go. Nearly 20 sizeable fish in the end to hand; would have been more than twice this number had they all stuck

1 Trout, 18 Grayling

Always lovely to get on my favourite stretch of the upper Wye. Due to a family medical emergency wasn't able to take up my rod until about 3pm but had a nice few hours till I had to dash home. Met and introduced myself to the other rod, a visiting angler from Angelsea who had just caught and nobly returned a 10lber just as I arrived and said that another angler had recently been through all the pools with a spinner so I shouldn't be too hopeful. Went to the top end of the beat and fished down to the Rock Pool just below the bridge but nothing happening despite water being very fishable. Proceeded to fish from the Mill Stream down and noted and appreciated that someone had trimmed the banks/paths in this section making them much more accessible than previously.

Fished the central section with not much happening then moved upstream for 8 Barbel and an eel.

8 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

super day

37 Barbel, 4 Chub