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Fished from 4pm and landed a 8lb barbel and a 5lb chub, lost two other fish !

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Disappointing day arrived to find the river low and clear. We started in the orchard and during the day worked our way up stream trying different baits pellet, boilles and luncheon meat but to no avail. It's a lovely stretch of water with plenty of wild life to keep you entertained. Three guys fishing the opposite bank arrived and within a short time we're into the barbel we saw them land three and lose one so it showed the fish were feeding but unfortunately not where we were fishing. I'm sure we will be back when the river has more water in it.

A very enjoyable day soaking in the autumn sunshine. I had a barbel first cast and then it all went very quiet until mid-afternoon, when I caught steadily until the end - mostly smaller fish, but a really enjoyable day. A few fishermen on the opposite bank, briefly, and no canoes at all. Thanks WUF for a great day.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

A quiet year for salmon on the Usk we understand. 3 trout took impossibly large flies but not the intended quarry.

3 Trout

Water levels still up and very murky. We had to search for the fish, but eventually found them on the upstream pegs. We used swim feeders, with either luncheon meat, halibut pellet or spicy sausage pellet on the hook.

7 Barbel, 9 Chub

A very tough day in tough conditions (very bright all day with a strong/cold easterly wind, lower than expected river levels running fairly clear. apart from a couple of hard earned chub nothing prior to the sun going down. Had 1 barbel around 6.5/7lb on last cast.
(my friend who was fishing with me in the same swim also had 3 barbel at the very end of the day with all the fish coming in the last hour or so). If we could have stayed longer I'm pretty sure we would have carried on catching..

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Dr Reynold Cowles from Earlysville, Virginia caught his first Wye salmon, 16lbs in the Cafn Pool, 20 mins into his first Spey casting lesson with guide Chris Price.

1 Salmon

Fish are small this time of year

2 Trout

Lower Llangoed 11 lbs hen on Gold Willie Gunn for Charles Tweedie

1 Salmon

Nyth and Tyrcelyn - Dr Cowles follows up with a superb 31lb (110cm) cock fish from the Turn Pool. Matt Tricks caught a further lovely 24lb cock fish (100cm) from the Boat Pool, and a 10lb hen fish from the Stone Catch pool. 2 more lost, (one another very big fish).

3 Salmon