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River quite low weather sunny, 12 Barbel caught all between 6oz and 1lb using ground bait feeder and meat hook bait.
Canoe traffic a nightmare.

12 Barbel

Returned to this beat which I fished yesterday. Late afternoon and evening - a rise at about 20.00 hours but couldn't connect. Nil catch.

A beat with every type of trout water all in a doable length with an amazing head of largely uncatchable fish. 30 degree heat and full sun on low water taught this angler a lesson. Namely, one can't be fine, small and far off enough. The evening rise evened the odds somewhat.

5 Trout

Rod 1 - 2 trout on fly 1.5 to 2 lb
Rod 2 - 1 trout on fly 1.5 lb
Rpd 3 - 0 fish

3 Trout

Fished the meadow using various boilies with a feeder. The weather was hot and sunny and the river very low and as I expected fishing was very tough indeed-in fact not a bite all day. Canoe traffic was relentless and there was also some evidence of apparent poaching-the remains of a fire and quite a lot of litter left behind. Nevertheless a very enjoyable day as always-thank you WUF.

Great fun today - glorious weather but plenty of shade in the river which was crystal clear but not too low. Found the smaller trout in nearly every fast run and glide willing to come up to a small black or dark gray Klink, ended up catching 15 at 6" to 9" and missing many more. Also a few parr, plenty of fish in this stream! The bigger brethren were keeping their heads down, but what an enjoyable day nevertheless.

15 Trout

Virtually no flow - fish taken in what faster moving pools I could find. All caught on weighted nymph. Nothing big caught - best trout was 8" best grayling was 10". Also caught one par.
Within the beat description it tells us that wading in the wooded areas is difficult as is access in and out of river. This is too true! A large part of the lower beat (downstream from foot bridge) is incredibly deep and dangerous to wade but fishing from the bank is not an option.
I was a little disappointed at this as £20 to fish it does not represent good value as large parts of it are inaccessible - barbed wire fences with no safe crossing places and fallen trees across river made it doubly difficult. Once I got to the wooded area towards the upstream limit I gave up and went home having only fished about 25% of the beat. I am reasonably fit and strong too - an older, less agile person would really struggle here.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling, 1 Other

A very enjoyable and successful day fishing almost the whole beat under the expert guidance of Oliver Burch. Most of the grayling came from the deeper pools to one or other of a two nymph duo fished at varying depths. There were a couple of pools where grayling were rising sporadically and around five of these eagerly took a parachute grey duster. A less warm day than expected and the excellent cover from trees more than compensated.
In the early afternoon as we were accessing pools in the top half, a man and his son were walking back towards us with at least ten Signal crayfish that they had found under stones further up the beat. Great eating and they were happy but hardly positive in other respects.
Many thanks to Oliver for a great day, both very instructive and interesting. My knowledge of river fishing history to current, has taken a giant leap foward. Now all I have to do is remember it all.

2 Trout, 23 Grayling

First time on this beat, conditions were not ideal with blue skies and high temperatures. Fish came throughout the day to pellet feeder and trotted meat. Will definitely return when water levels are higher. Yet another stunning and peaceful stretch of the river Wye which is a credit to WUF for enabling access.

8 Barbel, 11 Chub

River very low, no rain for two weeks, bright sunshine all day. Fish caught in the last hour of light.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub