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Lovely day on Lower Carrots and Luggsmouth. Hot and bright weather, river was coffee coloured. No fish caught.

Seemingly perfect conditions but despite a substantial fly hatch things were a bit slow particularly in the afternoon. Having said that smaller fish were moving continually through the day.
Caught on damsel emerger, olive, or brown buzzer type fly.

7 Trout

Lovely night on this beat. 2 sea trout caught (1.5lb and 3lb), 1 lost. The 3lber was kept, the other returned. Quite a few brownies taking interest. I met 3 club members who were fishing and they were very friendly. I believe they each caught a couple of sea trout. Snake flies and surface lures worked well.

8 Trout, 2 Sea Trout

Fished 1:30 to 3:00 due to commitments elsewhere. 1 gentlemen caught a 12lb cock fish after I packed up on a flying c I think.

A beautiful bright sunny day and very low, clear water made this a blank in terms of fish caught. Managed to get one or two trout to rise to a dryfly without takes; rises very sporadic and fish were mainly well down and out of the way due to the unfavourable conditions. But a lovely way to spend a day in such peaceful countryside. Barbel and chub observed in deeper lies beneath trees.

2 Barbel, 12 Chub

River looked perfect but I still only had 1 Chub on rolling meat. Great day out - went home tired but happy.

1 Chub

I caught 6 chub and 5 carp. Had a ball, cheers.

6 Chub, 5 Other

Another pleasant afternoon on the Wye. Water up about a foot with a tinge of colour. Started about midday, had 3 fish within 40 minutes then nothing for 4 1/2 hours.
Stayed put and kept feeding and eventually the barbel returned with a further 14 fish. They averaged 6-7lb with a few smaller ones, and the biggest fish approx 9lbs and 33" long.
As with all Wye fish they went like stink but using the usual heavier tackle to get them in as quickly as possible meant they were still lively when unhooked and went back well. Caught 2 with other anglers' barbed hooks still attached which were removed.

17 Barbel

Three cheers for the Wye and Usk Foundation for opening up this wonderful stretch of trout fishing to us all. I can't believe that no one has fished this beat since the first week of July? With low water you can begin to wade into some of the deeper pools and this is where the larger fish are to be found at this time of year. Profuse hatch of sedge alongside Mayfly and Daddys, all of which produced significant results fished upstream. 15 trout, with the largest to 1.5lbs (actually should have been double this number but for slow reactions. I cast to one fish who took the same fly three times on consecutive casts and I missed every time. 2 grayling (my first ever) on sedge, both fish around the pound mark, and one chub. An awesome day's fishing on a cloudless day even if there is algae growing off the rocks.

15 Trout