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4 Trout, 6 Grayling

Hot, low water, one chub to each rod on meat.

2 Chub

Fished the Marl bed section down to the point - with nothing coming out until the evening on the lower section. Hard work in hot, low river conditions but beautiful surroundings and a really special stretch of water. Shame to see the abstraction pumps on 24/7!

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

All small trout caught mainly on goldhead PTN and returned safely. Prolific hatch and a number of fish rising in the evening.

7 Trout

Poor evening. The main problem is access to the river because of the bank side vegetation. This makes getting into the river and more importantly getting out of the river very tricky. Perhaps some access points could be made next winter?

Quite a difficult day, but we were rewarded for our patience later in the day. Started well with a barbel & chub first cast in both of our swims. Second fish followed shortly afterwards and then both our swims went quiet. Followed the same pattern throughout the day and only seemed to be able to induce bites when we changed baits - even from large to small pellets. Started to catch more consistently in the early evening. Barbel from 4lb to 9.5lb and chub up to 4.5lb. Not a touch on meat, with all fish caught on pellets either glued to the hair or bait banded. Pellets from 8ml to 15ml and a combination of micro-pellets or groundbait in the feeders. 1.5lb test curve Shimano Beastmaster rod, with 12lb mainline, 18lb braid hooklink and a size 10 hook. The river was VERY low (the lowest I have ever seen here) but there was a reasonable flow even above the pylon pool. Canoeists were fine but the peace and quiet was disturbed by the 6 who turned up with their tents on the adjacent HDAA stretch and started fishing in the mouth of the Lugg. Although they were no real problem they were more interested in the swimming, beer and barbeque and I would suggest keeping an eye on where they are fishing. This is probably for me the most pretty beat on the Wye & Usk and I will definitely be back soon.

15 Barbel, 10 Chub

Weather very hot and river very low. Not a bite all day but had 3 Chub and 1 Barbel late evening by the bridge.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Arrived at around 7am and fished the wooded section. Caught a chub and a barbel (5 lb ish) by 9:30am and then it went dead. Brother in law caught a chub mid afternoon and the father in law was a victim of eels.
It was a bit too hot to fish and to be honest the canoes are getting worse. Whilst I understand the business reasoning around making hay when the sun shines the owners of the canoe rental firms should have concerns for other river users. I lost tackle due to people going straight through the lines, endless noise and general messing around. Don't get me wrong I'm not a kill joy but when someone wants to get in the river to swim downstream in a swim we you are fishing it's not really on.
Really need to get this under control, it's a shame because it's a great place to fish, I just don't need the hastle when I take the day off to fish, to put up with this.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

A good catch considering the sweltering conditions. We stayed at The Pound in Whitney on Wye - very comfortable and an excellent breakfast.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

5 Trout