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Tried to fish by the pump, impossible due to heavy weed. Tried to fish down river but water too low.

A dark, misty and quite breezy day and cooler than of late, at 15 degrees. Very little fly apart from a few small afternoon olives and consequently, with little leaf litter and associated bugs, very few rising fish. Fished duo most of the day and did a bit of bugging as well (but to no avail). Two grayling and one trout (12") taken on small tung-head GRHE and PT nymphs and the rest of the fish, bar one, taken on HE emergers - the other on a small dark olive Duck's Dun. Most of the fish taken on the emergers were non-risers. Two grayling of 14" but the rest mainly around 10". Very hard fishing for sure. Bring on the rain and leaf fall to liven things up a bit!

3 Trout, 11 Grayling

The river was clear and a bit slow but you can find a few runs. We fished pellet over a 8 hour session, drove up from Devon for the day. Caught 2 Chub, 6 Barbel. Best fish 7lb.
Most fish came late afternoon.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

1 chub 2lbs.

1 Chub

Back on Holme Lacey for a second day and pleasantly surprised to find a bit more flow than yesterday. There must have been a bit of rain on the hills which arrived here late morning. Fished the same areas as the day before, this time catching 8 barbel up to 8lb and 14 big chub, all of which again were over 4lb. It was chub fishing like I've never experienced before in terms of average size. So ended two marvelous days on the mighty Wye fishing a lovely beat beautifully kept by Colin. A big thanks to him and the Wye and usk Foundation, keep up the great work.

8 Barbel, 14 Chub

The river was really low and not too much flow to it although a tad more than the previous day. I was really impressed by this beat and you can tell it is well looked after as there were numerous/accessable swims to fish from which is not always the case on the wye. Colin the ghille was very friendly and a good bloke. At the time I was struggling with only one chub to show for my efforts but with his advice I ended up with 5 barbel and 1 chub. I will definitely be going back to this beat.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

Challenging day which saw us fish a lot of swims on a very low and clear river but pleasing to get a few fish all the same.

2 Chub, 3 Pike

I had caught a couple of good chub before Don turned up to kindly give me some pointers on fishing the pool at the end of the beat. Water levels were very low but by following Don's advice, I ended with three barbel to 6lb and another two chub nudging 4lb. Many thanks Don, good to meet you.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Fished maggot and pellet, caught all on pellet. Biggest fish 8 3/4lbs.

5 Barbel

The second time I have fished this lovely stretch of the Wye. River very low and crystal clear. I mainly fished the gutter on the bottom half of the beat so as to keep out of sight of the fish. Only saw two fish rise so I fished klink and dink all day and ended up with 7 graying 12-14 inch and 1 trout 14 inch. Very small pink shrimps seemed to work well.

1 Trout, 7 Grayling