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Another big day. 9 barbel, all of 8lbs to 11lbs. I fished from 14.30pm to 10pm. Thanks WUF

9 Barbel

Rose two, missed both, very to rough underfoot, wading staff a lifesaver! Not many decent runs, disappointing.

Lovely views of otter when we arrived. Sadly, the fishing didn't match up to the early excitement. Failed spectacularly to find the barbel despite trying 10 or more swims. Caught some nice chub however with the best 5lbs 6oz.

1 Barbel, 12 Chub

Fished evening only. Two fish hooked and lost on very small Ally's Shrimp. One in the Island Pool came off at the bank as I was landing it, approx 15lbs. Second late in the Maddox, played for three or four mins then let go, 9 or 10 lbs. Two shad caught and returned.

2 Other

Did not fish after booking, was offered greener pastures at Upper Bigswier!

Arrived at 2pm and walked the length of the beat and spun the margins for Pike without any success. Finally settled in to a deeper stretch above the top island without a single touch, river being low and clear .
Moved to lower pegs, baited and waited, lots of Chub type bites and only one landed to 5 lb, then a Barbel to 8lbs 11oz. Sadly bites died as the wind started to blow and we left at 9.30pm for the pub!
Guys fishing in the private stretches below us struggled too so we weren't doing anything wrong I dont think.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fished hard all day for 4 barbel and 3 chub. Don't think I had a lot of fish in the swim, felt I did ok for the day. This swim could be fantastic on the right day, thanks again Don.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

Beautiful river, water was low but still fish rising and although hard the fishing was rewarding. Will definitely be visiting again in the near future.

4 Trout

Cloudy but quite warm with a fresh breeze coming down river. Water height for trouting really good as this beat can be quite intimidating when the water is above a foot and a half on the Llanstephan gauge.
A moderate amount of flies picking off throughout the day - LDO's, BWO's, the odd sedge and yellow may. 11 trout caught and released all off the top on a variety of dries. Nothing spectacular in size (6" - 9") but feisty nonetheless. Really good hatch of olives for about 15 minutes around 6pm which resulted in a 14" grayling, best fish of the day.
After blanking on the Usk the day before a much needed boost to the fishing confidence and a lesson learnt in choosing the appropriate beat according to water levels.

11 Trout, 1 Grayling

Lovely beat! But rained heavily in the evening so was unable to carry on fishing. Couldn't see any fish but there was the occasional rise.