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2 barbel, 2 Chub were caught.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Low and clear, very quiet day, think barbel are still spawning? River full of shad said salmon fisherman.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Great to explore a new beat at summer levels and understand the lies for another day. Lovely fly water. Can't wait to return with 2' on the Llanstephan gauge!

Raining quite heavily on arrival but stopped shortly afterwards. I decided to walk the length of the beat for a "recce". With some knowledge of the beat I chose to fish the downstream end, past the shallow slack water into the deeper faster flow. This proved to be a good choice as I caught five barbel, 1 just over 10 lbs, 1 - 9 lbs, 2 - 8 lbs and 1 about 4 lbs, 5 chub to 5 lbs and 2 eels. What a day! Thank you Don for our interesting chat and a well managed beat. Another wonderful day on the Wye. Thank you W.U.F.

No barbel. First time on the Wye. So much to learn. Very enjoyable though.

2 Chub

Despite getting soaked - twice - a very productive day! The work on the swims is excellent, so thanks to the landowner - who has also removed the big snag that used to hamper landing fish on the bottom swim on the near bank. Fished 3 swims - 2 on the far bank (the very bottom and just up from the large tree) and the bottom swim on the near bank - and had barbel & chub from them all. Fish were all caught on 2 x 8ml or 10ml elipse pellets with either micro pellets in a closed end feeder or groundbait & pellets in a cage feeder. Also big thanks to the local who gave me the tip on where to fish the swim above the tree (45 degrees downstream, towards the tree stump and 2/3rds out). One thing to be aware of is that the juvenile ducks will take your bait later in the day. I managed to hook one on small pellets, but was thankfully able to get him in, wrap him in a towel and remove the hook - hopefully he will have learnt, but be wary of them. Barbel were from 4.5lb to 8.5lb, including one fish with a lot of predator damage, and chub from 3lb to just under 6lb. A VERY good day on a much improved beat.

10 Barbel, 20 Chub

A superb day in beautiful secluded surroundings. The river was relatively low. All the fish came from the faster water near to the parking area. We caught steadily throughout the day. All fish fell to pellet and groundbait feeder. First time on the Wye. Definitely coming back!

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fishing fly then worm, not a single bite from fish but hundreds from the Gnats.

River very low, only 3 nice chub for me, but PC banked a pristine 9lbs barbel, otherwise very difficult. Guy salmon fishing from boat with outboard engine was bit of a pain.

WUF note - The salmon angler was not on a WUF ticket.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

Fished from 10.30pm until 3am. It was a clear but warm night, with no cloud cover and getting towards a full moon. There were a few people on the main (lower) beat so I fished the pool below Manordeilo railway bridge rather than trying to get in at Crewil Pool. As noted in another catch return, the Railway Bridge pool is full of very small WBTs but I didn't target them in case I disturbed the Sewin. There weren't many rises all night, although a few probable school fish showed in the lower belly of the pool and a 4-5lb Sewin jumped a couple of times under the trees half-way down the pool. I was told that somebody had hooked and lost a similar sized fish in the same place a couple of nights ago. I don't know whether it was the same fish but it certainly didn't show any interest in the flies I presented to it.
I started off with an intermediate line fishing a black/silver tube on point and alternating a teal blue & silver, yellow peril, daioni and Alexandra on the dropper. I switched to a sink tip later on, but kept the same fly combinations. I didn't manage to catch any fish in the end, although did get a few pulls (some of the earlier ones could have been brownies). Given that this is a new beat for the WUF it would be really good to see advice from other anglers on tactics (pools, flies, line etc).
Worth noting the warning about the level crossing with no lights/barriers. The view over the crossing really is obscured. There are only 4-5 trains a day, but there is one that comes through the crossing between 20:45 and 21:00 (earlier on Sundays), so could coincide with arriving at the river if fishing for Sewin at night. You can check train times on National Rail Enquiries (Llangadog to Llandeilo stations and vice versa).