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Coarse fishing on the Wye at Holme Lacy, 31st august '06.
A brilliant days fishing with me, my dad and my brother catching nine chub and severn barbel between us.
I caught four chub to 5lb and one perfect barbel of 6lb 8oz. My Dad caught two chub 5lb and two barbel to 7lb 8oz. My brother caught the most with three chub to 4lb and then four barbel to 8lb 8oz.
Brilliant fishing on a healthy looking river Wye. No keepnets were used and after a quick photo of a couple of fish they were all returned safe and well.
Looking forward to booking our next trip!

Herewith a short note to thank both you and Wendy for all your support and advice on my 1st taste of fishing the Usk and its tributaries.

It was fantastic and I?m sure to return as soon as I possibly can.

Just a note to update you on the fishing here on Friday. I fished from about 2.30 to 8pm in the end. 8 barbel and 9 chub in total.

4 small barbel in the 2 - 4lb bracket and 4 bigger fish over 7lb the biggest which went to 8lb 5oz. Lost what seemed like a good double which literally straightened the hook after an awesome fight and another which cleverly transferred me to a snag, it's certainly no place for light tackle! The stamp of the chub was impressive with most of the catch made up of 4-5lbers....

....So all in all, fantastic fishing - many thanks.

Best days fishing ever will return very, very soon.

Doldowlod ? caught 3 grayling, the best of which was around 2.5lbs (my best ever) and lost 2 decent fish. All returned. Sparse hatches throughout the day and the water seemed rather low and gin clear ? not easy but hugely enjoyable.

Fenni Fach ? 2 small trout saved a difficult day (returned of course). The water was dropping through the day and again, the water was incredibly clear which made the trout very spooky indeed. Lost one cracking fish at the end of the day. Reasonable hatches of small and medium upwinged flies through the day. Again, hugely enjoyable and the surroundings on this beat are absolutely stunning. Had I not had to return to London by late afternoon, I sense that the evening would have been a lot more productive as the hatches were gathering momentum from around 4pm and I dare say that some of the better fish would?ve come out to play in the fading light.

Thanks for sorting everything out. I?ll be back soon!

Hope all is well. Thanks for organising the trip - we had a great time. The weather was amazingly good and the trout were fighting! We only kept 3 fish - all grayling, taken from Ty-Newydd, all around the 1lb size. We had success with the trout thoughout the three days, and I was surprised how well they fought for their size...

What can I say ? a fantastic stretch of river and all to ourselves.

Coming from Essex we have a shortage of good strong rivers to fish and this was simply heaven for my friend and I. We have searched for wild surroundings and wild fish and now have found it.

We caught 3 x Barbel up to 8lbs and all swam away strongly after a short rest and were all in good condition(and no break offs !!) This stretch would have to be one of the best Chub stretches I have ever fished with all fish well over 4lbs and the best running to nearly 7lb, and to keep us purists happy Dace, Roach and Chub all came to the stick float and centrepin. There was even a 3? long Rainbow Trout with a liking for Corn!

Our thanks for supplying an outstanding fishery and we will be back. I am so pleased to hear you want to keep this stretch away from the fishing pressure that now exists with a lot of the Severn , Avon etc.

I will contact you in the near future but are planning a two day stint in the Autumn.

Finally I have to say you are extremely lucky to have this piece of Angling Heaven on your doorstep set amongst beautiful countryside. Thanks again ?

My son and I spent the Monday float fishing and whilst I enjoyed sport catching dace after dace (not so common nowadays) to a lb in weight Philip could not stop catching chub and he certainly would have filled a keepnet.Around 5pm Philip went on the ledger and promptly lost 2 barbel but third time lucky he caught a personal best of 10lb 2oz which was in pristine condition and made his and my day.
Tuesday was an all out assault on the barbel but we continuously caught chub to 4lb then Colin the ghillie came along and suggested fishing the end of the stretch which we duly did.
The place was stuffed with fish and I managed to wade and catch my first Wye barbel which was especially satisfying as I actually watched the fish take the freelined bait (there is none better).
Unfortunately novice canoeists then decided to stop in the shallows and curtailed the sport.
We both reached our goals and caught a Wye barbel and left having thoroughly enjoyed ourselves both of us vowing to come back.

12 grayling mostly caught in late afternoon. All on floating red sedge. Best a good 2lbs from channels beat bottom pool. Very few fish rising, not much fly life, though eating my sandwich on bridge at Doldowlod I saw a huge grayling just above bridge chase a sedge fly, its dorsal fin cutting the water like a mini shark.

I write to thank you for arranging the fishing at Dan-y-parc last Monday 7th,also for the introduction to Rich White. Despite the heat and the somewhat low water level I had a most wonderful couple of hours...... This was my first time for over 55 years on a river but it will not be my last.. Rich was a very good guide and managed to improve my somewhat heavy handed reservoir style.

I intend to try and get over to your area every three or four weeks and look forward to calling at your offices on my next visit,I don?t think I shall bother too much with
reservoirs in this area in the future - quite boring compared to your rivers. Once again, many thanks for all your help