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rivers-beats: Dan-y-Parc
weather: Cloudy, heavy showers, cool.
conditions: High, some colour.
fly-hatches: Sedges, olives & midges
4 Brown trout to 1.5lbs on Olive imitations.

Another interesting day, if the weather and conditions had been better I think it would have been a bumper day, there is obviously such a good head of trout.

I am afraid that the salmon were too clever for me - once again!

However I did land a big brown trout - did not keep it but it must have been a 3lb fish as it put a respectable bend in a 15ft rod - I thought I had finally caught my salmon!

Kind regards

First time to use the system of on-line booking. (Also haven't fished the Wye for approx. 25 years). System worked very well - very convenient, excellent directions & map. Also caught my FIRST EVER barbel, so overall an excellent experience (despite the unseasonal weather). Will definitely recommend to friends.

WUF Notes: 2 x chub to 1lb 14oz. Caught on Cheesepaste. 1 x barbel to 4lb 4 oz. Caughton: Legered halibut pellet

Well....

I think it's been my week. I managed to get two fish today at Bigsweir.. 12lbs and 6lbs both on a Pot Bellied pig and using a v fast sinktip line. The water when I arrived was quite coloured and did not look promising and by mid day it was completely chocolate. However, I banked the first at 10.15 and the next at 11 ish with the hight tide coming in at about 1pm.. both fish were caught on Wyeseal. Lots of fish were showing that looked to me as if they were moving fast up river. Both fish were returned.

Thank you very much for helping me to fish at Sheephouse on Saturday and Luggsmouth on Sunday.
My catch report: Saturday 2nd July 2008: 1 barbel 6lbs, 2 chub largest 4.25lbs, 1 dace. 2 Barbel fell off. Huge amounts of Himalayan Balsam bankside. Water rising and quite vinegary to brown later.

Sunday 3rd July 2008: 11 barbel largest 8.5lbs, 3 chublets biggest 1lb and a dace. Water dropping quickly and clearing.

All in all very good fishing.

Weather, overcast. Conditions, clearish. Fly-hatches, BWOs with 1 mayfly seen

Had a brief hook up with 1 trout that rose to a Black Kilnk and a couple of tugs on gold head hare's ear, but other than that nothing. I did at one point spend about half an hour in nettles way above my head as I tried to get out of the river. All good fun.

There were fish rising very sporadically, but no fish rising regularly in one place.

Great service as ever from the foundation.

2 x 7?lb barbel. 2 x 4?lb chub, 1 x 3lb chub. 1st visit to Wye & Usk Foundation waters. Very impressed.... will return.

Just to let you know how we got on last Thursday. Between the four of us we had 5 barbel up to about 8 lb and 5 chub up to about 4 lb. The conditions weren't very helpful and most of the fish were caught late into the evening by which time it was raining heavily. We all enjoyed the beat despite the relatively poor catches and I will certainly try it again in the autumn. Thanks

Sun 27th July - Caradoc: 2 rods - 1 barbel(7lbs) 2 chub to 4lb 8oz (very hot & sunny & river lowish)

Mon 28th July - Holme Lay: 2 rods - 2 barbel (5lbs) 4 chub to 4lb 9oz (very hot & sunny & river lowish; end of day thunder storms)

Tue 29th July - Caradoc: 2 rods - 16 barbel to 8lb 8oz and 8lb 4oz (river invigorated by previous evening storms)

Wed 30th July - Backney: 2 rods - 11 barbel to 8lb 8oz

All fish weighed on electronic scales. Very enjoyable even when fishing slow.

M.J. Holmes

Barbel to 9lb 5oz, chub to 2.5lbs and several eels. Approx 20 salmon sighted to mid double figures