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Was lovely heading to an old favourite ..... went with a fishing buddy of mine from Rhayader , Mac . He used one of his Prince Albert permits for todays fishing .... Got there nice and early ... I think around eightish .... maybe a bit before .... Overcast and initially a lovely South westerly ripple ti start thr day .... ohhhhhh yes ... fantastic ... we tackled up , and I opted for a team of two and some of my favourites for Bugeilyn !.... we both started on the bank past the boathouse as the wind was then coming from our left shoulders... however, later in the day it picked up and changed direction to a more Southerly strong wind !!
Sport was fabulous , as is the case here, when you get the retrieve and fly right .... .... JD did mention in his last report about the Size of the fish ... good strong ten to twelve inch beauties .... I think in a tally of 24 I only had seven small fish ..... lovely markings too on the typical Bugeilyn brownies ......
Midday, three other chaps, who booked late with the Passport turned up and not sure how they did as they worked the Christmas tree bank ..... which incidentally is growing nicely ... last time I came here which is over two years it seemed about shoulder height ..... well, its certainly doing OK now, must be six foot, maybe more !!!
The track down isn't bad at all, although you can already see where the scalping are being washed away by run off .... but it's certainly manageable with a higher truck ...
One gripe , well its not really a gripe, more a concern .. the Nuphar, or brandy bottle lillies are sort of taking over here .... and spreading out rapidly.... lots of the opposite bank not approachable now .... could do with a thin out ...before it gets out of control ....WUF COULD YOU PASS THIS ON AS A CONCERN TO THE OWNER .....
Anyway , twas a superb day in the hills .... total fun !! Lots of brownies too .... just ring the changes till you start getting takes.... simples !! An excellent day and one to remember ..... we both agreed that its a nice change from our Elan valley and Claerwen waters !!!
Will head here again soon ....back home and a bottle of Old Speckled Hen me thinks ...... sorted !!!! Lol !!

24 Trout

3 Trout

Stronger wind than expected had a big impact on this very open accessible beat- not a take on nymphs and only saw one rising fish-put a crippled mayfly pattern over it and it was game on. Just getting the net out and away went the fish! Hung on until 7pm, but still blowy. Although the river is low, there is plenty of water to fish. Must try it on a calmer day.

River clear and normal level. Cloudy/ sunny. Fished around 10:00 to 19:00, 2 swims above and below biblins bridge both steep high banks, glad I took my rope. Slow fishing, 1 chub around 4lb and an eel in the morning on light ledger link with luncheon meat. Pellet and Feeder in the afternoon, lots of chubby bites and finally landed 1 fine barbel just under 10lb.
Canoes and paddle boards all very mutually respectful.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

A decent day for once. The first barbel of the season after several blanks.

Arrived for an evening session at 5 and the first swim was occupied by a herd of cows, so moved on.

Wandered further downstream and had an entertaining few hours. A couple of eels in late afternoon followed by 3 barbel between 7-9 pounds and a chub. Missed a couple of fish too.

Just as I'd almost given up on The Wye after several quiet trips.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Other

Only fished from 5-8am. Parking not obvious. Access to much of the stretch very limited. Some much is very overgrown and path maintenance is very poor over much of the stretch. All water is relatively, slow flowing so more suitable to bottom fishing. I was only interesting in trotting. One chub about 1.5lbs caught trotting, with sausage meat. I decided to book the adjacent Wyebank stretch for the rest of the day.

1 Chub

Five barbel to 6lbs and three chub to 3lbs caught trotting, with sausage meat. A beautiful stretch of streamy water. Lots of canoe activity, but not an issue with mutual consideration.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

Chub very active. Used feeder, trotting and rolling meat. River low and clear.

30 Chub

After a very promising start, (two Barbel hooked, one lost to a hook pull) by 6am it was tough going on static baits but plenty of hefty Chub to roving tactics with the float, mostly to bread.

1 Barbel, 26 Chub

Barbel 10+ nice fish. And 3vermin

1 Barbel, 3 Chub