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Great looking water, looked a bit fresher and with a bit more water on than a few weeks back on our last visit to the Wye.
Fished the top end of the beat in the morning, a good Chub landed first then a barbel of 6lb 10oz two further barbel hooked and lost. A number of smaller chub landed. Most taken on sweetcorn.
The other fish was a big dace on meat.
Moved to the other end of the beat mid afternoon and caught a good number of chub up to 1lb one decent fish hocked and lost. Slightly strange day, out of practice ?

1 Barbel, 20 Chub, 1 Other

Sultry overcast day with a gentle breeze. River low with algae build up in slow flowing areas. Southern arm of the river which flows around the ‘island’ at the bottom of Dinas now a trickle.

15 minute hatch of olives at 14:30 caught the attention of the martins but not the fish. Same with hatch of pale wateries around 17:00.

Three WBT on PTN fished on the edge of the fast water at the top of the beat

3 Trout

8 Trout

River was low and clear….. and fish were not their usual co-operative selves! We fished right up the beat for 6 trout and 1 grayling – nothing too big. The grayling really don’t seem to have got going yet, pretty well conspicuous by their absence. Mrs Otter paid us a visit last knockings – and am afraid the dreaded knotweed is back, will send an email with location for the habitat team. But still a wonderful beat to be on.

6 Trout, 1 Grayling

One small tiddler on a nymph.

1 Trout

3 trout taken, slow day but lovely fish

3 Trout

river low, some colour, fished lower end. chub of varying sizes caught on a mixture of baits, two largest on manilla dumbbells. weather hot and generally overcast. no barbel bites.

7 Chub

One small trout on a small nymph. Got a big trout to take a small orange dry fly early on (0730) but it broke my line (1.5 pounds). Hooked another small trout on a nymph but lost it. Stopped at 11am. Great beat, wonderful scenery and wildlife.

1 Trout

Lovely place, slow going plenty of swims

3 Barbel, 35 Chub