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No fish landed on this visit but a stunning place to spend the day.

Chub and more chub. V hot day. Water low.

6 Chub

1 Chub

Only one angler fished.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Three fished. Hot and sunny so opted for afternoon and evening session. Maybe over 100 chub caught most over 3lb not much seen under this weight. We lost count as you would expect.A bite a cast. No barbel as you couldn’t get past the chub with any bait at all. Fished down the bottom end which is bit tricky to get to now so travel light. We sat on the bank off and on just enjoying the rest as we were all a bit tired to be fair. River was low with a bit of a tinge of brown still doesn’t look healthy. Meat , bread , carp pellets mostly used with some different baits to try and lure a barbel or two.

Great beat well looked after.

100 Chub

lovely place....

2 Trout

2 Trout

Only fished till 10am! Never packed in on a day out before but today was utterly awful! The fishing was just starting to look good for the day then the armada started. In 20 years of fishing the Wye i've never seen so many people in kayaks, sib, sup boards, swimming, loud music, abusive, ignorant humans.... even a polite couple that came past paddling said they weren't enjoying the day! I honestly think the days of fishing the Wye are over for me! Dreadful ????

1 Barbel, 8 Chub

A really disjointed fishing session to be honest!!! Saw my local streams the Clywedog and Ithon were booked up so a road trip it was !!!
I do take that quick journey from Rhayader for granted, as I did an hour initially to get to the Upper Cilieni .... ohhhhh dear, what a sorry state this stream is in !!!! No wonder it hasn't been fished this season !! The booking office should take heed of why a certain beat isn't getting booked !!! Anglers know things !!! I wouldn't have gone here if this dam crayfish plague hadn't put all our good beats out of action .... sods law hey, couldn't be the over grown, jungle ones that NRW close hey .... the good ones ....gggrrrrrrrrrr never mind, hopefully Edw , Arrow etc will be back in play soon .....
Interestingly the Ithon water above the very top of the Llanddewi beat looks cracking WUF ...perhaps a phone call, I'm sure Steve the farmer on the Llanddewi stretch knows him ...... its going to be one of two answers isn't it !!!! Make a great wild stream addition.... if you don't, I'll make my own enquiries .... We seem to be loosing a lot, either overgrown and not fishsble or permission has gone !!! Like Middlemoor and Mowley Wood ....fab beats they were too ......
Anyway , with the Upper Cilieni not fishsble bar perhaps the odd bit , needs some serious work done here, another one bites the dust, like the Pinsley Brook and the Escley beats !!!!!
Anyway onwards to the Bran ..... lovely babbling pools, not a huge head of fish I feel here ....With Polaroids on,i didn't see many tbh !!! Very spooky, but managed seven ... lots and lots of leg work today, did nearly five hours slow wade upstream......and driving too !!!! Fish between the six to seven inch range, all caught fair and square on the 18 Para Adams tight at the top of pools......
Lots of low hanging trees here in fairness, but my bendy spine gets used to this by the end of the season ..... Not a bad little stream ..... think I came here years ago with my Uncle .....Would I fish it again .... errrmmmmmmm maybe, tis a two day camel ride to get there in fairness ..... And, when the crayfish are all partying again, plenty to go at on the Wye catchment really .....
A nice end to a frustrating start ..... Home, dekit, and I think a stroll into town and a cold pint of Inchs Cider in The Crown ........ sorted !!!!!

2 Salmon, 7 Trout

1 Barbel, 1 Chub