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River down and slow, rained all day, very few bites but a couple of lovely chub around the 5lb mark on feeder/pellet.

2 Chub

Quite difficult conditions with frequent showers of much needed rain but river very low. A fair amount of fly life hatching mostly bright yellow bodies. No luck with gold heads so switched to dry even though no rises. Had a few rises to a yellow dry and managed to hook one. Later had two on a small yellow emerger at top of beat. Watched otters playing for ten minutes fifteen yards from me and decided to leave it to the experts!

3 Trout

All fish caught on pellets using feeder or pva bags biggest barbel 7lb 3oz. Fished from 2pm till dark canoe traffic was not too bad but banks were slippery after the rain we had so take care.

6 Barbel, 5 Chub

All fish caught on pellets using feeder or pva bags biggest barbel was 7lb 3oz. Canoe traffic was not too bad but banks be came very slippery after rain we had so take care.

6 Barbel, 5 Chub

2 Chub

20 Chub

Enjoyable day for 2 anglers other blanked

2 Barbel, 18 Chub

Always a gamble booking this beat at this time of year, just wanted to make amends for a dismal display back in April ! Alas recent lack of rain had left this stretch of river wanting. The faster water was very skinny and the deeper water was nigh on at a standstill. No hatch, no fish seen or risen, easterly breeze steadily increased and drizzle turned to heavy showers, I got the message.

After many years of fishing I decided to introduce my wife to the joys of angling! Not the weather we had hoped for but that's the first rule of fishing! After a quick casting lesson on the bank Mrs E was soon throwing a decent line out and contacting the odd fish. Only a couple of little ones landed but we had a fun day and plenty of stories to share over dinner in Hay-on-Wye that evening.

2 Trout

Very tough going. Some nice swims but fish not responding well at the moment

2 Barbel, 2 Chub