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This was my last day of the three Holme Lacy days. I had about three hours on the water due to needing to dry my tent, lunch and get back home.
Began on the float and caught three chub then went back to the car for the barbel rod. This was the most hectic fishing I have ever experienced with a barbel hooked within two seconds of may bait first hitting the water and keeping the same bait on for the second cast caught a lovely sized chub again immediately. This went on and only slowed slightly and I ended up with 4 barbel and 17 chub some in the 4 to 5lb range.

4 Barbel, 17 Chub

Very low water as could be expected. Plentiful fly life, sedge, cranefly, olives, stones but only three or four rises all the time I was there. I did oversleep though and get there a wee tad late. Was hoping for an explosion of olives but it never happened. Flies used, cdc emerger. Would of probably connected to more nymphing. Near the top of the brook someone has thrown what looks like a whole tree in a bundle which is blocking your way upstream.

10 Trout

Slow day but managed 1 good barbel and two nice chub touch ledgering. Lovely stretch of the Wye.

Best barbel was 9lbs 7ozs. All fish were caught on combinations of pellet. Bright sunny conditions with river level low.

28 Barbel, 2 Chub

A good days fishing 5 x trout for me 3 x trout for my brother, the two largest 12 inches, the rest 6-9 inches.

8 Trout

Grayling were great on the top today, 19 & 20ins fantastic specimens! This beat does produce big fish. All on D/H sedge.

2 Trout, 6 Grayling

River low and clear, all fish on various pellet baits.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

Inspired by a previous report of many grayling, the day was enjoyable but somewhat disappointing. A lovely place to be but the fish were rising only very sporadically. Concentrated therefore on duo and Czech nymphs taking 4 fish in the middle part of the day; 3 grayling to 16" and a solitary trout of about 13", all to the duo nymph. The fish were in the tails of the fast water. River very low and clear and dropping air pressure may have played a part.

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

Nil return. River very low, hardly clearing the falls at top of the beat, but also a bright day. Plenty of salmon par, but only encountered one trout rise, fish size less than 50mm. Lower part of beat best, due to the growth of brambles, it was necessary to wade long distances (lack of exit points). Slight interest in an Adams but gold head best.

Low and clear river but pleased to end the day with 9 well conditioned barbel taken on pellets.

9 Barbel