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River levels low, temp 8C first early on, rising to 20C later as the sun came out. Light southerly winds. Occasional fish rises am but little activity pm. A few BWO's flying about.
Hooked a decent fish early on using a CDC olive and lost it as the fish went around a rock and burrowed underneath it. Later pm, rose a fish along the glides using a BWO but missed it. Despite the frustration, a great day out on the river with a little extra entertainment provided by a Kingfisher.

Six swims fished by 2 anglers, very hard going , one rod had 4 Chub and the other 1 barbel.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

One of those days! Just could not tempt them for whatever reason!

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Started catching small trout on a downstream nymph as the light faded. Finished up with one nice one of about 1½lbs.

8 Trout

A wonderful place to spend the day fishing. Kingfishers, dippers , wagtails, herons, (and sadly) cormorants all seen. A fox wandered by on the path. Mushrooms were everywhere. A bedrock dominated venue. Luckily the 2 pools either side of the broken stile have a gravel substrate so for the sake of my back I concentrated on these. A trout and a grayling to spiders and a surprise dace to a small sedge. Missed two other takes but not much hatching or rising. Water level below 0.4 on Abernant scale. A venue for lower water conditions I would suggest.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Other

Another great day on this stretch, but we had to move a number of time to find the Chub

1 Barbel, 58 Chub

Water level very low, but you can see where the shallows and the deep water are - we concentrated on the deeper water because we couldn’t see any fish activity in the shallows. Barbel came before 12:00 and after 5:00 pm . Great day.

9 Barbel, 19 Chub

1 Trout, 1 Barbel

Mostly sunny on our last day of 5 on the Wye. Overall, good results considering the weather and river level. Barbel caught during this trip were between 3 and 9 pounds and in superb condition.

13 Barbel, 14 Chub

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