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Did not fish, due to planned inclement weather.

Most taken by freelined or link ledgered bread

16 Chub

My first visit to Wyastone Leys. Access was as described on the Angling Dreams YouTube video. Some steep banks of course, but it's the Wye, not a Commercial fishery so to be expected.
Conditions were hot and bright and the river was running low and clear. Not ideal.
Boat traffic was okay, maybe 10 on the morning I fished, and all were polite and considerate - none of us are going anywhere so we may as well try and get along and unite for the good of the river!
I don't own waders or have the confidence to wade on an unknown river on my own so trotting a float wasn't the easiest but I gave it a go, no bites but I think having maggots would have helped with that. I think this fishery is ideal for wading/trotting.
Fishing a groundbait feeder further along the English end of the stretch which seemed deeper was where I felt most comfortable, so stuck at it. Probably not ideal conditions for a static bait, but hey ho.
Caught a decent, hard fighting eel first cast, approx two and a half pounds.
Then my travel Barbel rod broke unexpectedly whilst testing the clutch, never had that in 40yrs angling! Luckily I had a sturdy telescopic rod in the car so ran back for that.
At lunchtime the rod hooped over and what I assumed was a Barbel made it's way further into England, stripping line from the reel as it went upstream, what a fight!
I rested the fish for a good 10 minutes before quickly weighing, resting again, and returning my best barbel ever (I've only caught 4) at 7lb11oz. Fish had some old scars and it seemed to be blind in one eye but was still beautiful and fighting fit. Delighted!
A great days fishing in beautiful surroundings, thank you.

1 Barbel, 1 Other

Not a touch, rolled meat for 3 hrs, then far bank gulley on feeder and pellet until 4pm. Didn’t see a fish roll. Very quiet. But lovely scenery.

Very enjoyable evening rolling meat over shallows. 3lb Barbel, both chub over 4lb and the other 5 were eels, which while nice to see in numbers wouldn’t leave the meat alone! Try again tomorrow.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 5 Other

Good to get the barbel/chub ratio going in the right direction.

8 Barbel, 1 Chub, 3 Other

New venue for me, went to scout and fished for couple of hrs this evening. Nice venue, instructions clear on map etc, U-tube video helped. Blank only avoided by eel that picked up flavoured meat at 8pm. But will certainly keep trying.

1 Other

Couple of hours 7ish till dusk baited a few swims as had woods to myself. 3.6m net handle useful allowed me to fish the “flood swims” . One chub was a real lump pushing 6lb. Not sure if one of the eels was a conger!! Over 4’ long - terrifying
I saw a post saying no swims 1st visit and majority are still accessible and cleared.

Given the temperature did better than expected tbh

2 Chub, 2 Other

ALL three of us was disappointed in this beat looking at some videos the work or any work has not
Been carried out over 2yaers or more the three of us have fished many parts of the wye over years and have to be honest
We will not be rushing back and it would be a good idea if someone could put a sign on the gate saying NO PARKING IN FRONT OF GATE most annoying S G NO FISH MH 2 CHUB S M 4 CHUB 1 EEL

6 Chub, 1 Other

Given the hot , windy and sunny conditions with the level at 0.1m at RoW, this was always going to be a challenging day for the 3 of us fishing.

The video on the WUF website overstates how easy it is to fish and most pegs required above average agility. The meadow area does not have many accessible swims. Not much sign of recent bank maintenance. Note the opposite bank appears to be some form of club water with numerous cut out swims. 3 anglers fished opposite and we did not notice them catch anything

Having said that 4 chub were caught on the float , the best going around 5Lbs and the day was made by a very nice 7Lb thickset barbel that went off like a train.

Despite the barbel, this is probably not a fishery we would be returning to .

1 Barbel, 4 Chub