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An otter and a kingfisher made an appearance but no grayling unfortunately. Four out of season wild brown trout 11” to 14” safely released.

4 Trout

No catch

One oos trout and a very small grayling, both on nymphs, nothing rising.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Cracking day, river looking lovely good amount of flow. Started on the beach section and despite conditions being bob on struggled to get a bite even on the float, which we tried for a while but to no avail. Then just as we had decided to go and try the bottom section I had a lovely barbel of 10lb 2oz. We still moved and managed a few chub from the bottom section, again nothing trotting, sometimes they just wont take a moving bait! then a move back up to the first swims really produced the goods. Chris had a lovely 6lb chub first cast back and i managed two more barbel weighing 9lb 8oz and 10lb 3oz. The last one literally pulling the rod round as I picked it up to reel in for the day. All fish came to spiced meat, didn't seem to want pellet as a hookbait. So 3 Barbel and 9 chub overall, lovely stretch, would recommend but access very tricky for lots of the sections and you need waders and or spike and rope for much of it.

3 Barbel, 9 Chub

Tough day.
Fished in the woods. All fish came in a 2hr window around midday.

5 Chub

A lovely beat but the fish were not playing ball with only small chub and barbel being caught.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

Plenty of leaves but no fish
Regards
Denis

A tough day on a low and clear river. Tried but failed to spot any fish so fished "blind". Caught a couple of small chub (ounces) in a few swims and a 3lber and a 4lber in one of them. All on trotting tactics. They seemed to switch off very quickly though. We were mullered by small fish (dace mostly) on any bait other than meat and had not so much as a sniff on feeder tactics despite fishing most of the available swims.
Upper half is typical Wye water with gravel runs, pools and faster water. Lower half is more like the Severn with deeper, slower water.
As others have said, a beautiful beat with great access. As long as you don't mind the "spectators" at the Weir Garden watching you then then it's a lovely place to be but we were surprised how hard the fishing was.
Again, as others have said, the corner swim is a snag pit but trotting there was ok.
Would return but only when the level is up as, looking at the catch returns, it seems a difficult stretch when the river is low.

10 Chub

Nothing seen or caught.
Did see 3 otters in playing in the reeds outside the cottage.

Having arrived 45 mins before first light and forgotten my head torch i eagerly awaited the darkness to turn to light before slowly unpacking the car putting my waders on, it was soon light enough to make the short walk to my selected swim for the day. With rain and cloud forecast for the morning and sunny in the afternoon i was really looking forward to another (hopefully) successful session, after seeing the river i was thankful to see it a nice tinge of brown i could not wait to get the rod in the water. Bite time was slow and after changing to meat my fortunes changed, i had three bite in quick succession, and delighted to land three Chub of 5lb 2oz, 4lb 13oz, 4lb 8oz, and another hour or so later around 4lb, only no sign of those elusive Barbel? As the sun started breaking through the clouds the bites started to diminish i managed another fish an eel of 2lb, Next cast i was snagged again and promised myself if i lost anther rig after the 5 times previous i'd call it a day, i guess what yes i lost it. Canoe traffic was light, so no complaints this time. Thanks again WUF for great access to a great river, i'll be back in a few weeks to try again.
** yes almost forgot, when i settled into my swim i watched a wild otter playing in the margins on the opposite bank before disappearing into the undergrowth... i was blown away, my first wild otter.. !

4 Chub, 1 Other