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Very, very tough.
2 anglers fished the bottom 2 pegs in the wood from 9am to 8pm. 1 angler fished a complete blank while I resorted to fishing meat just to get bites and ended up with a dozen eels and 3 small chub.
No bites on pellet or corn. Canoes were a nightmare, there were literally hundreds from 9am to 5pm, diving into the water in the swims being fished - though I don't think it actually made any difference to the fishing. The general ignorance of some people is quite astounding.

3 Chub, 12 Other

Tough going today not a knock till 6pm then chub started feeding. All between 3-5lb the barbel was 8-9lb.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

Two fish caught on pop up with worm.

2 Trout

8 chub, 1 barbel, 1 eel all caught on meat or pellet.
River looked really good with a small amount of streamer weed but that was not a problem. Not as many canoeists as we had expected but those who were out were very courteous and stayed well clear of us.

1 Barbel, 8 Chub, 1 Other

Despite the fishery owner driving over my tackle box at the top of the bank we had a great day. River low and clear and sunny all day. Would suggest anglers leave their stuff on the slope, not at the top of the bank. My 10 year old fishing partner had a nice chub early on and the owner visited and suggested another swim nearby had been successful for an angler the day before so we moved there. It was good advice and we began with a surprising 9 pound two ounce barbel at about 3pm to ledgered pellet. Another 8 (a small one pounder, four five pounders and three hard fighting seven pounders) followed before sundown between us. We shared a swim and the barbel. Some fantastic fishey battles in a beautiful part of the Wye valley and an experience neither of us will forget soon. Thanks to all.

9 Barbel, 1 Chub

Low water exposed pools and runs throughout the beat. Warm and overcast weather provide great conditions for a catch.
The vast majority of the fist caught were small trout, below 6" in the faster water. Two nice grayling were caught in the early afternoon. Nearly all of the fish were caught on spider patterns such as Greenwell Spider.

17 Trout, 2 Grayling

My son had the 1 fish. I didn't have a bite. There was a lot of men there on the road side and they said it was a bad day fishing.

1 Trout

Very overcast in the morning but as the day went on started to brighten up. Staff very friendly as usual when checking tickets in the morning. Water levels very low which made for some tough fishing.

3 Trout

Water very low. Strong down stream at times making casting difficult. Only fish caught were those seen as rising fish 6"-9". No interest in nymph or wet fly. A lovely peaceful beat must return when more water.

3 Trout

A very different day to what I have planned before on this section. I took my son and arrived at Wyebank in a canoe landing at Lydbrook. It did feel a little like turning to the dark side briefly but gave me a very useful different view of angling in general on the Wye. I have to say that some anglers I encountered during the course of the day just hate canoeists! On the flip side some of the practices of some of the canoeist are incredulous and show a total ignorance and contempt for anglers, a shame as a little education particularly by the canoe hire companies would solve so many issues. Anyway, we arrived at about six o'clock in the evening and my son started fishing with me acting ghillie, which he seemed to enjoy! The river was incredibly low and very clear and canoes were still passing through at 7pm, he managed one barbel of about 4lb but bites were a bit scarce. We changed baits, using some boilies and various pellets but it was't until the canoeists ceased and dusk came that the fish started to feed. In total he caught 4 barbel, the biggest just over 7lb and 2 chub. The second chub being a monster 5lb 4oz, a new personal best. A very enjoyable evening. Unfortunately no photos as phone went flat.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub