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2 Barbel

Fished for a few hours on different pegs, no fish. First ever blank on the Wye!

1 Chub

River up but running surprisingly clear. 1 barbel around 6lb 2nd cast, from first swim by car park followed by a lost fish soon after and plenty of interest. Another lost fish from our friend a swim downstream and we stopped getting knocks, A walk down the beat saw us try a couple of swims that have produced in the past.. the pump station and the pool by the second parking spot. Not a sign of any interest in our ground bait and pellet approach. As soon as we returned to the first swim another 4lb fish was landed followed by another lost fish. Plenty of knocks and big 3ft twitches with nothing on the strike was very frustrating, stayed until the bitter end when another big fish was lost on last cast to a snag. Strange day. More fish lost than landed. In hindsight should have taken maggots but thought the river would be pushing through too fast and coloured but although up was clear, tried meat but to no avail.

2 Barbel

Roved the whole beat. Just 3 Chub with 1 decent barbel lost late in the afternoon.

I collected a broken fishing chair from the swim in front of the pumping station. Not sure if it was left deliberately in not?

3 Chub

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

Heavy rain,river rising

7 Barbel, 2 Chub

River on the rise came up a good 1ft 1/2 lovely day until it come to leave then couple of angler’s car got stuck going up the hill and needed the tractor to pull it out and we had to wait before we could leave.

3 Barbel

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

2 Anglers. 4 barbel and 4 chub. Lucky with the mild weather. River gently rising throughout the day. One good barbel in morning and three in afternoon towards dusk. All on pellet. Both fished along the first stretch by the car park in a number of swims. Kingfishers wonderfully ever present and by the end of the day a number of trees going past! Only a few canoes- all very pleasant. Take heed about the hill and thanks to the kindness / patience of others getting us out of a pickle.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub