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3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Wonderful day. Very bright, hot sun but fish did not mind. All fish caught on pellet and boillie. Fish ranged from 2lb to 8lb. Saw pair of peregrines and a multitude of kingfishers. Many canoes also, but no problems, everyone was very good natured.

7 Barbel, 20 Chub

Fished by the hut, was very enjoyable and productive, lost a big fish ( no I really mean it !!!!) but caught a wonderful barbel and a couple of chub and an eel. Had to stop around 1600 as the river turned into a motorway for branches, tree stumps, logs and meadows. Ten seconds after a cast my rod was being pulled into the river........A shame really.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

Fished in the wood section and to start off river conditions looked perfect . Caught all the fish in the first 3 hours on flavoured meat but as the wind increased and the water level rose the amount of debris catching the line made fishing difficult so packed up and left for the hike back to the car .

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

First time on the beat for both of us. One fished by the fishing Hut and the other the 'Lucky Stone' . Relatively quiet during the day, sun was up. Sport picked up late afternoon / evening. All fish caught on mix of meat and pellet, on feeder method. Nothing on the float. Lots of kit lost due to deep weed beds. Barbel to 8lb 12oz and all chub over 4lb.
The walk around the woods was hard work, and I am relatively fit. It incorporates a decent hill. Forget a trolley , there are a number of steps and gates. Take light kit...then make it lighter! Don't try and cut through the wood where the land slide is marked, it is too dangerous wet or dry if you are carrying kit.
Great location, beautiful rural location, a few local dog walkers on the hut side, but courteous.

7 Barbel, 12 Chub

Super nice location. Very relaxing fishing for a lovely Sunday afternoon. Caught 3 barbel upto 7lb and 2 chunky Chub up to 4.5lb. One Chub almost pulled the rod in, was the ferocity of the take! Lost one barbel late on. Took a walk down to the woods and will try down there at the end of the month. Need to lighten the tackle up as is a bit of a trek. Nice venue.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Yet another lovely day on the Wye, started in the salmon hut swim and caught 3 chub between 7am and 11am, biggest 3lb. Moved into the lucky stone swim and steadily caught 12 more chub and 3 barbel. Most chub 3 1/2 lb plus with biggest at 4lb 14oz and 2 barbel at 6lb and biggest at 8lb. Also lost 5 fish to mix of hook pulls and snags, one feeling like nice barbel.
Started on boilies and pellets but caught most fish on flavoured corn tipped with rubber bait on hair rig.
Kingfishers were prevalent and I will be back very soon.

3 Barbel, 15 Chub

Excellent days fishing . despite arriving late ( 1pm) I was into the chub immediately from the swim in front of the hut . 4 casts produced 4 chub , probably around the 3 lb mark . i caught chub steadily for the next couple of hours with the occasional smallish barbel ( 6-7 lb ) . then there was a lull of about an hour from 1500 - 16.30 when it went completely dead , nothing , zilch , picked up again and caught more chub and barbel till i packed in at 19.30 hours. most of the chub were in the 3-4 lb range and the barbel were smallish until my last cast when i had a near double figure barbel..strangely none of the barbel were caught on meat but quite a few of the chub were . river was low and fast with floating weed being a problem. all of the barbel were caught using hinders Flatz pellets..

7 Barbel, 15 Chub

Good day. Warm and sunny. River conditions good. All fish caught on pellet.

7 Barbel, 8 Chub

Tough day, but beautiful location and stretch of the River Wye. The river was low and very clear and the fish did not seem to be there. Two of us targeted the Barbel in particular sticking to larger pellet, meat and bollies with the Barbel and larger Chub falling to 12/14mm pellets fished with a feeder.
One of us tried trotting in the afternoon for a few hours which produced some smaller Chub and some nice Dace, mostly on corn and flake. All of us fished the top section from the fishing hut to the boundary of the fishery.
I had a walk through the wooded section and looked downstream and was left thinking this area would have been more productive, but very tough fishing. Something for the more adventurous of you to consider before you start, and be prepared to travel light !

1 Barbel, 5 Chub, 10 Other