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My best day on the Wye, catching nine good sized barbel. The biggest a long, lean beauty of 9lb 6oz, with four others over 7lb. Plus a 4lb 6oz chub. All the fish on pellets. The river level increased a few inches in the last couple of days, due to arrival of the rain in Wales last week. Also a calm day after a windy day is usually good for barbel, so the planets were aligned perfectly today.

9 Barbel, 1 Chub

2 barbel, both in the 7lb class, and 3 chub, caught on pellets from the croys in the middle of the stretch

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Caught three barbel up to 7 1/2lb, using pellets from the croy swims.

3 Barbel

Caradoc 28th & 29th June:
28th
First time I've fished this section. Dropped into first likely looking area had 1 small Barbel probably sub 4lb first cast then struggled a bit before having a small chub of around 2lb followed by a good Chub of 6lb 2oz. Moved down river after lunch where I dropped onto some fish and had 7 more Barbel. One at 10lb 6oz (weighed), another at around 8lbs 8oz and the rest in the 4/7lb bracket. Fished from around 6 AM to 6 PM.
29th
Dropped back in the same spot as previous day had a fish of around 6.5/7lb first cast followed by two more of a similar stamp. Unfortunately got a call to say my wife had been taken to hospital so had pack up at around 8.50am to dash back to Cornwall. Fished from around 07.00am to 08.50am
A great stretch of river.. Although I'll probably be back I think the W & U have a number of great stretches that provide better value for coarse fishing.

11 Barbel, 2 Chub

6 barbel, all on pellet river very low and clear. Had first fish 10.30am, the others between 4pm and 8pm, biggest fish 9lbs 4oz. Will return but not as often due to price increase.

7 Barbel

Had to keep moving to find fish, all caught on pellet/feeder.

10 Barbel

8 barbel caught.

8 Barbel

Went for an early start and caught a 6lbs 2 oz barbel at 05-30. A few small chub later in the morning, all the fish on pellets. Barbel still scarce.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

This really is a fantastic stretch of water with probably every type of Barbel swim going. Having had some useful information from a local tackle shop we were dissapointed to also find out that the river was fishing poorly due to the unseasonal weather and late spawning. We stuck it out all day searching from spot to spot and managed to get 6 out with 3 above 8lbs and 1 touching the 10lbs mark. A very pleasent day but not as prolific as we had hoped. Roll on July!

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

Ledger, feeder and float fished pellet, luncheon meat and corn. No fish caught. Very disappointing start to the season.