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2 Barbel

1 Barbel, 9 Chub

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

The river level was up with water flowing over the croy on arrival, levels dropped during the session and the croy was dry by mid-afternoon. Water was very coloured and pushing through as you’d imagine. All fish were caught on a mixture of boilies and meat, the “other fish” was an eel. Largest barbel was 7lb 9oz and chub to 4lb 8oz. Another very enjoyable day on the Wye in a lovely quiet tranquil setting.

4 Barbel, 11 Chub, 1 Other

12 Chub

An afternoon/early evening session. The river looked good with decent summer height, good flow and a bit of colour. Weather rather bright but OK. Numerous snatchy chub bites from the off. Eventually hooked two on meat, but both snagged me and escaped. No activity after about 6.30 and no sign of barbel.

River coloured and running with a bit of height. Slow going only 2 barbel but lots of chub. I always see reports about people catching an eel. Thought it was a myth until now.

2 Barbel, 8 Chub, 1 Other

Fished last peg on the beat from the croy. The other fish was an Eel.

1 Barbel, 8 Chub, 1 Other

The river rose all morning and by early afternoon was 1/2m up from when we arrived. The fresh water had the fish on the munch though and we caught plenty of chub and 5 barbel by mid afternoon. However the bites dried up as the river peaked and started to fall. No coincidence I'm sure.

5 Barbel, 30 Chub

This is clearly a well looked after section. There's a wide variety of swims and access to them is generally good.
There's a short but steep climb up a footpath to get back to your car which gets the blood pumping a bit.
The lower end of the beat seems to be slightly deeper and slower whilst the upstream end is shallower and carries more pace. We opted for a couple of swims towards the upstream end.
The river held more colour than it had done in the previous few days and had also come up a bit. The fishing was steady rather than spectacular with Chub caught regularly on both straight lead and on the float. An early Barbel hinted that we might be in for a really good day but alas that was the only one.

1 Barbel, 22 Chub, 1 Other