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Fished by orchard, 6 barbel and 1 chub. River up by about 8ft but still great fishing. All caught on pellet between 10am and 2.30pm. No further bites until 6pm.

The river was a few feet up and coloured. Both rods ledgered with sweetcorn, luncheon meat, pellets with crab paste. Five fish landed including 3 barbel, biggest 7lb 10oz and two chub, four fish lost in snags. All in all a good day given the conditions.

2 Chub, 3 Barbel all on pellet.

Parked in Orchard, fished swim by car. 5 barbel to about 8lb, all caught between 10am and 4pm on pellet & meat. River was well up but fished very well.

We booked the whole weekend and following the heavy floods we were praying all week the river would drop in time for our annual Whiskers in the Wye trip. Tom and I were very lucky to find the river in perfect condition, good colour and dropping.
A slow start was had that first morning and a couple of chub were our reward for our long journey and early start. We stuck it out all morning in the first swim with no more results. A move was in call for and by mid afternoon the fish started feeding and didn't stop feeding. By the end of the weekend we had 38 fish between the 2 of us, mainly barbel and a good number of chub. We also tried for some pike but none were encountered. The barbel ranged from 5lb to 10.5lb with 3 doubles banked in total, we even managed to double hook up twice! All in all our best days fishing ever, a wonderful beat, wonderful wildlife set in wonderful countryside. Thanks WUF for enabling this opportunity. Looking forward next year!

2 rods caught 8 Barbel and 11 Chub. The Barbel only showed at the beginning and end of the day in low light and were taken on a combination of meat boilies and pellet. Most of the chub were taken on cheese paste fished on a mashed bread feeder. Another great day out on the Wye.

River very high and dirty with a large amount of weed coming down river making fishing very difficult. Very few fishing pegs fishable. Only two chub caught around three pound caught.

17 hooked only 8 landed due to snags. Caught in swim near island.

3 chubb to 3lbs 9oz, 1 perch 1lbs 8oz and several dace.

A good days fishing was eventually had by all 4 rods. Had to move around the stretch a bit to find the barbel & chubb. Not a prolific haul of fish but an enjoyable day none the less. Variety of baits used but pellet seemed to produce the fish.