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Hot sunny weather, river very low, only fished evening.
Plenty of chub about but they weren't interested in feeding managed one bite from 8lb 9oz barbel.
Second day fished evening again 8lb 10oz, 4lb 14oz and
8lb 4oz barbel.

4 Barbel

River was low and clear. Weather was hot and sunny. Tough day on this beat. All fish bar one came before 8am. Barbel from 4lbs to 8lbs 12oz.

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

Not many accessible fishing spots and we struggled in the heat and went up the pub!

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

River really low. Top section of beat needs more swims to fish from lower section. Completely different lovely stretch of the river, needed 2 to 3 foot of water, gin clear. Still caught fish but hard work. Barbel up to 8lb, Chub to 5lb, bait used - corn and pellet on feeder.

24 Barbel, 15 Chub

Being above Hereford you dont seem to get as many canoes on this beautiful stretch of the Wye and this was the case today. The river was low and clear so I scaled down to 7lb flourocarbon hook length size 12 hook and managed just 9 bites but everyone resulted in a fish on the bank. All the barbel were between 6lb to just under 9lb, the chub around 3lb to 4lb range. SB had 2 chub and lost a big fish later in the day.

7 Barbel, 4 Chub

Great fishery, beautiful scenery. Two rods both fishing for Barbel/Chub. 5 Barbel 5lbs and up, best 8lbs. 3 Chub best 4lbs. All fish were in excellent condition, although a couple of Barbel slightly thin across their backs. A great day first time on the Wye.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

Water was low and clear. Barbel clearly visibly spawning and therefore quite pleased that we caught any. My colleague picked up all four barbel with a biggest of 7lbs 10oz. An excellent day none the less and looking forward to returning later in the summer.

4 Barbel, 7 Chub

All fish on Meat or Pellet.

5 Barbel, 5 Chub

My first visit to this beat, which is beautiful both lower and upper beat. The lower being the easier to fish and access, unfortunately no fish banked today.

The barbel are still spawning (I observed this one evening on the camp site I was staying at) so I think they are two to three weeks behind due to the low Spring/early Summer temperatures.
This was my first time at this fishery and so spent some time walking all the banks. I say walking the banks but the upper section is more like deep jungle and impossible to fish from the bank for trees. Fished the upper section long trotting with bread flake for five nice chub.

5 Chub