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2 Barbel, 6 Chub

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

Filthy, wet day. River rising. 2 chub on trotted pellets in the morning.

2 Chub

This was a short evening trip. The river was at a normal summer height, having risen a bit over the last few days. It was a bit coloured and there was a lot of blanket weed, even in the fast runs. I eventually settled below the Wyebank pool. I had a little barbel first cast then a few small chub. I left before the last hour as there seemed no prospect of improvement. Not a great start to the new season, but things can only get better! The track along the beat, which was always a bit tricky in places has now deteriorated following the winter floods and rain.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

Extremely high water level meant we sadly couldn’t fish, well be back another time I’m sure!

River high fast and coloured Used 120g cage feeder and 4ft hooklink with a 14mm halibut pellet One Barbel = 7lb 11oz

1 Barbel

Bad day no fish no bites not really fishable not a good beat

A tough day at the office for us today as the water levels were up quite a lot. However, we managed a couple of our targeted fish along with lots of small stuff off the steps.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

River was high and coloured (1.7m at the river level monitoring station) with lots of weed and logs being washed downstream.
Difficult conditions but I managed a 7.5lb barbel on the second cast. A massive fight in the strong flow.

1 Barbel

Arrived just after the morning rain had stopped to find the river a bit low but with plenty of flow, as usual here. I started with a bite after five minutes and hooked but lost a small barbel and thought I was going to have a typical Wyebank day with several small fish and the odd larger one. However, there was no more action until late afternoon, when I hooked and lost three chub in the weeds. The day was not going well, but I landed the next chub, a lovely fish weighing a whisker under 5lbs. As evening drew on I at last had a barbel, of about 5lbs, followed by another good chub, a bit smaller than the first. Meat was the preferred bait today.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub