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9 Barbel

3 Barbel, 8 Chub

Rained cats and dogs so I had the river to myself all day. I just love the view back up the river.
15 Barbel and 5 Chub.

15 Barbel, 5 Chub

First time on the lower wye, 2nd time on the wye. I think the river might have been a bit low. Fished from 5am to 8pm. Contrary to common opinions about early mornings and evenings, all the barbel were caught between 11.20am and 1.40pm, which is also when the canoe traffic had built up. Between 2pm and 4pm the canoes just got too heavy to make fishing practical so i gave up and watched the chaos. Had to get in and help a capsizee at one point. The last fish was a chub at 7.15pm. No further bites. Lovely spot to fish. I think it might have been better with a bit more water and less canoes ie not during school holidays. Mind you, the fish don't seem to be too bothered by them. The barbel weren't huge, ranging from 3 to 7 pounds. I would definitely return to this swim. I thought it was well worth the money to have 300 yards of the river to myself.
The the only bites i got were about 2 thirds of the way out, just on the closest edge of the fast current. Didn't have any bites from within the pool itself. I only fished the bottom pool.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

4 Chub

Planned to get there early but with a difficult night's sleep got to the bank at 9:40am. 1 barbel to Pellet feeder within 2 minutes. Then the canoes came and made casting to the gravel on the other side impossible. The weed in the middle was unfishable so trotted and caught a chub and plenty of face in the slacker water. By 4pm the canoes disappeared and got back to casting to the gravel passed the weed - instant takes and had 6 more barbel by 5pm and they would have carried on for the rest of the evening but had to pack up as my wife needed picking up from the airport. Deffo stick to turning up at 4pm next time on a Saturday.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub, 12 Other

Lovely day fishing, canoes not a problem at all. Fantastic day, definitely recommend.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

4 Other

A great day on the Wye but a busy one. I have developed a new found fondness for the boating community in light of the swimmers who walk through your peg. First week of the school hols and 30 degrees guess I should have thought about that. I still really enjoyed it but found fishing tricky with the sheer volume of boats.
1 Big Eel

6 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

I fished the downstream end peg from around 10.30 to 4.15.
Despite the hot and bright conditions, there seemed to be plenty of fish feeding. These were mainly small Barbel in the range of 1.5lb to 4lb and Chub of a similar size.
Given the conditions I was expecting it to be much harder going than it was but was pleasantly surprised by the amount of fish which fed.
Standard feeder and pellet accounted for most with a couple of the Chub being taken on meat.

15 Barbel, 5 Chub