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Barbel caught on feeder/pellets, Chub on trotted maggots.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Caught 11 barbel to 7lbs 2oz and 4 chub on Thursday. Great days fishing. After the rain on Thursday, the river was just right first thing Friday and a 7lbs 14oz barbel and a few chub were caught. Then the river rose very fast and we had to pack up at 4.30pm as the foot path became flooded. Much debris coming down and difficult to hold in the slack in the bottom swim on Wyebanks.

12 Barbel, 7 Chub

Fished on the last peg all day. Met the owner who was very pleasant and helpful. Found the fish mid afternoon. Very good day. River had come up a few inches.

11 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fished dawn til dusk with all fish coming at either the beginning or end of the day when the sun wasn't directly on the water. The eight hours between the two periods of activity were hard work! All fish, including a small dace (?), were caught using the feeder with either pellets or dumbbell boilies. The river was no lower than it was when I last fished Wyebank back in early July but there was a lot more loose weed and debris running through the swim that kept catching on our lines. There were also a lot of canoes/kayaks between 12pm (after the rain stopped) and 4pm. All fish were small but pristine, the largest being just shy of 3lb.

11 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

Second day of two day trip. River still very low and clear. Trotting with maggots produced some nice dace and some reasonably sized chub. All the barbel were relatively small, although a larger fish was lost just as I packed up. All the barbel were caught on the feeder with long hook links with pellets as bait.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub, 20 Other

First of two day session. Only managed a couple of hours but caught a few nice fish. Barbel to about six pounds and chub to about four. All on pellets or homemade boilies.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

First visit to this section-used as a warm up for 4 days on Courtfield. Despite the very low level of the river and sunny weather we caught 4 barbel, 2 chub and several dace on a mixture of ledger and float tactics. A satisfactory start to our trip in a lovely location.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub, 15 Other

Lots of small fish caught trotting maggots by both of us. River low and a lot of canoe traffic. Disappointing results with feeder/ledger. Lots of baits tried. Large Chub/Barbel did not show for us today, but as ever it is a pleasure to be on the banks of the Wye again.

2 Trout, 2 Barbel, 2 Chub

River very low and very snaggy fished from 4.00pm with only one bite and one lost fish.

Never seen the river so low, so looked like it might be a tough day. Trying to show a non angler how to trot with a pin was the plan. The only swim that looked possible, with enough water to fish, was the bottom pool. We trotted it by wading out from the crib above. Feeding maggot, hemp and corn with maggot on the hook. Hooked lots of small chub, dace and 4 barbel, losing just one. Even I found it a bit difficult in the turbulent fast run with lots of small stuff attacking the bait. Changed to a very lightly fished small cube of meat and had a barbel first cast. For the last hour or so sat right on the end peg. One of us on heavier rig and big bait which did not get a touch, the other on maggot feeder and at times on small meat cubes. Got lots and lots of bites and had another couple of barbel. We only fished from 2.30 till 7.30 and on light gear, so even though the barbel were very small, none above about two and half pounds, it was good sport. The chub were all pretty small again nothing above two. A good day, great scenery, plenty of bites and plenty of fish for a novice angler to see.

5 Barbel, 20 Other