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Fished bottom of beat 3.30pm - 7.30pm. Only 1 fish, 5lb barbel on pellet.

1 Barbel

River very low. Fished early to 2.30pm and never had a bite in any swim. Intended to stay late but driven off the river by kids and canoes. Never book fishing in a heatwave on the 1st wk of school hols again.

Hot sunny day, river low and clear. No bites or fish, tried all methods, meat, pellet, corn, long, short hook-links. They just weren't having it. Beautiful short stretch of river. Would go again when river a little higher. Good parking and pub very close.

Evening session at Wyebank, first time on this stretch access really good. River really low and boy was it hot.

Unfortunately no Barbel, Managed to winkle out 6 chub up to 3 1/2lb though mostly on corn.

6 Chub

River dropped again over night and after such a hectic day on the Monday, the barbel definitely seemed to have dropped back, possibly into deeper water downstream. Still, I had some great fun on the float catching the chub but lost a couple of nice barbel in the faster flow. However, I did catch a lovely 9lb+ barbel from the deep hole below the island so was pretty chuffed with that. Had to work much harder for the fish today but still a very enjoyable day on the Wye.

4 Barbel, 7 Chub

Great day's fishing on this lovely stretch even though it was getting on for 30c! All fish caught on pellets or corn on the float or feeder set up. Must have lost another 6 barbel throughout the day but still very happy to come away with 17! Really nice to meet Don too, lovely chap who is very helpful and knowledgeable!

17 Barbel, 6 Chub

Fished first light until about 8.30am. Got in the water to stay cool - long trotting corn and small pellets in the streamy water and had some fun with a few small barbel, some chub and dace. Didn't stay cool, the water is incredibly warm, but a thoroughly enjoyable few hours. The bites stopped almost as the sun got above the trees.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub, 3 Other

Another scorching hot day with a shady swim essential. Had 4 barbel early on then nothing until evening when got another 2.
Fished pellet feeder.

6 Barbel

Water low and clear. Fished lower pools and caught all barbel on groundbait feeder and pellet. Chub caught on float fished corn. Caught most fish in evening. Not too many canoes. Also, must thank Don for putting us on the fish.

21 Barbel, 4 Chub

An early morning session which resulted in a fish first cast and plenty of knocks and taps. Unfortunately this attention was from a shoal of small Chub. One Barbel of 4lb 6ozs showed up mid session but the Chub returned and I finished up with 6 of these to 3lb 14ozs before leaving to catch the tennis. NB Despite the low river, Wyebank is still pushing through at a good pace and looks great, I'm sure that the evening would have produced more fish - maybe next time.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub