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One bite, one chub on maggots but apart from excessive number of pheasants and a pleasant day. First time on beat, parking a problem as field not available due to ground conditions.

6 barbel, 1 chub. Lovely day on a great beat! Pellets and groundbait in feeder was winning method on the day.

P. 1 x Barbel 6.5lbs plus lots of small dace.
G. Diddlesquat.
Bait; bronze maggots, pellets, boilies.

After struggling on a rising river yesterday, we were relieved to find it dropping quite rapidly today, although still chocolate in colour. RB went for the static approach in a swim at the lower end of the beat and RW took a roving approach. RB had bites steadily throughout the day ending up with 6 barbel including two 8 pounders, and 2 chub. RW had to work hard for his fish, and caught 5 barbel to 6lb with 2 lost in two short bursts of action from different swims. All fish were caught on a mixture of boilies and halibut pellet.

Rod 1 - 12 Barbel 3 - 10lb 2oz, 1 Chub.
Rod 2 - 4 Barbel 8 - 9lb 6oz.

7 fish caught, a combination of Chub and Barbel with the largest Barbel being 7lb. The parking in the field was impossible due to the weather.

River a couple of feet up and holding. 11 barbel (from 3lb to 8lb) and a couple of chub caught. All fish came from either the pool at the bottom of the beat or the well trodden peg in the middle before the line of poplars. All fish caught on halibut pellet.

3 Anglers fished - 9 Barbel to 7lb, 1 chub and 1 eel.Lovely stetch of water, we fished the swims in the middle section. Found the booking process simple and the directions easy to follow. Thanks, we will be back on the Wye again next year.

Overnight rain left river about 4 foot higher than we we were used to on this stretch, with river in flood flowing twice as fast as normal. Had a couple of bites myself losing the last one in the weeds. My fishing mate moved swim to get a couple of barbel of about 5 & 9lbs so not so bad after all.

Surprisingly quiet day on a coloured, falling river, despite the rain that came down in the morning.
One barbel 3rd cast and then two small chub during the rest of the day. Not even any evidence of an evening feeding spell towards dark. Very strange, but I guess that's the nature of the game.