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4 Barbel, 3 Chub

8 Barbel 10 or so chub. Lucky stone again. Noticeably less chub, which gave the barbel a chance. Had some lovely fish one pushing 10lb.
Fish came steadily during the day. All but one of barbel on feeder with ground bait and double 8mm pellet. other on trotted meat. They were quite cute and didn’t want big baits. Had to fish lighter than I would have liked in order to get bites. Canoeists back in force which I think effected such a shallow swim. River gin clear and low.

8 Barbel, 10 Chub

The other fish were ! Carp ,1 large eel
Nice venue apart from drunken canoests ,and people carrying dogs on their canoes ,then throwing small footballs for the dogs to retrieve , on our side of the river ,very doubtful that I would return to the river ,as I had also paid £200 for a guide !,
I certainly wont be recommending that any one would buy a weekend day ticket,for the Wye, very disappointed.

1 Barbel, 60 Chub, 2 Other

Weather was generally cloudy, small shower around 10am, some sunny spells. River slightly low, fished the dry river bed spot up from orchard parking. Used feeder with luncheon meat and over the day had chub including 5lb 7oz and 6lb 4oz, thrilled! Also barbel to 8lb10oz with two others over 8. Fabulous setting, great day.
PS tried three or four other swims down from orchard car park, no bites!

6 Barbel, 6 Chub

This was the first time I looked at/fished this beat. It is a fairly limited stretch so far as options are concerned with no shallower areas to create pools etc. I fished on the largest Croy which is closely accessible from the middle parking lay bye, although fairly steep. A recently fallen tree just downstream from the Croy however, limited options and ruined the natural flow. Hundreds of canoes! The river was fairly low with a mild tinge of colour and normally favourable.

I only fished this swim for around 3 hours before I called it a day and moved to a day ticket beat where I caught some good chub.

First of two days. Lovely venue. Very peaceful and access very good. The game keeper was very helpful too. The river was a bit low but at least is now running nice and clear. We had fairly steady action through the day with barbel to 8 lbs 4 ozs and Chub to around 4 lbs. All the fish were in very good condition.

10 Barbel, 6 Chub

Half a dozen barbel were on the small side but still great fun. Mostly on pellet. 2 eels

14 Barbel, 8 Chub, 2 Other

3 chub best 5lb the two other were eels,nice to see that the owner has erected posts with ropes attached will be a definite help in the winter.

3 Chub, 2 Other

2lb eel

1 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Other

All fish caught on feeder and pellet or meat from Island, Boat and Legg Meadow Pools. Barbel to 7lb 12oz and Chubb to 5lb 8oz. A few very small juviniles of both species cought too.
Canoeists, swiming youths and inflatable unicorns encountered in some numbers by the island which proved challenging but the fish there in the strong flow, perhaps best fished early or late to avoid the crowd.
All fish in beautiful condition. Another great day's fishing - thanks WUF.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub