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River was fining down after the rain at the weekend. Caught a couple of chub on barbel barrel pellets. No sign of any barbel.
This stretch of river had few swims and was tricky to leave up the track by car. I don't have an off-roader!

2 Chub

Neil fished today in the first meadow and caught steadily through the day

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

Barbel 6 to 8lbs chub 3 to 4lbs all caught on pellet and feeder.
River coloured and rising.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

My first Wye Barbel, 5.0 LB and 7.14 LB and 3.8 LB Chubb . Nice fish.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Very busy day. We caught lots of chub, 32, in our usual swim with 3 barbel during the afternoon. The chub took the bait within seconds. Pellet or boilie feeder fished.

Decided to move and find a swim with a better ratio of barbel to chub and bobbed into one for the evening and that got us another 8 barbel. A good move and a bit more relaxing too. Watched a juvenile kingfisher getting used to angling today too.

11 Barbel, 42 Chub

7 Barbel, 5 Chub

Love this stretch - every inch of the bank accessible. Great work done at entrance now - no bottoming out. Still very dangerous to get out if on your own - as I was. Next time I'll get out and look up the road first. Other cars really speed along that road.
Please be aware if coming from Ross that there are long standing road works just before Holme Lacy bridge involving a lengthy detour - if you know better to get to stretches like luggsmouth. holme lacy elms etc via hoarwithy bridge. No problem if coming from Hereford. Anyway the fishing- river up , no weed , brown(chicken water). Couldn't hold with 4oz and a big bow in the pylons pool. moved up to steadier water had 3 good chub and a barbel on small pieces of meat - nothing on pellet. Some small fish on corn on the float. Met a really friendly salmon angler who had a 10lb salmon in the pylon pool on a mepps. Chatted to Glynn the Ghillie - what a nice chap - who netted my lovely conditioned barbel after a spirited fight. We talked about the woes of the wye caused upstream and the problems of poaching during lockdown. Maybe he'll teach me how to salmon fish one day. As I was on my own I left just after lunch to make exiting a bit easier.
Love this beat - hope the Wye problems can be sorted before it is too late- write to your MP.

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1 Barbel, 3 Chub, 6 Other

The river was falling after the weekend spate but still plenty of flow and a bit of colour. Started in mid afternoon with an early chub and had a very welcome barbel around 17.00 followed by another about an hour later, which snagged me irretrievably. I fished on until 21.45, but with no sign of more barbel and increasingly heavy rain I called it a day. However the chub were of a good size up to 4lbs+. All on feeder and pellet or meat.

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

6 Barbel, 11 Chub

2 good sized Chub (5&3lb) as well as some small roach. Maggot and pellets. River very full. Lovely evening

2 Chub, 4 Other