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4 Barbel

3 Barbel, 9 Chub

Having had numerous visits before it was my delight to bring my son Jon for his first barbel fishing adventure. Conditions were perfect for fishing the lower pool. The river had a tinge of colour and was 10” above summer level. Jon caught his 1st barbel 8lb on his 4th cast and continued to catch using red robin pellets and a feeder fished 2/3 over toward the end of the the pool.
I decided to get in the river to freeline and roll meat through the pool with great success, the bites and fights were great fun, I highly recommend it for the more adventurous angler. So 24 Barbel to 8-8lbs, 15 chub to 5-5lbs
And 4 big eels later were home and tired and I really couldn’t have asked for a better 1st trip for Jon.. thanks to Don as always , it really must be the most prolific beat on the Wye. See you in the autumn for the big girls..

25 Barbel, 15 Chub, 4 Other

Lots of small Chub on float with odd quality Dace. Only large Eels on the feeder. Several Salmon topping close enough to almost count the spots ! Far bank busy with anglers.

R L 46 chub 2 barbel. T H 21 chub 2 barbel.

4 Barbel, 67 Chub, 1 Other

A low river greeted us so we initially chose two swims towards the bottom end of the beat that had a deeper run on the inside. Lots of weed was caught but no fish, so we decided to try other swims further up the beat for the rest of the day. A couple of small chub and six eels were caught all on a variety of baits, meat, pellet and sweet corn.

2 Chub, 6 Other

A disappointing afternoon and evening session. Started in the woods about 16.00 and did not expect much in very warm bright conditions. So it proved with only three small chub and two eels. As dusk came I was more hopeful and a barbel bite resulted in a good fish hooked. However, it was lost among the rocks. Tackled up again, another bite with the same result. A third cast resulted in a longer wait and another eel. All on pellet and feeder. No more action and I packed up at 22.00.

3 Chub, 3 Other

1 x barbel 9lb 6oz on legered pellet
Small chub and dace on stick float

1 Barbel, 3 Chub, 8 Other

Fantastic days fishing. Total of 15 barbel caught trotting and just 1 on the deck. Lot's of chub and some large dace also caught. Biggest barbel was somewhere around the 8lb mark with most being between 1-3lb. Really lovely fishing and for anyone wanting to catch barbel under a float I'd have to say the beat is perfect.

16 Barbel

Barbel weighed 6lb and 8lb. Chub about 3.5lbs. All 3 caught from the bottom field as light started to fade.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub