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A great day's trotting with hemp and corn - made a nice change to not be fishing pellets!

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

As on Saturday on Dean and Chapter I opted to fish for Chub again with Bread and Corn.There is a good head of Chub on this beat and the wood holds more than most.In total I had 17 and lost 3 more,all were between 3 and a little over 4lb and in good condition.15 were caught on floating Bread in the shallow water and it was brilliant sport,if you have never fished like this you should give it a try,there is more to the Wye than waiting for a Barbel to pull your rod in.A Chub in shallow weedy water with give you a battle to make your heart race a bit!.The other 2 fish were caught on corn in deeper water,a very enjoyable days fishing.

17 Chub

Fished from 13:30 to 20:30 in the woods section. Fishing pellet and feeder had 10 barbel upto 7.5lbs. After 5pm it was virtually a bite a cast. The small amount of rain and overcast conditions seemed to make the difference.

Not sure whether it is an issue but three mink were observed. I know they can cause quite a lot of destruction to fisheries and other general wildlife

10 Barbel

The river was still very low, despite rain in Wales during the previous few days. I decided to fish the fast water opposite what is normally the island, now firmly connected to the far bank. Did not start to fish until about 4.30 so that the canoes, which have to share the narrow flow, had more or less finished for the day. Several groundings and a capsize kept me entertained until they had gone. The swim seemed to have plenty of chub with two caught, a couple lost and some missed bites but no sign of barbel. Eventually , just as it was getting dark the barbel came on and I had two respectable fish, the largest around 7lbs, which was as much as I expected in the conditions.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

River clear. Fish caught on paste and pellet

2 Chub

4 Barbel

4 Barbel

First day of two at this stretch , some rain the day before which is obviously much needed, gave me some hope, unfortunately virtually impossible to fish as so much weed coming through, Couldn’t keep a bait on the bottom for more than a minute, very frustrating, so nothing caught

Great days fishing once again on a beautiful stretch of river. All fish in fine condition

12 Barbel, 3 Chub

just fished for chub with bread flake.

12 Chub