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Another cracking day on the Wye with river and weather both in fine form. First time on this beat so I fished all bar 2 of the 11/12 swims along this beat whilst my fishing partner stayed put in one. Caught barbel out of 5 different swims on 4 different baits and strangely only had one chub, although its was a good fish at 4lbs 12oz.
Ended up with 11 barbel between us up to 9-10lbs. My mate also had fun with the dace (and bleak!).

The river was high, coloured and running quickly with quite a lot of debris coming downstream. Despite the conditions it was a lovely spot to fish and I caught 1 Barbel in the morning of about 6lb. My trusty fishing partner, J livened the day with a brief comedy turn, galloping down the bank chasing his kettle and falling in the river. His timing was perfect as a rowdy stag party of canoeists enjoyed the whole spectacle and offered a range of colourful observations as he clawed his way back up the bank.

Had a lovely day on this stretch of the river. Started at the top albeit a little late. After missing quite a few bites due to not having a great deal of experience on rivers and the last time I was on any river was well over a year ago, I opted for touch ledgering which resulted in two nice Chub around the 3 pound mark. A long spell of not catching anything (and a little nap as the weather was very nice) I forced myself to move which I should have done hours before. This resulted in much more action and soon I found myself with a beauty of a Barbel of around 7 Pound. Spurred on by this I tried to find more Barbel but in vain. Moving down stream did the trick again tho and soon I reeled in 3 more decent Chub with the biggest being just under 6 plb. For me are record so chuffed to bits. All fish were caught on meat. Had to go home before dark for other obligations and although I'm sure many out there would say that would be meager result, for me a joy of a day.
Thanks WUF I will most certainly be back on this stretch. On to Wye Bank tomorrow for some more action I hope.

River was around 3ft up and very coloured. Managed to catch barel throughout the day, but it slowed when the sun was out. Another great day on the Wye.

Great stretch, very overgrown, 'proper' fishing. The farmer even gave me lift to the top swims on his quad bike! Tried for barbel and pike, more success with the former.

2hrs evening fishing, 4 barbel dropping river to pellet feeder.

Brace of 5lb chub to one rod. Other rod blanked. All one small pellets.

River up about 2ft & pretty clear. Fished a few swims & caught from most using h/p & feeder. All fish in superb condtion. We managed to take 7 chub up to 4.5lbs & 5 barbel up to 8.5 lbs, all canoeist were very good & you could tell that they had been made aware of what to look for (lines) and how to behave when anglers are present so thanks to the canoe hire company and as always thanks to Dai and the rest of WUF staff for another day out on the Wye.

Wonderfully beautiful day, 14 barbel 3 chub thanks

Another amazing day on the Wye, lovely beat! 12 barbel caught and my last fish was an elusive Wye double and my new personal best at 10lb 4oz. This was to be my last day of this stint on the Wye and out of my 4 days fishing I landed 37 barbel in total and 4 chub. A truly amazing place and can't wait to return. Thanks again WUF for allowing this great fishing possible!