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2 Barbel to 6 lbs, 4 Chub to 5 lbs. River coloured and dropping after heavy rain.

2 Barbel to 6 lbs, 4 Chub to 5 lbs. River coloured and dropping after heavy rain.

3 Barbel to 81/2 lbs. River high & coloured.

The beat is very, very, very overgrown, the opposite bank is dog walkers paradise, but the fish are there. 7 chub to 4.5 lbs lost several, great day.

2 barbel on halibut pellet.

An evening session trying to float fish for the Barbel low down on the Courtfield stretch after the canoes have departed the pub..

Although the water was above summer level and flowing hard the water was very shallow ,only 4 or 5 ft max in the holes

Not very good at the float so struggled getting snagged and losing floats and halibut pellets regularly

Caught one at around 4lb, boy do they go on light gear with no weight to hinder them in fast water.

Tried the feeder and pellets for the last few hours before dark and it was like shooting fish in barrel,nothing large but a 5lb fish feels massive when caught in very fast streamy water. Lost count, but must have had 10 more or so plus some nice chub. Use heavy line around the feeder or you will be cut off by the sharp rocks.

I think this is the place to fish for barbel with heavy nymphs czech nymphing style, the chub, grayling and occasional big trout might like it too....

Many thanks to Don for putting me on the fish.

I will be back.

Despite a river with a little colour, being overcast and drizzley we only managed to catch 5 chub between 4 of us.
Conditions looked ideal but the fishing very hard. Dont really understand why we didn't catch!

An evening session trying to float fish for the Barbel low down on the Courtfield stretch after the canoes have departed the pub..

Although the water was above summer level and flowing hard the water was very shallow ,only 4 or 5 ft max in the holes

Not very good at the float so struggled getting snagged and losing floats and halibut pellets regularly

Caught one at around 4lb, boy do they go on light gear with no weight to hinder them in fast water.

Tried the feeder and pellets for the last few hours before dark and it was like shooting fish in barrel,nothing large but a 5lb fish feels massive when caught in very fast streamy water. Lost count, but must have had 10 more or so plus some nice chub. Use heavy line around the feeder or you will be cut off by the sharp rocks.

I think this is the place to fish for barbel with heavy nymphs czech nymphing style, the chub, grayling and occasional big trout might like it too....

Many thanks to Don for putting me on the fish.

I will be back.

An evening session trying to float fish for the Barbel low down on the Courtfield stretch after the canoes have departed the pub..

Although the water was above summer level and flowing hard the water was very shallow ,only 4 or 5 ft max in the holes

Not very good at the float so struggled getting snagged and losing floats and halibut pellets regularly

Caught one at around 4lb, boy do they go on light gear with no weight to hinder them in fast water.

Tried the feeder and pellets for the last few hours before dark and it was like shooting fish in barrel,nothing large but a 5lb fish feels massive when caught in very fast streamy water. Lost count, but must have had 10 more or so plus some nice chub. Use heavy line around the feeder or you will be cut off by the sharp rocks.

I think this is the place to fish for barbel with heavy nymphs czech nymphing style, the chub, grayling and occasional big trout might like it too....

Many thanks to Don for putting me on the fish.

I will be back.

18th - I caught 8 barbel to 7:15 and my friends caught 3 barbel and 2 chub, and 1 barbel and 1 chub respectively.
19th - I had 6 barbel to about 7lb and 3 chub of about 2lb. Others caught 4 barbel to 8:04 and 1 barbel respectively. We fished the Vanstone pool area. It's a fantastic swim but I did feel a little uncomfortable fishing two days for a shoal which is obviously subject to a great deal of angling pressure. This was reinforced when I caught the same fish twice. Are there stretches of the Wye where the barbel are more spread out?
All in all I had 22 barbel over 3 days so was very happy with my first visit to the Wye. Fabulous river and surroundings - we will be back. Thanks to WUF for good service.