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Booked an extra place late. Please see other report which included 24 Barbel

Fished pellet . River was high so a lot unfishable. 1 small chub only and lost a barbel.

1 Chub

It was unfortunate that my first and long awaited booking on this beat should coincide with the aftermath of storm Betty, I arrived at 05.30am, lovely still and clear morning, (not as forecast)? Nice to be on a beat that is fully accessibly by car, easy on my back and legs, i headed straight for the beach area at the lower end of the beat only to find NO beach as the river was up a meter or so and coloured, never the less i pitched myself on the grassy bank and looked forward to the day ahead. Unfortunately the river was running so fast i could not hold bottom on a 3 or 4oz lead, tried a 5oz (my only one) which just held bottom only to loose it on the second cast, it was a real struggle from there on in and lost a lot of tackle in the snags etc, I moved several times back up the beat picking off a chub or two here and there but sadly no Barbel, the fish were taken on a mix of meat & pellet with a GB feeder. (Thankfully the canoeist were minimal and no swimmers)
A superb venue and one i'd like to fish again only in better conditions, thanks again to the WUF and the Land owner for giving us great access to such a great river and all the wildlife that come with it.
I'll be back soon !

4 Chub

4 Other

54 Chub

Another lovely day on the wye, weather not great water was higher than usual and running fast, struggled to find the fish but did have a few. As usual the acces on this beat is fantastic will be back again in a week to try again. Did manage to catch 3 canoes also managed to fall in and lose my wedding ring, not very popular when I got home. But still a great day and cannot wait to comeback next week.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub, 3 Other

Just 2 Rods fished and plenty of action some of which was not too welcome…A couple of swans were a bit of a nuisance and they were relentlessly looking for food all day…cant say we blame them though in view their natural food has severely diminished…Plenty of fish caught here in a relatively short session and we lost a Pike too which tail walked its way to safety….There are going to be some good returns here when conditions are right and the stamp of the fish is impressive too with most of the Barbel we caught were all biggish.. Thanks to all concerned for the ongoing effort of this terrific beat

9 Barbel, 14 Chub

Good day had catching chub up to 4lb on float and feeder one eel at 4 lb was a surprise to my son who had managed not to catch one up to know had to laugh when he said how do I unhook it

6 Chub

3 Barbel, 32 Chub

Surprisingly hard day considering conditions were good.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub