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6 chub

2 Barbel

Only 2 of the 3 fished today due to one of us getting a last minute invitation for a track day at Silverstone.

Fished the Lucky Stones from morning to early evening with a break in the middle for a nap.

River is hard going at the moment and despite leaving the price tag on his Korum feeder and using a bent paper clip as a hook, one of us managed a beautiful bronze Barbel and a few chub.

The other fella caught chub on rolling meat and the third member of this elite fishing crew drove a Jaguar D Type and a Bugati Veron. Very nice.

1 Barbel, 15 Chub

Trotting the main flow was a pleasure with beautiful scenery and plenty of wild life including a mink that graced our company. Lost count of the chub I caught and managed to catch 6 chub between 3/ 5lb. Fantastic sport on the stick float. Unfortunately the barbel didn’t show however great day on the wye.
Thanks fishing passport and again thank you the river wye.

9 Chub

Water very low. Restricted areas too fish.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

2 barbel for my efforts. Low water, little flow.

2 Barbel

1 small barbel about a pound trotting and lots of small chub,1 nice chub on ground bait feeder on pellet.
River very low and clear,fair bit of walking needed at this venue.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Overcast and cool to start with but clearing and warming significantly through the day. The fishing obsessed side of me was regretting having had a sociable hearty breakfast in our B&B as this, coupled with it being the first time on the beat needing the inevitable full walkthrough, meant no fishing till 1000.
There were only a few swims where you couldn't see the bottom all the way across when the sun came out but the really alarming thing was there were no signs of fish in these areas. The 3 of spread out on the lower half of the beat and this only produced one chub each across the day. We did have 4 barbel from the same swim, 3 to Steve (inc. a cracker of 8.14) and 1 to me (last cast!) after Steve and Mr P left, all on meat over pellets. Mr P had 4 barbel from another stretch the previous day so he wasn't too disappointed. A lovely spot but it desperately needs rain to make the whole stretch productive but I guess that's the story on most of the Wye. Thanks to the very helpful farmer who helped us greenhorns settle in.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

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Only 2 fished. 3 x Barbel between 5 & 8 1/2 lb plus 3 x small Barbel. Took it as a positive sign smaller Barbel are present
The catch rate remains down and following the trend of the past 2 years. Water levels are low and flow is minimal - I am sure both of these are partly responsible for the catch rates

6 Barbel, 10 Chub