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3 Barbel, 5 Chub

River quite high and although air temp was mild water temp felt very cold. A bit of a struggle. Not the easiest best to fish in these conditions, high and slippery banks. Also of note, it wasn’t possible to park at the designated parking area at the top of the beat as the water company have put out traffic cones on the grass verge and put up signs asking you not to park there.

2 Chub

River very high and coloured and overnight fairly chilly which didn't help.One Barbel fell around lunchtime but no more action.

1 Barbel

Was looking forward to fishing this beat for the first time. However, woke up to find the river had risen over 2 metres overnight and turned chocolate coloured, so completely unfishable.

3 barbel upto 7.14 and 2 chub to 4.11

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Was late starting, with wet and windy weather which the fish seemed to like as bites eased slightly whenever the sun came out. River came up about 4 feet while I was fishing, causing the catching crease to move from the centre of the river to right under my feet. Lost a further couple of barbel through having to put too much pressure on when they shot off into the main flow, which was really charging through by mid pm. Several really big rises in main flow, presumably salmon? Fish and I shared a tin of Spam. Could probably have had a lot more chub if I’d shortened my hair and hook link as I missed a lot of bites. Fish all in lovely condition. Very enjoyable day, I shall return.

1 Barbel, 10 Chub

Intermittent rain, cloud and sunshine but mainly overcast. River low and water visibility to 12- 18 inches. The rain showers made the banks very slick making the already limited access sketchy. After checking out the lower section - access limited by a fallen tree! in the end we settled on the upper section and found a swim with both the features we wanted and reasonably safe access. We float fished a dead bait 4 feet from the bank in the slack of a tree growing out from the bank and my daughter had the only take of the day with a lovely 14lb pike - her first from the Wye and a new PB - happy days!

1 Pike

After a complete blank on this beat three weeks ago in near freezing weather an increase in temperature and slightly lower water levels combined to provide much better conditions for this trip.
Fished from around 9:30 am through to 15:30 with just just 5 bites through the day, but these produced four chub of over 4 pounds with the largest just over 5, all on ledgered meat.

4 Chub

Had the beat to myself so was roving the margins for pike, float-fishing deadbaits. River still very low and clear despite rain overnight. Started grey and mild and had a take (missed) before catching a fiesty pike below the island that broke the surface attacking the bait. Then the wind really picked up with bright sunshine and it all went quiet. Tried trotting some corn and bread for chub for an hour but couldn't see the float for waves and glare!
Had a second pike on static bait late in the afternoon when the wind and sun had calmed down.
Also saw my first Wye otter which cheered me up. I doubt the previous comment made by another angler about the otter killing the swans and geese, which sadly are still there. Most likely, as WUF mentioned, deaths were a result of avian influenza which was reported in the area.

2 Pike

1 Barbel, 8 Chub