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Beat looking perfect…coloured , falling and warm….not a sniff from the barbel…only 4 small chub caught between 2 of us.
Disappointing but hopefully better tomorrow.

4 Chub

The river was still really high and powering through. it was the first time I have fished the Wye in these conditions.

I set up in one of the few swims where there was slack water and caught a chub a rod length out within four minutes of starting to fish. However, after that, it all went downhill fast. I ended up in a snag every cast. Sometimes I got away with just the loss of a hook, sometimes it was a feeder or lead. I can't wait till the summer levels so I can see what was devouring all my tackle.

I decided to cast a 5oz feeder downstream and much further out. I found I could hold bottom and caught two more chub and two barbel, one of which got away. (Hinders Barbel Bomb did the trick.) A very enjoyable day overall but the ground became increasingly slippery as the day wore on.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

8 Barbel, 4 Chub

3 Trout

With the river fining down nicely at 2.2m, we bravely drove down the hill, something I would not recommend in wet weather if you haven’t got a 4x4. The video showing access should come with a warning that access is very difficult in wet conditions. The second field at the bottom was too tricky even for a 4x4. The fishing was good and we caught fish from different areas with the biggest barbel going 9lb 14oz which was arm aching with the extra flow.

12 Barbel

River dropped a bit had a lot of chub 2barbel

2 Barbel, 9 Chub

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

High water

2 Trout

2 Trout