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The Middle Hill Court Fishery, 2026-10-18, 12 oC, sunny, wind 16 km/h NNE
When we arrived, we met the bailiff, Stefan. He told us which swims were holding good shoals of barbel and showed us the rig and pellets that work best on this part of the river. He even gave us a few rigs to try and some of his “secret” bait. It was brilliant talking to someone so enthusiastic and passionate about the river. He is an absolute national treasure!
Following Stefan’s advice, we chose the best swim for the day, and within ten minutes, we were into our first barbel. The second one came an hour later. My young companion, Thomas, was beginning to lose heart at this stage as he was only catching chub; some really good fish, but "not a barbel," as he put it. Then eventually, using Stefan's secret bait, Thomas was hooked into and landed a beautiful barbel of his own.
We ended the day with three barbel weighing 6lb 10oz, 5lb 10oz, and 6lb 2oz, along with seven chub up to about 4lb. A fantastic day on the bank. Thanks, Stefan and Fishing Passport!

3 Barbel, 7 Chub

1 angler pike fished but no luck.
Chub to combination of waggler fished meat punch & meat feeder.
Thanks to Stefan for his advice & guidance.

1 Barbel, 19 Chub

No fish

other fish was a nice perch.

1 Barbel, 1 Other

Only one grayling caught in large pool at beginning of beat about 7 inches caught on gold headed nymph hooked and lost larger fish in same pool on nymph Also lost 2 on dry flies Beautiful afternoon though with 2 dippers spotted and long tailed tits

1 Grayling

River was at a good level but the sunshine may have took the edge off the sport, fished for 4 hours nymphs dries and spiders all brought fish but struggled to find interest . There’s worse places to be on a Sunday that’s for sure

2 Trout, 4 Grayling

2 barbel today, hard going hopefully the rain due this week will liven it up.

2 Barbel

First time on this stretch. It was a cool start to the day, needed a lot of feed to get the barbel interested, all caught on pellet

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

Enjoyable day. First time on this beat. Caught all fish on maggot & hemp. Fished waggler across to the trees on the far bank. Water temp had dropped a few degrees over the past 2 days.

1 Trout, 15 Chub

Wonderful sport, trotting for Chub. Barbel came late in the afternoon. Classic Wye fishing.

3 Barbel, 17 Chub