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1 small barbel 3.5lb, best chub 4lb 3oz. River a little low

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

Short evening session, plenty of bites from small chubb around 1lb. River low and clear. 4 barbel caught in total best 6lbs 12 oz.

4 Barbel, 12 Chub

After tackling the (in)famous hill we set down in a swim just upstream of the Lucky Stone. The river was generally low and clear but we were able to fish 2-3 lengths out on a ‘crease’ between flowing water and fast flowing water. Using a mix of feeder and lead, meat and pellet, the chub came steadily: only one barbel of 7lb 7oz that surprisingly didn’t put up much of a fight. Chub ranged from 2lb to 4lb 11oz and looked as if they should have weighed more (thin after spawning??) it was a bit of a tackle graveyard, losing feeders and hooks to rocks (used lighter line connecting feeders to rig. Went and fished upstream of the hut into the evening, was slow though started to come alive post 7pm. Caught one eel here. The Wye remains a favourite place for us, never a bad beat, though some swim access improvement would not go amiss.

1 Barbel, 26 Chub, 1 Other

8 Chub

Six Barbel caught from 5 - 8 lbs. Fantastic fishing

6 Barbel

5 Barbel, 15 Chub

Well , for a change booked Beacons Reservoir as it's been an age since I've been there . Arrived at the roadside layby at twenty to eight , a nice ripple on the water , overcast and light drizzle . . . Perfect I thought !!!

But it proved pretty hard going initially , and the fish weren't having any of it !!! So ringing the changes , with various wets , eventually up at the top end had a lovely solid take , and boy did he stay deep , lovely bend in the six weight Orvis rod too , cracking !!!! A solid bar of Welsh gold to the net and must have been fifteen inches , a beauty !!! Second , again was on the Peter Ross , pulled at a far rate of knots through the wave , saw the swirl , then another go and all went solid !!!! Spot on a and another cracker eventually to the net , again a big bruiser at maybe sixteen inches . . .

A bit of a quite spell , then I changed my dropper for a big bibio , which was a good move as I cast out up at the top end passed the stream and wading out towards the island , and bang a swirl literally as it landed , so just lifted the rod and he was on !!! Another cracker again possibly fifteen inches and an absolute bar of gold too !!! Last fish was the smallest of the morning , maybe twelve inches and was seen close in to the bank swirling at the clumsy heather flies !!! Cast passed were he last rose , stripped my team of two passed him . . . . Solid again , lovely job !!! So all in all a fun five hours . Not sure the North easterly helped but the dull dank morning did for sure !!!

I feel a note needs to be mentioned about the poaching there that is obviously being carried out , I disposed of some very thick line , probably twenty pound breaking strain !!! And also two rusty spinners !!! It's a shame and perhaps some effort needs to be done to what is a dwindling fishery !!! Back in the day this was a cracker !!!! The rubbish around the eastern side is a pity also . . . Lots of plastic bottles !!!perhaps some trail cameras and solid water proof signs need to go up !!!! Or this lovely little water will see its demise if it's not looked after . . . . That said a cracking few hours and a change from the wild streams . Back on the Arrow end of the week me thinks . . . . Happy days !!!!

4 Trout

4 Trout

2 anglers fished the stretch today. My colleague fished the near the hut and caught 17 of the chub and I made the long, at times comical trip up the hill and over to the Lucky Stone. The fish came throughout the day but whatever we tried we just couldn't find the barbel.
It's a lovely stretch and once the barbel have stopped spawning and there is more water on we will be back.

31 Chub

great day as the barbel finally turned up.

fish caught on float and feeder

8 Barbel, 50 Chub