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10lb Pike caught on float fished deadbait

1 Pike

Fish sadly not very cooperative today.
Saw one rise all day (which I could not get to come again) and Klink and dink and Deep nymph no joy either. But a lovely beat and The river very clear - to the extent that sight fishing would even have been possible if there has been a bit more sun.
Nb a word for the keen euro nympher: when they say felt soles and studs recommended here for wading they really mean it. I would not even think about trying to nymph here without them. On some of the wye and usk grayling beats you can get away without them - but not here.

My first 3 Barbel ever between 5 and 9lbs, overcast chilly day, light breeze from the south. Feeder fished hemp and halibut groundbait with halibut pellets mixed in and either Halibut or Spicy sausage pellets or luncheon meat on a hair rig fished approx 10yds out from the bank near the bottom of the beat.

3 Barbel

Mild weather helpful as the river was running reasonably clear .... most fish taken on pellet feeder.....beautiful looking beat.

11 Barbel, 7 Chub

3 Trout

Hard to detect genuine takes in the ‘leaf soup’ .I probably missed a lot but managed 3 grayling to 14” and a nice OOSBT. All to nymphs with pink in them fished Euro style.

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

We settled into a couple of swims half way along in the first field where the river was deeper and slower. An early chub of 4lb 12oz was caught on meat which we hoped was a sign of things to come but then nothing until late afternoon when out of the blue a barbel of 6lb 4oz was tempted by a halibut pellet and feeder tactics.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Come on then, where are they?!!. A very pleasant autumnal day on the river with resonable enough conditions but from 09:00 to 16:00, six swims, a wide bait repertoire, static and floating baits produced just a couple of knocks, finally at 16:00 two genuine bites resulting in a Chub of around 2lb. and a small but lively Barbel of around 5lb. then again absolutely dead until the last 35mins. which produced three good quality Chub, two over 4lbs. and one over 5lbs. and one small Barbel lost to a hook pull at the net, all taken on meat.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

Very good day, fish came steady throughout the day!

10 Barbel, 4 Chub

Blanked today. Couldn't find any fish using a variety of methods. Water very clear. Peaceful beat.