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Fishing very slow again. One barbel between three of us. Real shame after the long trip down from Manchester.

1 Barbel

Two barbel from the woods best 9lb

2 Barbel

The river looked in good condition, back to normal autumn levels. A little chilly first thing but the temperature rose and by midday the sun broke through. I fished from 8am - 4.30pm with not a single bite, using a variety of baits, but the fish were either not where I was fishing or maybe affected by a drop in water temperature. I was visited by the resident Otter and watched the Kingfishers flying low over the water, so plenty of wildlife to keep me occupied. Before packing up for the day I decided to switch tackle and float fish some dead bait, which resulted ten minutes later in a Pike 12lb 8oz. Always a pleasant day fishing at How Caple Court.

1 Pike

River running clear and cold. Very blustery with leaves falling all day. All fish returned safely. A lovely beat.

5 Trout, 28 Grayling

3 bites 3 very good chub. river conditions looked ideal, tried various sizes and flavour of pellets/boilies using both feeder and weight with PVA bag also wrapped paste pellet but no luck to tempt a barbel. One of those days.

3 Chub

Up to 3lb

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

A return to the first Wye beat we ever fished - 10 years ago. Still a nice beat, glad we went, but the barbel weren’t playing. No sign of them at all. When we arrived there was an otter fishing at the top end - in broad daylight at 11am. Took very little notice of us. Despite that, the salmon were very active and the chub were feeding sporadically. Again, my skilled pal managed 5 chub - all on meat.
The weather was lovely and there was a spectacular sunset followed by a huge full moon rising .
That’ll be it for us this year, I think.

5 Chub

Day 1 of 2 on this beat, river conditions perfect for trotting for Grayling. Caught in the field then upstream in the woods. Called it a day at 10.30 after snapping my float rod. Excellent excuse to buy a new one.

10 Trout, 16 Grayling

Started on the stretch after the woods at dawn, previously a productive spot for me. River looked good although the banks were very muddy and slippery, you could see the water had been right up to the top not long before!
After a few hours with no bites the sun came out, so I stopped fishing to dry my feet and have a snooze. Later in the afternoon I found a nice deep steady run at the top end, and after the sun dipped had instant fish. Finished with two barbel, the biggest going 9lb 10oz, and a new PB Chub at 6lb 7oz. All fish to pellet on the feeder.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub