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3 Barbel, 6 Chub

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

River had dropped rapidly from the previous few days but was still over the croys. Able to fish with heavy feeders and pellets in beautiful Autumn and despite a brisk early morning frost several barbel plus chub put in an appearance. Lovely day.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Tough day at Thomas wood , very limited swims and the ones that are there quite steep and slippy .
Only 1 chub caught all day , more access to the river would make this a nice beat .

1 Chub

Barbel to 9.8 and chub around 3lbs-1 eel and about 11 dace etc.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub, 12 Other

Very difficult today, the river still very very pacy, struggles to hold bottom apart from in th me slacks on the inside. Beautiul beat though. What a lovely place to sit and enjoy a day. Would fish here again as there is a lot of fish through here! We saw them rolling in the evening right out in the main flow where we couldn’t get them.

1 Barbel, 8 Chub

River looked very fishable with some fly-life but very little, if anything, rising. Tried nymphs but with little luck. Accessed the beat from downstream by the sewerage works. Bank well trodden by dog walking locals. Access difficult in many places and room for much needed improvement. All signs pointing to an over-fished town beat but am I making excuses for a blank day? Met and chatted to two other visiting anglers also not having any success. Saw some fish fry, dippers, wagtails, kingfisher and tree creeper.

River slightly coloured but back to normal levels after heavy rain over Fri/Sat. Clear and bright weather conditions, light breeze, with temperature of 15C. Sporadic olive hatch from around 15:00 but only two rises from small trout seen. No sign of nymphing fish.

Worked all the wadable sections of the beat with nymph and dry fly - but no success

There were only 3 of us fishing in the end, the river was in great condition after the rain. DW caught 5 Chub and an Eel on meat and CS caught 2 Barbel to 6lb 4 on pellet. Thanks Wye and Usk.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

What in the past was a reliable beat was really tricky. Water still dropping from the 10ft rise.