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Did not fish

Water was coloured today and they appeared not to be really biting. Forget luncheon meat as you will be plagued by eels.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Other

A tricky day, the chub were very cagey and no sign of the barbel. A nice beat though with great scenery and some cracking looking spots. The thunderstorms kept away which was lucky because we would never have made it back up the track if it was wet!

8 Chub

River was well up and coloured but managed to land three barbel and a chub, including a barbel on the last cast of the season. Cracking fishery although the drive up the hill in the wet was a little fraught

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

River well up and coloured but managed to get three barbel. Love this fishery and hasn't let me down yet.

3 Barbel

First time on this fishery the river is running very high and fast. I walk the whole beat first but was unable to tell where the swims are, I attempted to fish in one possible swim using meat but got snagged and lost tackle on the first two casts so packed up.
Parking at the bottom of the hill is pretty muddy and the hill out slippery, ok in a 4x4 but would not try it in a 2 wheel drive
I will definitely be back when the river is lower and the weather better.

1 Barbel

A very muddy but rewarding day on this beat.
River was 2.8m on the Lydbrook Gauge and water still carrying a fair tinge. I think with a bit less water pushing through, perhaps 2m on the gauge this would open up a lot more of the swims for Pike potential.
The very first cast of the day (just after dawn) resulted in Pike rolling near the surface when chasing in a deadbait while on the retrieve. The next cast, leaving the bait in position, ended a take no more than 2 minutes later: most likely the same fish - a decent, solid Wye Pike of 14-15lbs in the net, which unfortunately we were unprepared to photograph.
A hour or so later in a different spot another quick take from a Pike of around 10 lbs was landed (photographed).
Some good action and a satisfying result from a long days effort of scrambling and sliding the banks.

2 Pike

No fish caught banks same as below.