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Didn’t get as long as I’d hoped. Conditions seemed good with some colour in the river but could not tempt much. 1 chub and a couple of eels from the slower upper section. Other anglers were on the lower faster water so left them in peace. Will try the lower end next time as looked good

1 Chub, 2 Other

Caught on float and feeder from various swims at the lower end of the beat Had chub to around 4lb on float fished meat Then had one barble around 5lb and several more chub on the feeder

1 Barbel, 15 Chub

Fairly tough conditions, River was quite low. Fished from 6am through to 5pm. Tried all the usual approaches and kept mobile. Perhaps should have started at the island pool as it wasn't fishable when the canoe traffic started and was the only section with any real pace. Caught some nice chub but no barbel this time.

7 Chub

Great spot other was an eel all caught on feeder and pellet and meat also lot 6 Barbel

11 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Other

Seven Barbel caught from 5 - 9 lbs - plus a small Chub of about 1 lbs. Fishing paradise!

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 Barbel, 20 Chub, 2 Other

Six Barbel caught from 5 - 8 lbs. Fantastic fishing

6 Barbel

3 Barbel, 7 Chub

We were looking forward to our first session of the new season for some time and our expectation were high, we arrived very early on a cool overcast day, the river was slightly colored but very low and in much need of some rain, that said we settled in to our first choice of swims at the top limit of the beat, but despite changing swims several times working our way down the beat we could not locate those elusive Barbel.
Tried the usual baits i.e Bread, pellets, Corn, meat and boilies and different method but to no avail only two pesky eels caught this time.
Plenty of wildlife, Kestrels, Buzzards, Herons, kingfishers, the usual swan encounter and a family of small family of ducks the likes i've not seen before, tame and very inquisitive all the same.
Swim access was easy and plentiful, unfortunately the day was somewhat spoilt by the heavy boat traffic that was expected from previous weekend visits to the Wye, most were very courteous and made plenty of room when they could but always spoiled by the odd nutty wanting to draw attention to themselves thinking they owned the river and just intent on spoiling your day!
Thank you WUF for a great day, great surroundings, and we will be back soon.

2 Other

2 Barbel, 3 Chub