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Another tough day in the baking sun, careful feeding in the channels between the streamer weed accounted for 4 barbel between 5 and 8lb, just upstream of the island

4 Barbel

1 Barbel, 1 Other

First time on this beat this season , glad to be back , as you'd expect the river was extremely low after this dry summer we're having , so was expecting a tough day .
Was very happy to catch what I did , lost a couple to ! Fished from 3pm to 9:30pm , great day , lots of sunshine , wildlife and a few fish in the net .

4 Barbel

Water low and clear. We did an interesting side by side comparison of pva bags and pellet feeder- the bags caught twice the number of fish in the low water.
One lovely fish stalked from under the feet pool and the bottom of the beat. Lovely scenery and day out as always.

9 Barbel, 2 Other

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

The river was still very low, despite rain in Wales during the previous few days. I decided to fish the fast water opposite what is normally the island, now firmly connected to the far bank. Did not start to fish until about 4.30 so that the canoes, which have to share the narrow flow, had more or less finished for the day. Several groundings and a capsize kept me entertained until they had gone. The swim seemed to have plenty of chub with two caught, a couple lost and some missed bites but no sign of barbel. Eventually , just as it was getting dark the barbel came on and I had two respectable fish, the largest around 7lbs, which was as much as I expected in the conditions.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

4 Barbel

Hot day, river low, fishing hard on this normally productive stretch. An 8lb 7oz Barbel made it worthwhile.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 Barbel