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3 Barbel, 4 Chub

2nd day on Caradoc. We arrived to find the hot swim free & the Dutch anglers fishing elsewhere so my mate went upstream to fish near the suspension bridge whilst I dropped in & continued where I left off yesterday using float tactics & running a small boilie or 12mm pellet through the swim. It didn't let me down & produced 3 chub & 8 barbel throughout the session. The first chub was a shade under 4lb. The Dutch anglers passed by & I invited them to have a go in the swim & left them to it for a while whilst I had lunch & sat with my mate. Upon my return I saw them playing a nice barbel on the float. They vacated & went off upstream & I fished there until 6pm, where I moved downstream to ledger. Around 3pm, the float went under & I found myself connected to a brute which took me 15 minutes to play on my 5lb 6oz hook length. After resting her, we photo'd and weighed her at 9lb 2oz, my biggest float caught barbel.

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

Biggest chub 4lb 2oz, Barbel 6lb 4oz.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

Same as yesterday, tried numerous swims along the stretch but all but one barbel came from a single short deep spot where to be honest they were a bit too easy to catch. Fished float with pellets or meat and pellets on feeder.

13 Barbel, 7 Chub

Best days river fishing of my life fishing Caradoc. Easy to find, great access, beautiful stretch of river. Fishing here for 2 days, We started down at the end of the stretch & quickly caught a small chub on meat, which was soon followed by a 3lb 12oz chub on feeder & pellet. We shared the stretch with 2 other friendly anglers who had travelled from Holland & one of them fished upstream of us & we noticed that he was regularly catching good fish on the feeder. He was joined by his fishing partner who then started to float fish the same swim & again was catching barbel constantly. Around mid-day they decided to move upstream & advised us to have a go in the swim & told me how they were catching them. I set up a float rod with 5g olivette and fished over-depth & coaxed a 12mm pellet down the swim and had the best session of my life catching quality chub & barbel to 6lb on the float. Ending up with 17 fish,11 chub & 6 barbel, (15 fish from this specific swim). Beautiful weather & friendly horses came for a drink and a visit. River extremely low, we were fishing on the river bed about 10 yards in from the natural bank. Many thanks to the Dutch anglers who graciously shared the swim & advised us on their tactics.

6 Barbel, 11 Chub

See other post fishing Caradoc - My mate had a good day catching 6 chub & 1 6lb+ barbel on meat & pellet hook baits using ledger tactics. With only the one swim really producing the goods, a great day on a very low & clear river.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

Fished from the croy’s for a few hours and caught 5 Chub. Nothing big… 3lb or so was the biggest.
Quite a lot of weed coming through so decided not to feeder fish.

5 Chub

River still very low but had a good day. Feeder and float both caught barbel and chub. Pellets and meat for hook bait. Nice stretch but not as many swims as expected along the stretch, but plenty for the two of us.

5 Barbel, 12 Chub

Always a joy to be here here....providing you do not mind inquisitive cattle and horses....they seem to enjoy licking parked cars which is a better alternative than getting too friendly with you whilst your fishing...4 of the Barbel were small but a "good un" of 9lb capped a very enjoyable day....Trotting produced a few small Chub/Chublets and a number of Bleak which probably do not feature too high on Rods species target lists....Despite the length of the beat the swims are very limited due to the very low water and it was just as well only 2 of us fished....But a big thank you to the owners and WUF for providing us with the opportunity to fish a beautiful beat.

6 Barbel, 7 Chub, 20 Other

Had a good day trotting catching 30 chub and one small barbel all caught on meat and maggots fed hemp and pellets little but often. Will return for another session soon.

1 Barbel, 30 Chub