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River in perfect condition, lovely weather but no catch. Definitely I will try again!

Water starting to fine down but still well up. Hazy sunshine, water temp. still only 5c. Air got up to 10c, no wind. Went right down to lower limit. First cast only 3ft from the side, a barbel at 8lb 8oz. Mate then had a barbel and a chub all on halibut pellit. Moved up to Rope Pool opposite trees had a barbel and a chub.
Moved again to the upper limit and had a barbel and 5 more chub. All fish came to halibut pellet with a 4oz feeder. Water still cold, move on to Courtfield for the last day.

4 Barbel, 7 Chub

No fish caught on this trip unfortunately. The water was coloured.

Moonhead bevan had a 9:3 barbel on 2nd cast ever into the Wye in a slack water eddy (pellet feeder). River extremely high, couldn't hold bottom with 10oz gripper feeder current was pushing way too fast to fish but we stuck it out fishing the slack water spots, could only fish 2 foot of the bank or current would take your rig downstream. Stayed all day but only one fish for MH, blankety blank for me. Never mind there's always next time!

1 Barbel

No bites forthcoming - believe water temperature too low for barbel. River otherwise in good condition. Legering meat, boilies & pellets to no effect.

The water was very cold 5 degrees and running quite fast though reasonably clear. Tried many slack areas with deadbaits for pike. No joy. Baited up with a few pellets and sat on them later in the day for Chub & Barbel. No Joy.

Cold so hard day. 2 of party targeting barbel, 1 after pike. Pike only fish of the day. Nice beat, keen to come back when it warms.

1 Pike

River fast, coloured and high, though falling a little during the day. Weather mild, overcast and calm. Settled into a swim where there was some protection from the fastest current. Some bites from chub all through the afternoon, though not easy to detect due to movement of the rod tip by the current and debris in the river. However I finished with three nice fish up to a bit under 4lb, with two lost. Eventually came an unmistakeable barbel bite and a good fish which gave fought strongly in the heavy current. Was very pleased to weigh it at 9lb 5oz, my best of the autumn.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

The river was up a fair bit but was ok to fish. We started at the lower part of the beat, with one barbel caught, 5lb. We moved downstream and had a 6lb barbel and a chub. Two barbel were lost and not bad for the condition of the river. My only grievance is a shooting party turned up in numbers they drove all over the grass (anglers get kicked off the beat for doing this) they started shooting and we had to stay by our vehicle until they had finished. Would visit again in better conditions.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Mackerel dead bait. 1 pike weighing 17lb 10oz.
River water levels were high

1 Pike