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4 Barbel

First of two day session. River rising steadily during the day. Running fairly clear and low. Fished several swims during the day but no joy. Fish came at dusk.

4 Barbel

Had another great day on this beat. Morning was very difficult however, a move early afternoon found the barbel. One of 9lbs plus and a good few around the 7lbs mark. Seems like the barbel are feeding later in the afternoon/evening.
River very low and clear. All the rain had little effect on the height.

8 Barbel, 6 Chub

Had a great day again guiding a client. After a very tough morning however, a move to another area saw 7 barbel with one at 10lbs 11oz. All caught on pellet. Surprised on how low the river was after recent rain.
A great day completed by a new pb chub of 5lbs 8oz for my client. A super beat with loads of potential.

9 Barbel, 6 Chub

Started later in the day. Caught a small chub immediately followed by one of 3lb 5oz later on. The Barbel showed up late afternoon with four, the best of which was my first double at last! Stayed in the Inn On The Wye which was handy and excellent service although the food was only ok.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

After a cold night it was slow through the day with most action in the evening. Lost a few in a sunken tree in front of me, amazing conditioned fish. Will be returning!

1 Barbel, 8 Chub

1 decent chub around 4lb caught late in the afternoon.
3 eels. Lots of very small dace and chub shoaling close in chased by jack pike.
The canoe traffic on the river from around 10am till about 5pm was continuous with occasional parties of 4 boats roped together with no consideration to avoid anyone fishing on either bank. Both our lines were rowed through a number of times, even fishing close in. With the exception of the canoes, which need addressing, it appears to be an excellent beat with cracking pegs throughout.

1 Chub, 3 Other

Lovely mild to warm day, with frequent sunny spells and the river quite low but with a hint of colour to it. Fished the very last peg on the beat just upstream from the island rapids with the Courtfield Arms a few yards down the road using halibut paste on the hook and swim feeders full of 4mm pellets. Had no barbel but a total of eight chub, all in the 3.5lbs to 4.5lbs weight bracket. The canoe traffic, once it commenced, was horrendous. I haven't fished the Wye for many years and I was horrified, it was a continual procession throughout the whole day. It's too much and got to be at saturation point. To be fair it didn't seem to put the chub off feeding but it was a major distraction for me. I enjoyed the fishing but don't think I will ever contemplate fishing this stretch again on a weekend. It was like fishing on the side of a motorway.

8 Chub

Sunny day - river clear and slow running. Fished first to last light, mainly pellet though did also try sweetcorn, meat etc.
One barbel, 8lbs and one chub 4lbs - fish were having a quiet day, didn't really mind as weather was great. The two I did catch were both handsome fish and there was plenty of wildlife going on to keep me occupied.
Will definitely return.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

River was low and clear so fishing wasn't easy! Fished the wooded area with the feeder but could only get knocks from small chub. A change to meat on light leads led to a change in results though as we both caught barbel of over 9lbs and also some lovely chub averaging about 4lb a piece. A difficult start but ended up being a great days fishing.

2 Barbel, 7 Chub