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All fish were caught on 8mm fishmeal pellets either hair rigged or banded, the other were 3 dace.
Most of the fish were caught in the morning making the afternoon very hard going, the river was running around a foot higher than Sunday being the last day we had fished this stretch

5 Barbel, 9 Chub, 3 Other

Chub were active all day and managed to hook 9 of them along with an eel. Both the fast and slower water produced.

9 Chub, 1 Other

On a sunny day Caradoc can be a very busy venue judging by previous reports and even on a cloudy one there were people swimming in the river.....The fishing however can be rewarding in a beautiful place and fortunately for me this was the case on this visit.
Only one rod fished and I caught 6 Barbel with the best fish being just under 9lb.I lost one and bumped a couple more off in a productive day which also produced a few 8oz small Chub too. Rather curiously though I caught nothing on the float trotting pellet despite giving this method some considerable effort and time....There were also some fairly friendly cattle which at one stage broke out in a bit of a gallop which was certainly a bit of an eye opener. With the opposite bank controlled by BAA and a syndicate there is plenty of angling pressure here too so you need a few things going for you to enjoy this beat.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub, 10 Other

This is a beat which has consistently been good to us in recent years. River conditions looked ok, after carrying a tinge of colour the previous day the river had become clearer overnight and had dropped a fraction.
We settled on pegs in the woods where the river was at its quickest in the hope that this may offer the best chance of Barbel. This plan though did not really work out. There were Chub to be caught all day long but even they came in fits and starts rather than steadily. Barbel were almost completely absent from the picture though, only one small one was caught all day long.
Had a little rove around and tried other pegs but this only produced more Chub.
Slightly disappointing that we failed to catch Barbel in anything like the numbers of recent years but that’s fishing for you.
A lovely quiet stretch to fish though even if the walk up the hill does get the blood pumping a bit.

1 Barbel, 45 Chub

Lovely place, fishing was hard today

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

All on an Elk hair caddis in faster water

7 Trout

Fished this beat and lower Henllan together. Elk hair caddis took them all in fast water.

8 Trout

7 Trout

Rising river. Barbel early, Chub throughout the day, over 20 over 4lb. Great day. Barbel on pellet and chub on meat.

2 Barbel, 30 Chub

A short evening visit and only fished up to the weir. 1 12 inch trout from the bottom end then most of the Grayling and both chub from the weir pool.

1 Trout, 5 Grayling, 2 Chub