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4 Barbel, 11 Chub

4 Barbel

This is such a spectacularly scenic place to fish. It is a real privilege to be able to fish here.
The river had dropped a little further from the previous day and was running quite clear.
The fishing itself was quite hard. Chub could be caught but tended to back off quite quickly and were reluctant to feed for long. It was a case of constantly chopping and changing to keep bites coming. Managed to try all of the likely looking pegs along the stretch. Chub were caught from all of them.
Barbel were once again hard to come by. Only one was landed all day.
A guided party of paddle boarders used the ‘beach’ area on the inside of the bend opposite The Weir Garden as a picnic site. This was despite the fact that I was clearly fishing there already. They appeared to be very relaxed about this and I gathered that this is a regular stopping off point. Might be worth bearing in mind for anyone else that is planning to fish there.
Fishing Passport Note: According to the Wye Navigation Act, canoeists and other types of paddler should stop and get out onto the banks in emergencies only. While this is an unhelpfully vague clause in the legislation, it would be safe to assume that picnics would not be classified as an "emergency" and are in fact a trespass. In these situations, we ask that anglers politely request the name(s) of the company or organisation that is guiding the group (without ever putting yourself in danger) and pass this information on to us. We or the land/fishery owner will then be in touch with them.

1 Barbel, 18 Chub

Terrible day, two small chub between 2 anglers, fished multiple swims trying different methods with different baits but fish were nowhere to be found.

2 Chub

Still big snags in the main pool which really need clearing. Stopped fishing there after hooking and losing a few as even though I fish safe running rigs I still don't like the thought of a hook and line caught in a fish.
Evening was better and caught steadily opposite the gardens

6 Barbel

The corner swim looked seriously fishy but is a total snag pit, as are most of the swims in the run below it. Lost 6 barbel and about 15 feeders on the corner. Lovely looking stretch wish I’d tried the swims at start of beat. One in particular looked tasty when driving back up. But hindsight is a great thing!

Chub we’re all fairly small by wye standards. Beautiful but don’t think I’d fish this stretch again. My bank balance can’t stretch to losing that many feeders in one session.

5 Chub

River looked good , caught barbel late in day on pellets and chub throughout the day biggest just over 5lbs

3 Barbel, 8 Chub

A great days fishing on a beautiful stretch of the wye. All fish caught on meat, pellet and corn - both feeder and rolling meat
The other was an eel which took a pellet!? River was low but overcast at times with rain.

4 Barbel, 11 Chub, 1 Pike, 1 Other

Great day all barbel were caught on pellets and were caught through out the day . Biggest just under 10lbs and chub to 4lbs .

6 Barbel, 10 Chub

Low water a bit of an issue. No sign of any barbel today.

4 Chub