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Arrived at first light for my first ever barbel fishing session and my first visit to home fishery. Water levels was up after recent rains and coloured. Fished with 4 and 5 oz feeder. Only had the one fish a barbel at 9lb 10oz

1 Barbel

fished by the car park gate. River rising slowly, plenty of leaves/debris on the line. Bites on robin red and meat.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

7 Barbel including a PB of 10lb 9oz. The rest were all between 5 1/2 to 9 1/2 lbs.

The river was 1m up after the weekend rain.
A perfect day on the Wye.

7 Barbel

2 Barbel

Fished for a few hours on different pegs, no fish. First ever blank on the Wye!

1 Chub

River up but running surprisingly clear. 1 barbel around 6lb 2nd cast, from first swim by car park followed by a lost fish soon after and plenty of interest. Another lost fish from our friend a swim downstream and we stopped getting knocks, A walk down the beat saw us try a couple of swims that have produced in the past.. the pump station and the pool by the second parking spot. Not a sign of any interest in our ground bait and pellet approach. As soon as we returned to the first swim another 4lb fish was landed followed by another lost fish. Plenty of knocks and big 3ft twitches with nothing on the strike was very frustrating, stayed until the bitter end when another big fish was lost on last cast to a snag. Strange day. More fish lost than landed. In hindsight should have taken maggots but thought the river would be pushing through too fast and coloured but although up was clear, tried meat but to no avail.

2 Barbel

Roved the whole beat. Just 3 Chub with 1 decent barbel lost late in the afternoon.

I collected a broken fishing chair from the swim in front of the pumping station. Not sure if it was left deliberately in not?

3 Chub

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

Heavy rain,river rising

7 Barbel, 2 Chub