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Fished for 3-4hrs - lovely aft / eve - 4 chub - all decent sized fish

4 Chub

A hard frost, clear bright sky...so not ideal conditions. I've been watching some of Dave Robert's videos which are a good reminder that its easy to blame the beat, water conditions and weather for a lack of fish...but most of the time its cos i'm being lazy, sat on a chair waiting for bites. So a couple of hard hours work with the catapult and frequent casting got me into a regular bites and a good haul of chub. Decent barbel of 8 1/2 came on a big lump of meat, most of the chub on corn or meat. The chub didnt match the stamp of fish that i found here a couple of weeks ago, with most being around the 2lb mark . When the ground thawed the banks became treacherous, so i got back to my truck looking like i'd been mud wrestling rather than fishing....having just about avoided sliding in for a swim on a couple of occasions...so do take care!

1 Barbel, 16 Chub

Great conditions - fished the slacks. All 6 barbel to one angler - biggest around 8 and a half.

6 Barbel

The swims in the woods at Fownhope are a great spot to get out of the SW wind and rain. Took a while to get a bite but steady feeding of hemp and meat got me 4 hours of regular bites and a decent stamp of fish. Everything came to meat on the feeder, had 5 fish over 5lb ..and plenty of 3s and 4s. Played around with a few baits to try and tempt a barbel ..but had to make do with a chubfest....Great day's fishing

20 Chub

Three of us fished and caught 8 chub between us with the best about 4lb. Cold day and lots of mud, braved the walk up over the hill and caught six chub in the first field swims and another two at the top when we came back later in the day. Ben was on his first trip to the Wye and it was nice he caught his first ever chub after 7 hours fishing as he deserved one for the effort. A local angler we met who fishes there a lot recommended buying shoe crampons for the wye mud something I will be getting for next time

8 Chub

3degrees all day...and a clear and dropping river. Constant bites all day...but really fussy and sharp little taps. Scaled right down to a tiny cube of meat and a light quiver tip rod to finally start connecting...all chub 3lb plus and a great day..

12 Chub

Tough day with only 2 Chub, there was still alot of water coming through from storm Bert. Banks are very slippery so take care.

2 Chub

Flooded and impossible to fish.

4 barbel caught throughout the day ranging from 3lbs to 7.5lbs. . All on halibut pellets.

4 Barbel

3 Trout, 12 Chub