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3 Barbel, 7 Chub

river low with lots of weed catching the line 4 chub on pellets nice day.

4 Chub

Very hot and sunny day on the glorious Wye. Fished several swims from the lower reaches up to the church which is unusual for me and caught chub in all of them, most fish taken on the drop and even shortening the hooklink and swapping to a heavy feeder didn't deter them. Had a couple of barbel between 6 and 8lb and a number of chub between 2 and 4lb.

As with most beats it was just a glorious place to be.

Our second day was a bit more productive having found a couple of pegs where the fish seemed to be. Lots of chub and barbel turned on around midday, all to pellet. Unfortunately we had to pack up around 6 otherwise more fish would have been caught. A 12lb cock salmon was also taken that took some beating!! A good couple of days to start the season off.
WUF Note: We are very grateful for reporting the salmon capture. However, this fish won't be added to the "official" salmon catches as it was not caught on fly or spinner.

1 Salmon, 10 Barbel, 20 Chub

There were 4 of us booked at the Creel for the weekend. As expected things were slow but we all caught 1 or 2 barbell plus a few chub on pellet.

8 Barbel, 5 Chub

A beautiful spring day, warm sun and blue skies helped to soften the blow of the state of the river that greeted us. It was only a few feet from the top of the bank and was tanking through but was receding so we decided to give it a go. We found two swims in the trees, with the church at our backs, that gave some slack but not much. Not a fish was caught although JA did have one on briefly but lost it.

River steadily rising, water still only 6c, needed 4oz to hold bottom.
Not a bite, rained all the time so we set off for home at 12.30.
Will be back in July, hopefully it won't be as wet.

A hard days fishing as expected with snow melt still working its way through the system. The river was very high, coloured, and dropping fast. We found some slacks to fish and had just one bite between us, resulting in one barbel of around 4lb.

1 Barbel

With the river continuing to rise rapidly we had limited expectations for much fishing action on the Creel but were thankful the wind and rain was easing.
Obviously our plan was to fish in the slack water but with the river roaring past relentlessly there was not too much of it!!
Some late afternoon sunshine casting a bewitching light on the beat gave us a glimpse of spring and a solitary decent chub made for a rewarding day under testing circumstances.
Thanks to the WUF for all your help over the course of the season and we look forward to better days next summer and autumn...hopefully!!

1 Chub

1 Barbel, 1 Chub