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The river was low and clear. Fish were only caught early am and late afternoon

8 Barbel, 6 Chub

Just a few hours on the river before the drive home after our week on the Wye. Worst time of the day to fish. No barbel tempted, just a couple of chub and five lovely eel. To sum up our week, it's been terrific. Fished 6 different beats and enjoyed them all. The wildlife as usual always adds to the enjoyment.
If you are in to numbers we had 110 barbel between the two of us and plenty of chub also.

Looking forward to returning already.

2 Chub, 5 Other

River very low indeed. We were able to hold bottom with 2 and 2.5oz feeders fished across the river next to far bank cover which is where the barbel were. Nothing much caught in more open water. Most of the fish were in the 4-6lb bracket with three touching 9lbs. We fished two of only three swims we could find. Gratifying to see some effort has been made for access to these swims by the installation of some steps - same spot my friend fell down last year and dislocated his shoulder!
A picturesque stretch marred only by the severe lack of swims, which is a shame because there is some interesting water which is just completely inaccessible.

17 Barbel, 8 Chub

Fished from dawn to dusk, 4 Barbel (not big) and 4 medium size chub. Nice place but number of swims are limited which is quite typical of Wye and Usk waters

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

No rush to the river today, 26 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. We did a bit of peregrine falcon spotting at Yat Rock and were fortunate to time it just right to see three of them in the air at the same time for quite a while. Pub lunch followed at the Saracens at Symonds Yat East to fuel us for the fishing.

We arrived at the river and started at 4pm til 10pm. Using 10mm pellets straight to a bomb with loose fed pellets. The odd ball of groundbait thrown in if we felt it needed it. No feeders.

Fishing close in so all bites were rod wrenchers as we got them feeding well. 22 nice barbel in the 6lb to 8.5lb range with just one chub to spoil the party.

Birds down the river today, little egret, swallows, swifts, sand martins, house martins, tawny owl to name a few.

Heaven!

22 Barbel, 1 Chub

Great afternoons fishing , only here for 6 hours and banked 6 lovely fish all of a good size , even in these hard conditions , I really enjoy it here , looking forward to coming back !

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Started in our favourite area mid afternoon and just as my friend commented on how peaceful it was it soon changed as several canoes capsized upstream of us leaving debris of boats, people, clothing and spectacles all over the river.
With a little help from us they got gathered up and dried out and on their way downstream.
The sun was blazing down so it wasn't the most productive part of the day anyway for us.
A little move downstream and as the afternoon progressed we started catching, chub first and then barbel. Feeder tactics and 10mm pellets worked well.
Wildlife today included a little egret, heron, cormorant, kestrel, buzzards and the very friendly mandarin ducklings.
Very enjoyable.

13 Barbel, 5 Chub

Lovely stretch of river. River was running low with some colour from previous rain fall. We started at bottom of stretch that produced a Barbel and two Chub. Then moved back up stream were we found a deeper area that held some fish. We fished pellet and boilie and continued to catch until we decided to call it a day. We ended with 9 Barbel to just over 7 pounds with the average size being just under 6 pounds. Also many Chub and two Roach that provided excellent sport all day. Can't wait to return later in year. Thank you W U F.

9 Barbel, 16 Chub, 2 Other

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

Great day on the creel, found the fish from the first cast and caught throughout the day literally every cast. No chub smaller the 2.5lb and the barbel were all between 6-8lb. Pellet feeder and pellet hookbaits responsible for all the fish.

8 Barbel, 32 Chub