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River unfishable, Went home

River unfishable, Went home

Unexpectedly tough day when conditions seemed spot on. No luck all morning on feeder and trotting. Tried some slacker water in the afternoon and managed to tempt 4 chub on the gb feeder with various baits. 2 of the chub over 4lb.

4 Chub

4 Chub

1 Chub

River looked perfect but unfortunately not a sniff from a barbel. Chub were caught throughout the day and ranged from 1lb to 4lb.

1 Trout, 10 Chub

1 Trout, 5 Chub

Water was pushing through quite hard today so need 4oz feeder to hold bottom. 5 fish in the morning including the biggest barbel that gave a real good account of its self in the current. Barbel were 10lb 2oz, 8lb and 5lb 7oz. Chub were all in the 2lb bracket. the smallest barbel came around 2pm. Left at 3.30pm as 3 hr drive home. All came on pellet feeder, not a twitch on meat.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

River conditions rised , hight water . I’ve used halibut pellets on hair rig and 130g cage feeder

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

3 anglers. A challenging day as river had risen overnight with a lot of colour. Banks were treacherously slippy due to rain and mud. I fell over 3 times despite using dog spike & rope. 1 barbel landed, 7lb 2oz, and two lost, one at the net. About 15 or so chub, all fish to luncheon meat on feeder.

1 Barbel, 15 Chub