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Chub bonanza 'part 2'..!
Moved around the beat hunting for barbel with more patient tactics than day 1 however no success.

Basically more chub, all nice fish and once again, in certain swims, it was like shelling peas. Overall count on a day, that started at around 8.00am through to about 3.00pm, was around 60 fish topping out at around 4lbs.

Overall the beat was in really good order, the river was well coloured at a good level with great access to the swims it's just the Barbel that were missing from a great two day fishing break.

60 Chub

Chub bonanza as usual.
All caught on float fished corn, luncheon meat and various krill and halibut drilled baits. Exactly the same on feeder. Catching fish from first cast at around 5.30am through to last cast at around 3.30pm.
Average size of the chub was around 2.5lbs with best fish around 4.5lbs but didn't take time to weigh any of them. Overall catch numbers was estimated at well over 100 on the two rods. That works out at around 12 fish per hour which is a low estimate, it was extraordinary and, dare I say, became almost boring.
Unfortunately no barbel and these were our primary target.

100 Chub

Frist of three days on the wye as normal lovely beat but on this occasion MH was unable to
Attend due too unforeseen circumstances but my colleagues had a very good day SG CATCHING 80
CHUB and SM CATCHING 55 CHUB on a few different baits.

135 Chub

Two rods fished on a warm day. River at a good level and flow although a little coloured. Waded up to the top of the Island swims, bank has been eroded. A mixture float trotting and cage ledgering with meat and pellets produced 87 chub, 1 dace and with the last cast a 9lb 6oz barbel.

1 Barbel, 83 Chub, 1 Other

Feeder fishing for chub and barbel.
Caught lots of Chub.

37 Chub

Float fishing for chub. We caught so many we lost count.

The path leading to the pegs was fairly overgrown.

The river was surprisingly running very coloured and only one swim was really producing.Its a lovely long beat with many enticing swims and so if you after barbel you probably have to try a few different spots.

1 Barbel, 28 Chub

River was dropping, slowed right down and had a lovely session between us both.
A.C had 19 chub 1 Barbel by the croy
J.C had 28 Chub, no sign of Barbel on this occasion.

1 Barbel, 47 Chub

Lovely day, Barbel didn’t show

12 Chub