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8 barbel caught.

8 Barbel

Went for an early start and caught a 6lbs 2 oz barbel at 05-30. A few small chub later in the morning, all the fish on pellets. Barbel still scarce.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

This really is a fantastic stretch of water with probably every type of Barbel swim going. Having had some useful information from a local tackle shop we were dissapointed to also find out that the river was fishing poorly due to the unseasonal weather and late spawning. We stuck it out all day searching from spot to spot and managed to get 6 out with 3 above 8lbs and 1 touching the 10lbs mark. A very pleasent day but not as prolific as we had hoped. Roll on July!

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

Ledger, feeder and float fished pellet, luncheon meat and corn. No fish caught. Very disappointing start to the season.

A quiet day, with one barbel of 6lbs 12oz saving me from disaster at 6pm. It seems the barbel are still spawning, and very few fish were evident in this stretch today.

1 Barbel

A very strange day. Only the one bite despite searching much of the beat. Lots of fly life but no surface activity. Lovely stretch.

1 Chub

I didn't have a single bite all day :( Having spoken with Woody @ Woody's Angling in Hereford he informed me that this was widespread across the whole Wye with nearly ever angler blanking - apparently simply due to the fish still or just having finished spawning, following the late spring we've had this year.
First blank ever on the Wye!! I suppose there's a first time for everything...
I will have to revisit and correct this blank very soon!

Tried absolutely everything to winkle out a fish of some description but it just was not to be. Pre-baiting and moving swims brought no change.
Suffice to say, I cannot think of a better place in the world to blank. The local wildlife never ceases to entertain, even if that is a Mink busying itself along the margins. Will be back again and again and again!

Bright sunshine, water clearing and low/dropping (less than a foot at fownhope). Not a sight of a salmon or trout and hardly any sight or sound of anything topping all day despite considerable fly activity (mayflies and others unidentified). But plenty of (what I think must be) shad around - five of them (all released safely) around the 3lb mark took flying Cs of various colours. Overall it was much more a day for sitting by a lily pad-filled pond dozily watching a float than for flogging away after salmon with spinner and fly. Ho hum. Caradoc is a beautiful part of the world with good access to beat itself, and easy access to water at the start and end of beat; access OK (less so for fly) in mid stretch. Probably due to lack of success not sure I'd want to pay same amount again for Salmon (not when it's £10 more than -for example- Goodrich Court. Having said, could well be tempted back later in year for some barbel fishing.

5 Other

Beautiful beat to fish a fly on and a bonus being able to drive the whole length. No fish seen or caught but a very pleasant day in perfect conditions. Thank you W&UF!