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2 Barbel

My first ever visit to fish for Barbel/Chub, river had dropped from previous few days but still fast flowing, 3 Barbel 6lb, 8lb & 6.5lb. One Chub 3lb. Barbel took pellet, chub meat. Used large feeder, with 4' hook trace. Moved from swim opposite the castle after taking first Babel and Chub to a swim opposite the car parking area, fished last 2 hours there and caught x2 Barbel, all in near side crease. Struggled to hold bottom but just about manageable.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

The river still quite high & pushing hard, lovely beat, shame about the lack of swims, biggest barbel 9lb.13

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Nice day out and surprisingly mild. River up a little higher than I expected. Both Barbel caught on 15mm pellet and paste about two rod lengths out in a swim opposite Goodrich Castle.

2 Barbel

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

River up around 4 foot with a hint of colour - looked pretty much perfect. No bites, No fish!

barbelly looking stretch - our first visit to this water, but all 4 rodwrenchers turned out to be chub.

4 Chub

River Level had dropped approximately a metre since the weekend and remained at the same level during the day, an overcast day with some rain showers. 14 Barbel were caught, meat and pellets were the most successful baits. Bank very slippery and difficult to land fish, don't leave home without a rope and a dog spike

14 Barbel, 1 Chub

Despite the river rising all day and spilling over the banks in places we recorded our best day of the week so far with 12 barbel and 1 Chub plus numerous lost fish.

12 Barbel, 1 Chub

Red letter day for me, with the river levels falling the fish were really on it, fished a couple of hours in all fishable swims and they all produced, chub of 5.5lb and best barbel just under 9lb

14 Barbel, 1 Chub