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Blank for both anglers but a good day out as always.

Cold day, river still rushing though. Fished the first field, for the first time. Met the bailiff for the first time as well, nice to see someone putting in some hard work in to making more swims. After all it's not cheap. Lost a few chub today, down to using too long a hair I think. Fishing for Barbel. Did enjoy it, even if the banks are still more than a bit slippery. Caught all three chub on luncheon meat. The first two were about 3lb. But at about 3.30 pm, I had my biggest Wye chub. 5lb 3oz. Really pleased. Ps I wish there was more parking available.

3 Chub

5 Chub

River very high again so limited options. The first spot I tried at the top was very snaggy and moved after losing all my gear twice. The best Chub was around 4lb+ and the Barbel a good 8 but didn't bother with the scales after a pretty hard fight in heavy flow. All fish on my secret marinated meat ;-)

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Fished 5 swims between us which we've caught from on the last 2 trips this month without a bite between us despite trying our standard feeder tactics for coloured water and multiple hook baits. River at 2m plus of minus all day, with good slacks, flow and colour, everything looked spot on for a few barbel. However the big influx of water the day before must have been very cold as the water temperature was 3 degrees down from last week and the report from Saturday. This is the only explanation I can think of for the blank day, my first on the Wye this year and first ever on MHC.

2 Chub

6 Barbel, 3 Chub

Cold start, beautiful by midday. Fished 6 swims between us taking 2 Barbel 6 & 8 lbs and 3 Chub 1.5 to 3 lbs. Meat was the best bait for me but also caught on Robin Red boilies. River in great condition with plenty of swims.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

River was about 2m up and 10 degrees. Stefan the bailiff said it would be hard work as the day before only one barbel was caught. I too caught just one, around 5-6lb on groundbait feeder and pellet. That was about 1pm, 2 hours after I started fishing. I was fishing the very top end of the stretch next to the sign. Hooked another at around 4pm from the next fishable swim down. Unfortunately the hook pulled. This felt like a better fish. No other bites. 4oz feeders held bottom fine. Fair few snags. Fished 11am to 5pm. Thanks Wye and Usk - another cracking stretch and I shall be back in March!

1 Barbel

The conditions were good but a tough day on the river.

4 Barbel, 12 Chub