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Barbel 8lb on pellet slow day

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Standing on Foy Bridge bracing a cold northerly wind staring down at a fast moving river was not exactly what we were hoping for in mid September when we booked the beat a few months ago....but fishing the Wye often presents challenges and quite clearly this was going to be one of them.
Heavy feeder was the only real option and we were delighted to catch 3 Barbel and 3 Chub between us which exceeded our limited expectations.
It was also a pleasure to meet the owner of the beat Charles who clearly makes the effort to maintain this delightful venue and we look forward to visiting it again soon.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

With 3ft of extra water, being almost dead straight Foy Bridge is a difficult beat to fish. Realistically there was only one swim that even looked fishable, luckily I was the only person booked for the day.
Arrived at around 8am, Chub were active from the start with one caught and two lost to inside line snags (probably on the bank in normal conditions), but catching in such a small area meant that the fish soon turned off. Fed the swim had a coffee and started again (this was to be the way all day) First Barbel arrived about 11am (5lbs 2oz) quickly followed by another which was lost mid stream. Another feed and break resulted in another 2 Chub and the biggest Babel (7lbs 14oz) of the day at around 3pm (and another lost when the hook straitened!) One more smallish Barbel (approx 3lbs) caught as the light was fading.
The river dropped during the day but not enough to reveal any more swims, and some enormous "sticks" floated by all day.
Smaller baits seemed to be the order of the day, 8mm pellet or two grains sweetcorn fished on the inside line along the crease.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

River rising all day but we managed 6 between us.

6 Barbel

River was rising all day and conditions were difficult but we managed 6 Barbel between the two of us.

6 Barbel

No fish caught today! River looked in good condition but the weather was very windy... Maybe that had something to do with it!

Very windy day, fishing was very slow with 3 chub to 4lb all on luncheon meat.

3 Chub

Arrived around 11 o'clock and fished until 6pm. Conditions looked perfect and caught my first fish around 13:30. A barbel of around 5lb which turned out to be the best fish of the day! Ended the day with 3 barbel and 2 chub all on swim feeder and pellet.

The weather was windy with heavy showers and river was a couple of feet above summer levels but steady.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Unfortunately I arrived too late in the day and decided not to fish.

Not my best days fishing on the Wye but nice scenery. A small chub saved my blank and the fisherman opposite caught a lot of small barbel to prove there are plenty in there! Quite a shallow beat, with only one deeper swim so not a lot of swim choice but well kept and nice place to spend a day.

1 Chub