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2 Barbel

3 Barbel

River low and clear, but rising a little in the evening. Weather bright and breezy. Tried trotting for chub to start with, but no long runs between the weed, which was thick and little more than a foot from the surface. Changed to straight leger and sweetcorn and had three barbel and lost two others in an hour mid-afternoon. The bites dried up so moved to another swim for the evening where I picked up five more barbel and a chub on pellet. Fish up to about six pounds. An enjoyable six hour session.

8 Barbel, 1 Chub

Not fished

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Apart from a large shoal of Chub and a few Barbel in the deeper glide below the second willow on the right bank there were not many fish around that I could find.
However the level was really low at sub 0.3 on the gauge at Ross so I suspect the Salmon were below me at the top of ‘The Creel’ beat which course anglers seem to ignore as it’s furthest from the car park; a shame as it holds the most Barbel!
Good to be on my favourite beat yet again and looking forward to a lift in water levels and the inevitable run of end of season fish.

3 Chub

slow going

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

5 barbel to 6lbs4o. 1 chub
pellets and swim feeder.
river low and clear.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

8 barbel to 5lbs 1 chub pellets and swim feeder method used. river low.

8 Barbel, 1 Chub

weather forecast, showed cloudy , wrong ! very bright ,started bottom end with big lumps of spam , rolled round tail end of faster water , 3 old warrior chub ( residents haha) made it a enjoyable hour, moved back over bridge, 2nd swim , water very shallow , new approach today due to frequent canoe'rs 3oz lead in the flow half way over , chub and barbel to 3lbs .
ran the float through after wading out with corn and banded pellet ... 1 chub and 1 frantic trout ....and then the party started 2 groups of people chose the swims either side of me to ,swim, paddle splash, throw sticks for their dogs, screaming kids and I was treated to a hour+ of banging , house and garage tunes from a radio or player of some sorts .... also 2 pitbull type dogs crashed down into my swim trampling over my rod led up in the reeds, snapping the tip on my fox kevlar rod (£25 to replace) .. I do not expect this when paying £26.00 to fish !! good days fishing marred by people paying nothing to access the water ...... think will give this a miss untill the colder weather arrives ?

WUF Note: Unfortunately public access can be an issue along nearly all of the Wye, especially in summer months. This is often exacerbated during school holidays.

1 Trout, 6 Barbel, 4 Chub