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Best Chub 3lb 15oz float. River coming down and less brown.
No barbel showing.

3 Chub

River was still fairly high, blanked on the ledger.

Hard as river well up and brown but barbel showed late afternoon on pellet, 6.5 lbs.

1 Barbel

Very wet and windy afternoon. River levels rising and colouring throughout. 4 barbel to 4lb. Lovely stretch fished for first time.

4 Barbel

Beat unfishable due to very low water levels.

River exceptionally low and has been fished hard by others over the last few days. Today was made all the more difficult by bright sunny conditions despite the forecast for cloud. I toiled in the bottom swim, left bank, from morning until mid-afternoon without any joy. Moved up to a small section of deeper water just down from the bridge and finally landed 3 chub (4-5lb) and a small barbel circa 3lb. All fish took small cubes of meat and were in tip-top condition. Met the owner who imparted useful advice for my next visit.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

3rd day of a 3 day visit to the Wye, first 2 days on How Caple Court were difficult. 1st time on this venue and what an introduction. Perfect weather, heavy cloud most of the day. Started 1st thing on the far bank 2nd swim and had a 6lb barbel first cast, nothing further for the next 2 hours so moved to the road side bank and fished the last swim below the rapids. Caught chub and barbel consistently for the rest of the day.
Finished up with 5 barbel (best of 8lb 12ozs) and 8 chub (best fish of 4lb 4ozs). All fish caught on feeder tactics with pellets. Fantastic days fishing.

5 Barbel, 8 Chub

Arrived early. Walked the beat but conditions to low and clear. Did not fish.

Fished from 11 ish on a clear sunny day. Great for scenery, not so good for fishing. Trotted for a few hours and could catch lots of really small stuff, but nothing worth mentioning.
Like many other reports, things picked up around 4.30 and after a couple of missed bites landed a decent barbel of about 5 lbs, followed by a small chub. Both on meat, and both from the roadside bank, where there was less flow and deeper water.
First time I've fished the Wye, so difficult to comment on conditions, river did look a bit low, but very clear water.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

We decided wading and trotting would be the best option, chub and dace fed most of the day and a Grayling was a bonus. Just as the sun was setting a 5lb 7oz Barbel was tempted by my free lined luncheon meat. A lovely way to end a very enjoyable weekend.

1 Grayling, 1 Barbel, 13 Chub, 40 Other