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Another enjoyable day at Wyastone Leys, with dry overcast conditions. The river had dropped considerably since my last visit. Decided to split the day in half with the morning in the woods (the swim by the steps) and the afternoon at the large cattle drink in the second meadow field.
All the chub were caught on meat, with the largest being between 11/2 and 2lb.

3 Chub

Enjoyable day. Good temperature and mainly cloudy.
Not fished this stretch before and liked the location and easy access to the fishery. River had a bit of colour and a good flow.
Fished with running ledger and used pva mesh attached to hair rig with red pellet. 2 good barbel. Largest tipped the scales at 8 1/2lb and the other just over 7lbs. Lost a couple too. Fished the top end all morning and went home early in the afternoon. Banks are a bit slippery so take care.

More than happy to return to this venue.

2 Barbel

Fished upstream from the car park, one barbel 9lb 1oz on meat.
Only fished for 4 hours mid morning to mid afternoon.

1 Barbel

Conditions seemed perfect but the fishing was tough, 1 fish banked all day which was an eel and unfortunately 1 fish lost suspect it was a barbel :(

1 Other

River running pretty clear. Managed 2 small barbel and a couple of nice chub. All on maggot/meat. Fished in the wood section.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Ledgered 14mm krill pellets with ground bait. 91b, 10oz. I was very happy!

1 Barbel

I fished a swim I normally do very well in but the fish were not biting today, just one barbel around 7 lbs.

1 Barbel

One angler had to cancel due to illness

River flooded could not fish

Although the river was running through very fast, it was a glorious day. We tried the swims (about 4 fishable) in the woods in the morning without any joy. Moving into the fields we worked our way down exploring any slack areas and around 3.45 had our first catch (an eel) then 15 minutes later my friends rod hooped round and he was rewarded with a barbel of 9lb 10oz, in superb condition. One friend had to leave so we carried on until 6pm without any further bites. Not a day for numbers but that one barbel was the topping on a great day.

1 Barbel, 1 Other