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Turned up a bit l8 to be fair but the fish were on the feed through the day with it being overcast once i found the fish had 4 nice barbel in a few hours all on pellet...

4 Barbel

Barbel of 10lb 4oz and 6lb and a chub of 4lb. River at 1.05m (Lydbrook gauge) and falling. Air temp 21C, mostly light cloud with some bright sunshine.
Fished the Meadow from 5am and had the 6lb barbel at 6:30am. Nothing besides small knocks on the feeder and quick chub bites until I caught the chub and the larger barbel on consecutive casts to the same spot around 5pm.
Lots of swims with issues accessing the water at present due to the steep banks, conditions were dry today but would have been treacherous if wet.
Loads of canoes but none of them came near my line.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Used meat as bait. The morning was more active than the evening.
A lovely spot but very steep access which was slippery in the early dew. I would not to fish there in wet conditions, just too dangerous! Could handrail/ ropes be installed or am I just getting old?
The 'other' fish were all eels. Can anyone recommend a good way to unhook them?

6 Barbel, 3 Chub, 5 Other

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Getting plenty of action using feeders with Spam as hook bait.
Chub up to 6 lb, barbel up to 10lb. Other fish were eels up to 3 lb.

5 Barbel, 6 Chub, 4 Other

River in good condition, plenty of coloured water, dropping. Hot sunny conditions not ideal and unsurprisingly fish came early morning and late afternoon/evening. Pellet feeder. Barbel to 9lb8oz, small chub and a couple of eels.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Other

Managed a couple of hours early morning in the pouring rain. River in good order, banks very slippery. At least I got the season off to a productive if wet start.

2 Barbel

Evening tickets, river was in good condition. Chub and barbel spread out. Catching in groups then quiet spells.

8 Barbel, 10 Chub

Started at 7am, but despite missing an early take, no other fish until around 9am when the sun started to shine through the clouds. Throughout the morning I had a couple of barbel (up to 6lb) and a couple of chub (3 - 4lb). It went quiet between 12 and 13:30ish, then rolling barbel and chub signalled the return of a feeding spell. I went on to have a further 3 Chub (lost one) and two barbel to 7lb 12oz. We had to leave at 15:00, otherwise I am sure I would have had more. All fish fell to feeder pellet and boilie tactics

4 Barbel, 5 Chub

Looked perfect conditions just fining down with a bit of colour but barbel where not on the feed.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub