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7 Barbel, 1 Chub

Another pleasant afternoon on the Wye. Water up about a foot with a tinge of colour. Started about midday, had 3 fish within 40 minutes then nothing for 4 1/2 hours.
Stayed put and kept feeding and eventually the barbel returned with a further 14 fish. They averaged 6-7lb with a few smaller ones, and the biggest fish approx 9lbs and 33" long.
As with all Wye fish they went like stink but using the usual heavier tackle to get them in as quickly as possible meant they were still lively when unhooked and went back well. Caught 2 with other anglers' barbed hooks still attached which were removed.

17 Barbel

4 good Barbel and 4 good chub. All the pitches very over grown and dangerous when fishing on your own, be careful!!!!! I really do think that for the money we are paying, which is expensive for coarse fishing, the pitches should be cleared.

4 Chub, 4 Other

Fish were caught on pellet throughout the day, barbel 2 lbs to almost 10 lbs. Rained all day and floating weed caused a problem. Good days fishing.

27 Barbel

12 Barbel 1 Chub on pellet.

12 Barbel, 1 Chub

First time on this beat, bit featureless to be honest. Parked at top field near tree line left kit at river's edge and walked both ways before deciding where to start. First point of call was second swim off to the left ....blankety blank for 2 1/2 hrs. Moved to first swim to the right from the tree line, same tactics and within minutes a 2-3lbs chub. 35mins later another, both to meat. Out went the feeder and elips pellets, 1 1/2 hours of nothing.
Had a good chat to the other angler on the beat and resumed the challenge...around 5:30 haha this is obviously eel time and good ones as well. 2 on meat with cracking running bites and one to the pellet hair rigged!!! It ruined the rig so I went back to the meat. At 6:50 ish another small 1-1/2 chub took the bait but this was again followed by another eel. That was enough for me today. Will be interesting to see other reports from today as a comparison, thought I fished OK.

3 Chub, 4 Other

On returning to this beat the river level had dropped so fished late afternoon & caught 4 barbel between 6lb 8oz-9lb 2oz, 4 chub biggest being 5lb 2oz & 1 eel. All fell to ledgered pellets.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

River slightly up but falling slowly. Some colour in the water rather than gin clear. Plenty of swims available and no anglers on the opposite bank. I tried three swims in my afternoon/evening session and had chub from each. Also what looked like a tiny dace! No bites on meat but takes on corn and on pellet. Three chub were of the order of 3-4 pounds and the others around the 1 pound mark. Lost four other large fish as they burrowed deep and snapped me. Salmon leaping regularly in front of me in the faster water. Parking area a bit special and was grateful I had a 4 x 4.

6 Chub, 1 Other

After over night rain the water level had come up but fishing was made very difficult by huge amounts of weed coming down so we packed up & came back late afternoon had 3 barbel between 7lb 7oz to 8 lb, 1 chub & a eel all fell to ledgered meat. A nice beat again but banks are steep so not the easiest fishing.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Gorgeous looking beat and lovely day. I fished quite a few different swims and caught barbel in 3 - the largest was 7, the rest 5-6lbs. The chub were mostly 2.5ish or less and I managed to catch my first eel in about 20 years. There were only a couple of anglers the other side, so plenty of swims were fishable. Many thanks WUF.

4 Barbel, 7 Chub, 1 Other