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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

The river was quite clear and fairly low, we fished under bushes in the eddies with a ground bait feeder and luncheon meat. We were told by everyone that we should go for long hook lengths as it was going to be tough going but had no luck so shortened eventually down to 1 foot and all fish fell to this rig. Fish sizes - barbel 5lb 9oz, 6lb and 10lb 3oz, Chub 3lb.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Started about midday. Conditions hot & sunny and river low.
Fished a couple of likely swims without success.
Moved and eventually found some barbel, and caught 15 throughout the afternoon and evening. The bites came fairly steadily and the fish averaged 6-7 lbs with the biggest at 8lbs plus. To be honest it was probably more than we expected in the conditions.

15 Barbel, 10 Chub

Water level was very low, fish were active in the morning and at dusk, the strong wind and the sun didn't help. I lost few fish in the snags, but managed to catch a bonus... eels, of proper size on luncheon meat! Very nice beat but vegetation makes swims very narrow, at low level of Wye it can be a problem.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub, 3 Other

Back to the beat after a short evening session. River quite low but some colour, weather was changeable from showers to clear skies. Relieved to find that the deeper water swims were available with no anglers casting into them from the opposite bank that meant we stood a better chance with the Barbel. Between us landed 6 Barbel to 8lbs including one of under a pound the rest around the 4-6lbs mark throughout the day lost 5 to snags and hook pulls. A few nice chub caught up to 4lbs and a couple of eels which seem to be making a bit of a come back. On our 4 day trip we caught a total of 13 eels.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub, 2 Other