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2 nice barbel on meat and lost one to the net! All in faster water.plenty of kingfisher and eagrits.

2 Barbel

My first blank on the Wye and I can go back to 1969.
A special mention to the 2 people who got in below me, late in the afternoon, so close that they chopped off the end of my swim. If you read this. Thanks folks! Great manners!

We fished the faster deeper water from late afternoon until dusk, weather had been windy and showery but changed to sunshine in the evening. I had x5 Barbel ranging from 6.8lb to 8.8lb. Main tactics were pellet on the feeder and had one fish trotting meat in another swim. Definitely more fish to be had if roving and putting the effort in. Great session though and would return to this beat.

5 Barbel

Fish caught on GB feeder and Pellet.

2 Chub

River very low, fishing very slow, Barbel no show. Despite all our efforts only 2 violent takes resulting in 2 hooklink breaks leaving 2 frustrated anglers. Both takes on sweetcorn in the faster water towards the bottom end of the beat.

Very few bites but was able to make it count on a very low river.
Found a swim in the fast water (rope or mountain goat balance needed) which proved worthwhile. I watched a shoal flashing in the downstream swim but not feeding. However by leaving it for a bit and banking on them moving I got lucky.
All fish taken on meat with GB and pellet in feeder.
Fish of 10.3, 8.11, 7.12 and two smaller were taken. Each fought like tigers in the fast water, were properly rested and all swam off strongly.
No chub today.

5 Barbel

All big hard fighting fish. River very low! Keep moving to find them! All on meat and pellets.

5 Barbel

River was extremely low the only swim we could access was near the top of the beat so a really slow day. Beautiful stretch of the Wye but with river so low most of the swims were not easily accessible for auld codgers. !! The 2 others were Eels

2 Chub, 2 Other

1 Barbel

4 Barbel