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Another nice place to spend a day on the river . thanks WUF

4 Barbel, 8 Chub

3 Trout, 4 Grayling

13 Trout

Pleasant stretch of river but rather energetic to access a lot of it and sometimes even harder to get back out of the river!
Not much sign of rising fish most of the day, those that were invariably on the far side of the river in an inaccessible spot. Caught 2 small (10-12”) in last half hour when I was already late to get back for dinner. Fantastic bird life all day and so many insects it’s a wonder the fish weren’t on the surface all day.
The fishing hut that is mentioned in the booking info, a total joke I wouldn’t have gone inside to save my life it smelt like something died in there. No door, no window couldn’t see what was in the far end and didn’t fancy venturing in. No problem when your car is on the bank though, that is very civilised having such easy access to the bank.

2 Trout

Windy conditions made Nymphing difficult but managed to extract a good few Grayling up to 2 lbs

1 Trout, 5 Grayling

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Great to be back at the Creel. Always a pleasure to fish this stretch of the Wye. Still one of my favourite venues summer or winter because of the good head of big willing Chub and many swim choices too. Caught plenty of them on the float using bread or meat up to 4.5lb, they seem to go nuts on the loosefed hemp, fighting like crazy to get to the snags, fun on lighter tackle. River was a nice level and colour, thousands of fry down the sides. Whilst the river level is as it is, I cant resist trotting. Funny to see the mandarin ducks chase the float down the river too, comical. Also managed two nice barbel at the end of the day. Perfect day out the office. Thanks again WUF for access to this beat.

2 Barbel, 27 Chub

6 Barbel, 4 Chub