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2 rainbows.

1 Trout, 2 Other

Great beat, tried some upstream nymphing on the faster sections, and duo, also downstream wets and finally dries on the quarry pool - had a couple of rises but on and off in a flash! Water quality and aquatic/insect life appeared good although river height still low in spite off the rain and fairly clear - will definitely visit this beat again next season.

Barbel caught on pellet on 3 different pegs. Two fish to 7 lbs smallest to 4 lb. A very enjoyable day. Thank you.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

A lovely way to end the season - sunshine, kingfishers, dippers and rising trout. Two perfect (10-12") fish on a Parachute Adams brought to hand, fighting fit and a pleasant surprise from the usual 6-8 inchers on this beat - one from the junction with the Olchon and one from the "wall" pool. Another big fish from the Escley junction pool shook itself loose. Thanks to all at WUF for another year's fishing.
A shaky video of my antics is here: https://youtu.be/cAMAl0YEudo

2 Trout

River level dropping during the session after rising during the night following rain. Feeder and pellet used for most of the barbel, biggest weighing in at 7lb 12oz. An 8oz barbel caught on maggot (I can't remember the last time I saw a barbel so small!). Plenty of bites throughout the day. Some reviewers have mentioned the snags. I concur that these can be a problem especially in the swims to the top end of the garden stretch but worth persevering as this is where most of the barbel were caught. It is less snaggy towards the end of the garden stretch and the lower end of the fishery. There are plenty of accessible swims despite the claim of one reviewer and these are marked clearly with wooden posts.
This was the second of two days for our trip and on the previous day when water levels were lower a total of 14 barbel were caught between 3 anglers with the biggest hovering about 8lb.

8 Barbel

River rising all day - lots of weed making presentation tricky and finding snags inevitable. 2 baby barbel and seven reasonable ones. Always an enjoyable day at Wyebank.

9 Barbel, 3 Chub

looked great with coloured water on the rise , gently but surely felt like a struggle allday though. lost a few to snags and hook pulls but ended up with the 5 to 7lb or so all in great virgin like condition. Used piloni garlic soft pellets and ground bait. no fish on normal halibut pellets. car smelt like a French onion sellers van afterwards fish seemed to like the shade on the far bank until late on when middle of the river was more productive. Lovely sunny day after heavy early morning showers

5 Barbel

I fished beat 5, a truly stunning location on a huge bend in the river. Despite working hard all day I only managed one barbel and two chub but I think this was more to do with a rapidly rising river putting the fish off the feed until the light began to fade. The bailiff was helpful with recommendations and directions.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Its lucky I started early today because the river was rising rapidly all morning (it had come up 1 foot by lunchtime!). Gave it a bit of a go in the afternoon but by then it was too coloured and I really only had one spot that was fishable!. all fish caught on nymphs fish under an indictor. Grayling to 12" (most were 11-12") and the trout were all quite small.

5 Trout, 11 Grayling

lost a fish first thing from fast neck of Lady Alexanders. River then rose and coloured rapidly by about 10 inches and finished my day at 11!