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My first time at The Creel - a lovely stretch with the best fishing from the island downstream. The weather was very mixed, warm then windy and wet. I caught my first barbel first cast early doors, then at various intervals throughout the day and my last just before the heavy rain and winds early evening. It seemed to go quiet at the times of the weather changes but a good day on a lovely river, countryside and wildlife.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

All fish caught on the feeder and halibut pellets. Water levels very low, most fish caught on the
Beach.

8 Barbel, 18 Chub

Overcast day fished the Marl beach swims and also waded. LS waded and trotted with centrepin losing two barbell, one a possible double but caught two chub. Switched to feeder and pellet to land five barbel. PS caught his first ever double barbell - ten pound four ounces and in perfect condition, along with eight others between five pound & eight pounds. Wonderful stretch will be booking a return visit for next year.

14 Barbel, 10 Chub

Fished the croys from early morning to 11am, and caught 5 nice sized chub to 5lb 1oz. Returned at 6pm and caught 4 barbel in 4 casts, up to 7lb 5oz. All fish caught on pellets.

4 Barbel, 5 Chub

River very low with little flow for the Wye. Best barbel 7lb 8 oz and best chub 2lb 14oz. All caught on feeder fished halibut pellet - even the 2lb eel. We stayed at the Greenman in Fownhope which is excellent!

7 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

At last some visibility in water. Able to fish fly in runs at bottom of beat. Spun the rest. Nearest to seeing fish was part remains of tail and bone.

Not the best plan of the season so far, to go and fish Abernant when the Llanstephan guage is at 3" (have never fished here when it is quite this low before, nor likely too again I suspect!) when it is also windy and when rain is forecast mid-afternoon. With hardly any fly at all and no rises, except for tiny trout, the session proved a tad challenging(!) and sense finally prevailed at 3p.m. when I decided to head home. However, having fished duo with a HE emerger and FBPTN, I did manage to catch five grayling and eight trout. All of the trout and two of the grayling were on the nymph and three grayling on the emerger. Two of these risen fish, after taking the fly, then induced the other grayling to take the nymph, not once but twice - not unusual of course but always entertaining when it happens. The other grayling was taken later whilst Czech nymphing hard on the bottom, again on a FBPTN. Best trout 10" and the rest even smaller. Grayling mainly 10" plus two of 11 and 12". Very hard, but at least something to show for such an ill-timed session - must try to get the brain more in gear when planning my next visit to the river!

8 Trout, 6 Grayling

Cracking day on a lovely beat.
A little surprised to be confronted on our arrival by a salmon angler working his way down the beat. This is advertised as a 2 rod beat at a price of £22.50 per today. We had booked both available rods and thought the salmon anglers presence was a tad out of order.
Anyway, we finally found the fish which resulted in 11 barbel and 12 chub. Biggest barbel bang on 10lb.
All fish on ground bait feeder with ellipse pellets on the hair.

WUF note - Please contact the Foundation immediately if any other anglers are fishing a beat who shouldn't be there. This beat has a full time Ghillie and we can contact him immediately to address the situation at short notice.

11 Barbel, 12 Chub

Good fishing conditions up until mid afternoon overcast but warm. Very sunny in the late afternoon though. Twenty seven Chub caught all on luncheon meat and bread. The Chubb caught with bread were caught float fishing, all other were on ledger. None of the Chub were below three pounds. Two eels and four Barbel were also caught, with the smallest Barbel being 8 pounds.

4 Barbel, 27 Chub, 2 Other

Took my 15 year old son fishing. He caught 3 barbel and a chub, biggest barbel 11lb, all caught on pellet and feeder method.
Not to be beaten, I caught a PB Barbel 12lb, again on pellet and feeder method. A great days fishing.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub