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7 Barbel, 8 Chub

Fished okay but very disappointed with the non-existent pegs! Everywhere very overgrown and we were not forewarned that we would need to dig out own pegs and cut the foliage back.

7 Barbel

Opposite pump station. 10 in first 10 chucks. All but one smaller than average maybe 4lb one about 8. Lost a couple on inside snag. Then river came up at least a foot and trees were floating down. No bites for 2 hours. Cast around a bit into slacks but nothing. Decided to pack up so last cast (by this stage needed 120g feeder to hold in flow) and rod ripped round wish I’d had scales as def pb I think it would have gone 12. Then suddenly another 3 all round about doubles. All on 10mill dumbbell, usual pellet ground bait mix in feeder. Sure smaller baits, long hooklinks and small hooks were key although did mean losing a few.

14 Barbel

5 Barbel, 5 Chub

5 Barbel, 5 Chub

Great days fishing river fining down but still with a good colour caught consistantly until about 7-30 when I left, groundbait feeder with pellets and boilies on the hook. Biggest chub 5lb8oz 3 barbel over 8lb biggest 8lb 9oz.

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

Very wet and windy day with the river 4ft lower than wednesday but rising with the rain. Still pushing through the middle leaving a 5ft derp calmer margin. Baited with Chemobaits ChemoR boilies and groundbait with small halibut pellets. Lots more small fish tapping the rod this time, long hair rigs avoiding the chub knocks again. Produced 6 barbel to 7lb 4oz for me on a horrible day. The field was waterlogged upon leaving and I just about got out of it. The hill was fine.
Off home now... will be back!

6 Barbel

I arrived at home fishery at 9am to find 2 cars in the top car park. The hill down to the river is steep but ok for access. I found the Wye up a metre from mondays levels with good colour. Fished a nearside margin slack area feeding Chemobaits ChemoR groundbait with 2.5mm halibut pellets and Chemobaits ChemoR boilies.

Took 13 barbel from 3 to 9 lb throughout my 8 hrs angling with only a 1 hr quiet spell. Really enjoyed my day on here... looking forward to my return on friday!!

13 Barbel

4 Barbel, 7 Chub

Really struggled today. Biggest chub about 3lb and biggest barbel around 6lb. Hoards of small fish which attacked and stripped the bait immediately they hit the water with rod top banging constantly with small fish and minnows trying to remove even hard baits which I guess meant the bigger fish were not around. The usual moron of canoeists, at least I think that is the collective noun for a flotilla of canoes is ????. It would be too depressing to count them but during the day it must be 200 plus meaning you cannot fish a line out in the flow, As you have to reel in and your line would be in more than out.
Fishing near the island a no go area it was chaos. Also something to consider here is the cattle. The parking spot downstream is in a field and the cattle were all around my car. Whilst they were only inquisitive and definitely lovely looking animals I did have to keep shooing them away from my car in case they used it as a scratching post. They were also crashing around in the swim next to me after climbing down steep bank to feed on the lush vegetation.
Not one of my better wye experiences to be fair.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub