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2 chub and 2 eels on meat. Perfect conditions but nobody had told the fish!

2 Chub, 2 Other

2 chub 1 eel.
Rubbish.
We'll blame the weather. (30°)

2 Chub, 1 Other

Other was Eels.

5 Other

1 Chub

First session of the season and again confirmation that the endangered eel seems to be present in numbers up the Wye. Four up to 2lbs came to turmeric spiced meat in the first part of the morning.
Tried halibut pellet after the eel action but there was no interest shown.
Back on meat, two six pound barbel came to the net then another, larger one was hooked and played for a couple of minutes until I tangled the rod tip in an overhanging branch. Duh. It looked like Goodnight Nurse but managed to untangle and the barbel was still on. Played him carefully for half a minute then Ping. Fish and hook separated.
Nothing hooked first part of the afternoon despite numerous bumps and torches so called it a day.

2 Barbel, 4 Other

Really odd. River looked perfect. A decent lift in the water level, plenty of colour but only about 1m of height. 4 of us fished hard in all the known pegs for a total of 1 bite on opening day. And that was an eel…

We suspect that something must have washed in to the river to knock the fish so off the feed. We didn’t even get the usual tip rattles from chublets.

2 Barbel

Another enjoyable day at Wyastone Leys, with dry overcast conditions. The river had dropped considerably since my last visit. Decided to split the day in half with the morning in the woods (the swim by the steps) and the afternoon at the large cattle drink in the second meadow field.
All the chub were caught on meat, with the largest being between 11/2 and 2lb.

3 Chub

Enjoyable day. Good temperature and mainly cloudy.
Not fished this stretch before and liked the location and easy access to the fishery. River had a bit of colour and a good flow.
Fished with running ledger and used pva mesh attached to hair rig with red pellet. 2 good barbel. Largest tipped the scales at 8 1/2lb and the other just over 7lbs. Lost a couple too. Fished the top end all morning and went home early in the afternoon. Banks are a bit slippery so take care.

More than happy to return to this venue.

2 Barbel

Fished upstream from the car park, one barbel 9lb 1oz on meat.
Only fished for 4 hours mid morning to mid afternoon.

1 Barbel