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Late report. 10lb barbel caught last Sunday 16th Nov 2025 and several double figure barbel caught last Wednesday just above the Tymawr Pool.

8 Barbel

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

Storm Claudia happened!

Caught early then river came over where I was so left at dusk not many bites

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Did not fish heavy rain ?

We fished during Storm Claudia. Driving rain, high winds and the odd big tree on the opposite bank coming down into the river. Usual barbel tactics were employed and all fish mid singles were caught on pellet.

3 Barbel

A beautiful warm and sunny day but the Wye was in flood, having gone up 6 feet since yesterday- the River level at Mordiford was 3.01 Metres on arrival. Very little choice of swims due to the very high level. We started in two swims at the downstream end fishing very close in but lost a lot of tackle in the bankside snags. One of us, not me, made the sensible decision to move to the downstream end swim and caught several fish. Best barbel 8.0 and 8.3 lbs.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

River well up and coloured but steady. Fished the downstream end in the morning for a Chub and an Eel, before moving to the Upstream limit where I found the Barbel, which seemed to have a brief feeding spell of about an hour at midday. 7 and 9lb respectively. Also lost a Barbel to a hook pull.
Regarding the vehicle access to this beat; it would be stupid to attempt to drop down the track from the farmyard towards the river in anything but a good 4 x 4. The track is a literal river of Cowsh… and the field is a quagmire. I tried to park sensibly in the farmyard then took the short walk down.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Nice stretch with good parking, bit of a walk but good access and banks. River was high so fished slack water close in. Caught an eel on spam, switched to source pellet, had a barbel (3pm) 9lb. Good result for 3 hrs fishing!

1 Barbel, 1 Other

River was up all good but not many fish. One barbel one big chub good temp no rain?

1 Barbel, 1 Chub