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An oddly difficult day. Barbel reluctant to play in any of the usual swims. Caught a couple of 2lb class chub and lost both of the two barbel tempted.

Sunday Chubby Sunday.
Arrived late @ 4 pm, very windy, first cast a 4.12 chub which set the tone for the next 5 1/2 hours - some kind of feeding frenzy irrespective of bait, hook size, hair length etc. I stopped counting after a dozen, mostly around 3-4 lb with a few chublets thrown in, some bites within a second of pellet landing in the water. A welcome break at 9pm when a solitary 8lb barbel joined the party then after that more chub.

Downstream wind + hungry otter + low river conditions made this session challenging to say the least. But 5 WBT to the net, 4 around 8inches plus one around 12 inches and fighting fit. All safely returned. Action during morning and evening only. Middle of the day was hard going. All fish to #20 Klink, but missed takes on #16 para-adams and #18 tungsten PTN. Abundant midge and sedge hatches with a lot of small upwings in the mix too

Three young grayling, all returned. Guided by Kim Tribe.
Stayed at Caebetran Farm BnB - excellent.

It was a very windy and rainy day. We could not catch any fish at all.

3 rods fished, river low weather sunny, 9 barbel caught, all on pellet, best 7lbs. Lots of chub caught, best 4.5lbs. Great fishing.

A great little beat providing some excellent fishing. Caught 2 very small brown trout (apx 7 inches and about 1/2 lb each) Both caught using Klinkhammers. Had difficulty finding access to the top half of the beat so didn't fish it.

Nothing. Not a sniff.

Water levels were extremely low and weather was bright and warm.

Arrived to find water level up on recent weeks and slightly coloured. However, the bright and sunny weather through most of the day undoubtedly contributed to the difficulty in persuading fish to take an interest in our baits.

Despite a long fish-less spell through the middle of the day, the activity either side of this more than made up for it.
3 Chub weighing 3lb 6oz, 2lb 2oz, and 1lb 6oz
4 Barbel weighing 7lb 12oz, 6lb 8oz, 7lb 8oz and 5lb 12oz
All fish caught on pellet.

(Most canoeists polite and courteous throughout the day, but some seemed to find control of their vessels difficult, particularly when in the vicinity of our chosen swims - no major harm done though).

Once again, many thanks to all involved at the WUF for a truly first-class service.

A very early start was the order of the day for our first trip to the Wye this season and first time on this section, so it was with much excitement that we walked the whole stretch looking for likely spots to tempt the barbel from. It was soon apparent that the river was very low and running very clear and with finding fish proving to be as difficult as spotting a cloud in the sky it was soon apparent that a tough two days were in store for us. What followed was a lesson from K.B in how to extract barbel from a river in far from ideal conditions ending the day with 8 barbel a chub and an eel to my 4 chub. On the sunday the conditions were better with good cloud cover but a strong gusting wind. I performed better ending up with 5 barbel to 6 pound just behind K.B with 6 barbel to 8 pound which from a river in dire need of extra water shows the potential of this fantastic river. Many thanks to the WUF.