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5 Barbel, 4 Chub

First time on river. Fished large feeder with crumbed boilie with large boilie on hair. Fished a dozen or more swims, some of them twice as I worked my way down and back up the river.

First fish by the hut within an hour then 2 more chub mid- afternoon near to other end of beat. Perfect weather. Dull and warm. Booking office very helpful and thank you.

3 Chub

River high and very coloured in morning but clearing in the afternoon. Should be perfect conditions but we struggled to find feeding fish.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Arrived at 8am and decided to walk the beat and put a bit of hemp in. The bottom end looked really good but thought we would work down from hut and finish there in evening. It was still low but looked very fishy. Tom caught 2 chub in first few casts on pellet and we thought we had made good move starting here. I fished more downstream, 3/4 of the way across and had 4 barbel to about 7lb before 11ish. Mark struggled as this was 1st time on Wye and isn't that used to river fishing but seemed to enjoying himself. I lost a fish before lunch but it didn't feel like a barbel or chub - it straighted my hook. I don't know of any carp but that's what it felt like.
We started moving downstream and got to bottom corner at 2ish. Tom had a 4.5lb chub in great nick. I caught 3 chub and 2 barbel before we stopped for food. After our break we noticed a the river rising quite quickly and lots of weed and debris coming down making it very hard to fish. We got to bottom end which was nigh on impossible to fish because of the weed. I got 1 barbel and 1 chub before we all gave it up as a bad job. The river rose so quickly it had gone over the spots we fished off in the morning. We were gutted at not starting at bottom as this seems to be the hotspot but to be honest, I prefer to work hard for a fish and we did that. We had told Mark we were saving the best swims till last but we never got to them as we were packing up we wern't holding out much hope for Thursday on Sugwas Court. All the fish were caught on pellet except 1 chub which fell to cheese paste. To be continued....

7 Barbel, 7 Chub

Salmon of around 15lb took a boilie on the retrieve but broke the hooklength after a few minutes of fun. Lots of chub but barbel still not feeding in earnest.

3 Barbel, 14 Chub

River low and fish seem to be schooled up but could not find them ........

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Very high winds which made fishing difficult. Also fish hard to find and moved swims many times before eventually catching on pellets.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

The river remained stubbornly low despite heavy rain in the previous few days and it was clear that some swims had taken a hammering judging by the muddy banks. We avoided those and by moving a few times on the middle section, we had enjoyable sport with 7 barbel to 7lb 3oz and 10 chub banked on pellet and feeder. Persistent rain came on in the afternoon and we finished at 7.00pm, damp but happy.

7 Barbel, 10 Chub

A very nice beat with lots of swims, all well looked after and not too far to walk. A big thanks to my fellow angler for giving up his swim when I was struggling to get a bite. All fish taken trotting the chub seem to be a good size. Will return next year thanks, for a very enjoyable day again.

6 Barbel, 3 Chub

After a late start on Tuesday me and the boy managed 4 barbel and three chub, all on pellet. Up and at 'em Wednesday. 14 barbel to 7lbs and 24 chub knocking the 5lb mark. The beat, as always was in great shape thanks to Colin the gillie.

18 Barbel, 27 Chub