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just fished for chub with bread flake.

12 Chub

Decided not to fish due to this UK heatwave.

7 Barbel, 40 Chub

11 Chub

8 Barbel, 5 Chub

A great days fishing on this beat conditions were perfect .

9 Barbel, 23 Chub

Very hot but an enjoyable day.

2 Barbel, 8 Chub

Another good days fishing for the conditions.

2 Barbel, 25 Chub

What a difference a day makes.Great days fishing in hot conditions

15 Barbel, 20 Chub

Fished 6am to noon and regularly caught both chub and barbel, although difficult to get through the chub. Finished at noon with 20 barbel in the session.
Returned to fish a further 3 hours from 6:30pm and caught a further 9 barbel. Fish are generally smaller than other beats, the largest about 6lb, and 2 or 3 were probably only 1lb or just over. Average fish was between 4lb - 5lb.
I found the best way to get at the barbel was to fish a 10mm pellet on a very long hair rig. I then tried to ignore the strong pulls from chub, every time the bait hit the water. If I managed to get a bait on to the bottom, without a chub hooking itself, then I had a good chance with the barbel.
The larger fish tended to have lice behind their fins, which I was able to clean off, the small fish were in very good condition. Water was very low and clear, but far less weed than the previous day on another beat.
Some of the chub were a very good size with 3 or 4 easily topping 5lb.

29 Barbel, 35 Chub