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Fished the morning in the slow water, nothing caught, later I fished the faster water and caught two barbel, both fish fought hard and were in good condition, both needed no recovery time and swam off well (probably a bit annoyed at being caught)

2 Barbel

I only fished late afternoon and evening, nothing caught

9 Barbel, 6 Chub

Didn’t fish

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Sadly as per previous reports river is low and clear and weather could not have been worse with soaring temperatures and no wind so as planned only fished few hours in morning and few hours in evening , the rest of my day was spent sleeping under the trees and watching the swimmers, kayaks, paddle boards and exceptional wildlife which inhabits the Wye , the most spectacular sight being a Buzzard chasing a Kingfisher up and down the river at first light in pursuit of it’s breakfast! Mr Mink also put in a couple of appearances too!
2 Barbel and 2 Chub were caught in first few hours before sun rose on mobile rolling meat tactics on the Centrepin.
3 Chub , 1 Barbel and believe it or not a kind of lip hooked Minnow on a size 10 hook all fell to feeder fished meat in the evening session.
The biggest Barbel was about 7lb and largest Chub about 3lb 8oz .
Please note that I ONLY fished coolest parts of day in the faster ‘bubbly’ areas of the river which held the most oxygen and no fished was weighed or photographed and Only a couple in higher swims left the water to be unhooked which took under 10 seconds , all fish swam away strongly after a considerable rest in no different manner to any other time of year but in these times fish care is EVERYTHING and us Anglers all share the responsibility to treat these beautiful fish like new born babies in this heat preferably NOT removing them from the water!

3 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

1 Chub

Nothing to report unfortunately

Great day, barbel were small but lots of chub on the pin was good fun.

3 Barbel, 20 Chub

Fished the lower pegs first with some limited success. Moved up to the faster water in the middle pegs and found better fishing. Caught mostly on pellet. Let's hope for some more rain...

1 Barbel, 15 Chub