With James' 40 River Barbel Challenge progressing nicely he needed a River Wye double - my home turf. But first things first; he needed his first Wye barbel - I had a plan...
Base ourselves on Swan Shit Island, targeting the shoals there and then use the high banks to spot barbel in the clear water. Target: 40 barbel between us over the 2 days, hopefully including a double...
But after the recent rain the island was under water and the river was dirty - no fish spotting - this just got a lot harder! And we soon found out the barbel weren't feeding, although the chub were ravenous!
We rolled meat in every likely looking run but all we found were chub, about 5pm James opted to bait 'n' wait - which as it turned out was the right decision...
I stuck to rolling and bagged 17 chub and an eel. James had more luck; bagging 6 barbel, not the target size but he was off and running despite my help! Hopefully we could find more on day two...
That first pic is definitely a double!
ReplyDeleteIf I could land that one we’d eat like kings!
DeleteMade the best of it! Next time we will get em !!!
ReplyDeleteThey didn’t stick to the plan. But you’re right, we’ll get them next time..!
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