Searching for Barbel and Chub 2023

Early season fishing for Barbel and Chub can be a challenge unless you know where they are just after spawning. The Chub show themselves but the bigger ones and the Barbel can be harder to locate; today I'm on the hunt with light gear and waders!

[@paulAnthony7236]

Enjoyed that 👍 just subscribed.

[@wyeme9047]

Glad you liked it and thanks for the positive comment; I'll do another when something different crops up..

[@anotherangleUK]

Have just come across the channel and sub'd. What a nice river the Wye is. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@wyeme9047]

You should give it a go, if you're able, as the area caters well for visiting anglers!

[@anotherangleUK]

@@wyeme9047 I fished the Wye a few weeks ago for the first time. I'm mad keen to revisit soon.

[@markjoyce1720]

Very nicely done sir,great little idea with the corer for the meat. Many thanks

[@wyeme9047]

You are very welcome

[@stevehodges4092]

A Great, informative video. Well done. look forward to the next one.

[@wyeme9047]

Many thanks!

[@MrLouRules]

Such a good watch - as always :)

[@wyeme9047]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@charlesgodfrey3484]

Really enjoyed that, techniques I used to use a lot especially for the chub and used on the wye back in July but not with your success. Love the cored meat approach. Terrific vid especially for the tackle breakdown, I'm fishing bredwardine next week.. aramstone looks Terrific

[@wyeme9047]

Thanks for that. The conditions on the Wye this year have been exceptional will all the rain. Double figure Barbel are coming out every day all over the catchment, four to six good sized fish per session, per rod, are the average at Aramstone this month ~ August!! I can't wait to see what September brings as this is the month for the "Monsters". :)

[@charlesgodfrey3484]

@@wyeme9047 I've got 5 days at the red lion, do you think it would be worth trying Aramstone, is it far away from the RLion

[@wyeme9047]

The Red Lion, Moccas Fishery, is really good fishing when the conditions are right; a bit of water on and, preferably, some rain in the wind. If it gets hot and sunny with a dropping river you may struggle to connect with any numbers of Barbel unless you fish early or late in the day. In under the shade of the quite few trees can work but there will be a lot of Chub in those swims too. The Moccas is a prime Salmon section with long runs, cutting curves and pools to hold fish en route, (a happy hunting ground for Silver Tourist), but for Coarse anglers Aramstone is quite different in it's character to R/L in that it has deeper sections and a lot more tree cover which will hold fish in brighter conditions. So the river and weather conditions will decide but they are not that far apart at all; 30mins. down a very pleasant country road so, if you get no luck in the morning, pop over and see Stan Turner for an afternoon/evening session before returning to the snug at the Red Lion!! Email if you need to...

[@alechird8079]

very enjoyable, good camera work, and some forgotten traditional methods Ifelt like i was with you at the bank and it really relaxed me, great stuff, will look out for more.

[@wyeme9047]

Glad you enjoyed it, any ideas for the next one??

[@alechird8079]

@@wyeme9047 consider taking a youngster or a novice with you, you have a good talent for being descriptive, informative and quietly inspirational, I've done some teaching in the past (not fishing) and I've found that trying to teach brings out elements of the task that would change the lives of those watching your videos, correcting their mistakes and encouraging them by suggesting the little tweaks, will make them more successful and and be the icing on the cake for those who feel they are close to success. Nothing can pass on your obvious years of practice and self discovery, but for learning, those watching and new to the sport would appreciate this, I'm sure. Please consider this as an idea. Respectfully suggested.

[@wyeme9047]

Nice idea and worth looking into, thanks. I'm looking forward to teaching my grandson but he's still a little young to take on a river, [safety and his mother would fret], she learnt at the local gravel pit; but I had to bait the hook and remove the fish :) I've always enjoyed connecting with people and passing on what I've learned with many years as an army instructor. Mostly trying to prevent youngsters getting themselves hurt, exploited or lost..... "Listen to the Officer but confirm with the Sergeant"... I'll give your suggestion some thought.

[@badger2153]

Great video buddy, rolling meat is a neglected technique which I for one am going to be doing more and more of to track down the very elusive barbel up here on the thames. Would you recommend a quiver style rod or would a low 1.25tc rod suffice. Tight lines, you've got another sub👍

[@wyeme9047]

Thanks for your comment and yes, a 1.25tc rod would be ideal for this. Enough grunt to handle those Thames monsters; I've never had one myself but I have spotted a few up here in Gloucestershire :)

[@badger2153]

@wyeme9047 thanks for your reply. They really are few and far between up here on the upper thames and only tend to get caught by a few lads very late at night so I'm hoping a roving approach will help give me a better chance. Tight lines and looking forward to the next video 👍

[@RGRIMOWEN]

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