Feedback & Reports

The river was still carrying extra water after the rain earlier in the week. This is a really attractive looking section of river and access is straightforward. It would have been really peaceful too had it not been for the man with the petrol strimmer in the National Trust property opposite who put in a long shift.
Fished a variety of swims and found that there were lots of snags throughout. Having not lost much kit in the previous two days, I became something of a tackle dealer's dream today.
Fish were caught from all of the pegs we tried with Barbel to 8.5lb. The highlight of the day though was an enormous Chub which weighed in at exactly 6lb.

5 Barbel, 9 Chub, 15 Other

another trip to this beat , water level up and coloured . Fished steadily through the day with some nice fish landed. Hope to return again some time soon .

9 Barbel, 14 Chub

8 Barbel, 6 Chub

12 Barbel, 8 Chub

River has extra water in still, about 2 ft. Picked up fish steadily. Weed was a problem, not visible in coloured water so it cost us some tackle. Pellet and bomb tactics. No feeders today.

Stunning beat as always. The floods or earlier this year have torn some trees out but not affecting any of the main swims. Lesser spotted woodpecker seen and a red kite too.

8 Barbel, 5 Chub

8 Barbel, 5 Chub

River came up significantly overnight and was racing through. Sunny and clear day. Still managed 2 nice barbel and 3 good chub. Enough other action through the day to keep us expecting another fish and missed a couple of good bites. A very scenic spot and we will be back.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

10 Chub

Lovely venue, barbel not showing but chub happy to oblige on boilie.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

Well what can I say it’s great to be back on a WUF beat again, this truly is a beautiful stretch. After what has been a real hard start to the season it’s nice to get a decent bend in the rod! Only had one shot at the Wye since June 16th and as most anglers will know, there’s been a lot of blanket weed drifting down making it extremely frustrating!

Only fished 5 hours in the middle of the day missing out on the crucial times to be fishing but very happy with the results. Very snaggy in places but no fish lost, the barbel were quite small by the Wye’s standards but I was not complaining, the chub was a klonker! Shame I only fished a fraction of the day, I know for sure there would’ve been more fish on the bank if I’d had more time. Usual feeder tactics. It’s so good to be back! Enjoy the rest of the season everyone!

2 Barbel, 1 Chub