Feedback & Reports

A frustrating session on one of our favourite beats which ended much better than it started!! We took the long walk to the river after a leisurely morning at yat rock watching the peregrines. Setting up in our usual area we found the fish but lost more fish off and also more gear than the fish we landed.
We stuck in the area as we knew there were fish there but after losing a lot of end tackle and fish to weed beds and rocks the swim went dead.
We put out some more bait and after one chub of around 5lb on freelined meat the swim was still dead. One of us moved and had 3 fish in 10mins.
After a frustrating start we ended with some nice barbel, the biggest going 8lb at least. Beautiful setting and the walk back was much easier due to all the leads lost!!!

11 Barbel, 2 Chub

River was up and coloured, with considerable flow - perfect for Barbel. 8 Barbel in all; 1 x 7lbs, 5 x 8lbs, 2 x 9lbs with largest fish 9lbs 4ozs, all on standard feeder tactics. Most fish caught on the uppermost swim of the beat, (much to the entertainment of the visitors to the botanical gardens) but some also found opposite the boathouse. Wonderful fishery unsurpassed in terms of sheer beauty, quantity and quality of fish. Thank you for a great birthday, fishing the Wye.

8 Barbel

Hard day: 2 barbel and 1 chub on pellet.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Caught barbel on feeder, pellets. 30+ lbs total weight.
River v coloured after heavy rain in hills. Good choice of pegs.
W&UF info: directions, fishing map, etc. excellent.

5 Barbel

Biggest barbel 11lb 2,biggest chub 5lb 6. Perch 1/2 lb.
River high and coloured but dropping throughout the day. Best barbel came at 7.15 pm. All fish caught on pellet with swim feeder.

5 Barbel, 8 Chub, 1 Other

River was pushing through and rose 18 inches during the day. Found some slack water & started catching around 3pm. Chub average 4-5lb. Barbel 8lb.

1 Barbel, 5 Chub

River was up slightly and looked great but despite trying several spots could not find the fish with the exception of a welcome Chub later on. Hoped the recent rainfall would make for a good day but not to be. Had a lot of Chub knocks early on at the Beach area and returned there for evening and caught my fish and missed the only real rod bender of a bite and had a feeling my chance had gone then, fished till dusk was just not my day. Watched a baby Kingfisher across on the walls in the evening and he certainly had more success than me. Still enjoyed the day and it makes the good ones all the better when you struggle occasionally.
look forward to my next visit.

1 Chub

2 Barbel, 1 Chub