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1 Barbel

The river was very full and coloured when I arrived and the banks where very slippery so needed to be cautious. I parked in the first car park at day break and walked the field and settled for a swim just inside the wood.
I was fishing with a 2lb test curve barbel rod and a 4000 reel loaded with 12lb main line. I had a 4’ fluorocarbon hook link of 9lb with a size 10 barbless hook. My bait was a drilled halibut pellet attached on to a hair and a pellet stop. I had a running rig with a 4oz cage feeder attached. The feeder was filled with a groundbait mix containing hemp, pellets and crushed boilies all fish/krill based.
I moved swims at lunchtime as had seen a few fish and had a few little knocks but no bites. Also a gentleman and his wife had started setting up exactly opposite me on the far bank. I walked back down the field to find another swim, because of the high water a lot of swims were not accessible or were not safe to land fish in due to snags. I settled on a swim opposite the first car park. I then caught consistently for the rest of the day.
The fish were in very good condition I let them rest in my deep landing net whilst I sorted out my unhooking mat, scales and camera. After each fish was weighed and photographed I put them back in my landing net to rest and recover before releasing. This did not take long as I had let them recover before photographing.
Unfortunately in the late afternoon I did see what appeared to be a small barbel floating belly up drifting down the far bank. I believe there was another angler fishing down stream of me who maybe able to verify that. The only angler I saw on that bank was the gentleman that arrived around lunchtime and started fishing opposite me, he was wearing an orange tee shirt and was accompanied by a lady.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

1 nice barbel at 10.3 and then another smaller one at around 5 6 pound

2 Barbel

A very enjoyable days fishing river high and coloured impossible to hold bottom in main flow so fished near bank slacks, feeder and pellet for barbel luncheon meat for chub. I would like to make a point regarding some of the comments in relation to amount of swims and access, even though the river was high, I had no problem finding and fishing eight swims during the day in the first field alone. If I had ventured into the wooded section there would probably have been more and I expect if the river was at normal level there would have been even more swim choice. There is a gravel track down to the river it is not full of potholes the only problem being if it Was very wet I think you would need a 4x4 but in dry conditions it is fine, the Wye is a wild river do not expect manicured pegs and easy access.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

Access very good (If you have a 4x4) River in good condition. First time on venue, lots of canoes but enjoyable all the same

2 Barbel, 1 Chub, 5 Other

Good flow on. Fish ranging from 4lb to 9lb 7oz. Lost two good fish to the willow tree a little way downstream.
Canoe traffic relatively light in view of the higher water.

4 Barbel

Fished the castle cottage peg which is just before the woodland. Had 9 chub and 4 barbel. Nothing of any great size. Could aonly catch on sweet corn and meat and this had to be cut down to thumb nail size otherwise we couldn't get a bite, we moved down by the gate which has a rope to assist you getting down into the swim. Within minutes of casting out on pellet I managed to snag a chub of around 2lb. Couple of things worth mentioning first the boat traffic is a absolute nightmare and get wiped out by stag/hen parties or large groups of loud lads, this must surely need looking at as drinking bottles were getting thrown in. Second is don't except masses of amount of pegs as the pegs are very few and far between. Again for the price charged there should be more pegs dug out a d maintained. Lastly is the track on the way down if you have a valuable car or a small car please think twice as the track is very steep and very pot holey.

The best is set in a beautiful setting but the opposite side of the bank has more pegs which are well maintained but I believe this is ran by another club.

Fishing Passport Note : The owner has helpfully sent some very useful information in a video of Thomas Wood showing vehicle and swim access. To view the video, please cut and paste the following into a new search https://youtu.be/zGE1BikGT_M

4 Barbel, 10 Chub

1 Barbel