Feedback & Reports

A great day but very hot. Nothing during the day but 5 barbel to 8lb 4oz (a new PB for me) in the evening from the bottom of the beat in the fast deep water at the Island Pool.

5 Barbel

Red hot day. All fish caught in Island Pool on trotted sweet corn, in the morning. Retired at noon for some rest.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fished 2 days (15th and 16th). 10 fish in all, 5 chub to over 3lb and 5 barbel to 8lb. The fishing was hard as it was very hot and most fish were taken late in day from Island Pool on pellet and groundbait feeder. 3 chub were taken from an open swim at the start of the beat in faster water. There is a lot of water you cannot get to but for our first time on the Wye we had a great time and will be back to fish another beat soon.

5 Barbel, 5 Chub

Quite a few fish rolling most of the day at the bottom end. The stile needs fixing & a bit of bank clearance would help but there are few swims available! Warm day, no rain, river with a tinge of colour. Good day out, keeps you fit.

7 Barbel, 5 Chub, 3 Other

Another hot day. River low with not much flow. Barbel of 7lbs plus a decent chub and 3 small eels. A family of five mink entered the swim from the undergrowth scattering the ducks and then bold as brass trotted behind me in a long line until disappearing into some bankside vegetation. Not many swims available on this beat. Lots of anglers on opposite bank - this must be a day ticket stretch — they seemed to do better!

1 Barbel, 1 Chub, 3 Other

Lovely stretch with a few open swims, quite shallow in places with heavy canoe traffic. I lost a fish because of it so fish early or late. Road is a bit tricky getting down but made it ok. 5 chub small though best being 2 1/4 lb on sweetcorn.

5 Chub

3 eels.

6 Barbel, 6 Chub, 3 Other

River in lovely form - slightly higher than normal summer levels and with a greenish tinge. All fish came to pellet and meat on groundbait feeder dropped in the margins of the faster water at the pool at the bottom of this beat. Difficult to hold bottom - giant feeders needed. Plenty of snags to worry about. Lost more fish than we landed. Other swims looked tempting but we were lazy after the previous days exertions. Great to see Don again. Many thanks WUF and owners for looking after this wonderful river.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

Hot hot day and long walk from youth hostel car park. There are not many swims you can get down to at the moment and I'm not one who minds a bit of adventure but short of a small chainsaw and petrol strimmer there were not many options! We only fished one of the rods due to lack access but it produced a couple of nice sized barbel which this stretch is known for. There are, we found (following a canoe recon trip later in week) some swims beyond the pumping station but it is a trek!

2 Barbel

Roving along beat 1 fishing pellet on the swim feeder. 3 barbel and 4 chub in the morning, 1 barbel and 2 chub mid afternoon, 8 barbel and 6 chub early evening. River coloured and slightly up on summer levels. Fantastic opening day to the season. A long walk so travelled light, fantastic scenery along this stretch!

12 Barbel, 12 Chub