Feedback & Reports

1 x 2lb Eel

9 Barbel, 42 Chub, 1 Other

A warm , mostly cloudy evening seemed to augur well, with the Wye still at a normal summer level and flow. However, the barbel weren't co-operating and I finished with five goodish chub and a number of bites missed or fish lost.

5 Chub

Chub were in lots of places but water was low☹️

4 Barbel

After tackling the (in)famous hill we set down in a swim just upstream of the Lucky Stone. The river was generally low and clear but we were able to fish 2-3 lengths out on a ‘crease’ between flowing water and fast flowing water. Using a mix of feeder and lead, meat and pellet, the chub came steadily: only one barbel of 7lb 7oz that surprisingly didn’t put up much of a fight. Chub ranged from 2lb to 4lb 11oz and looked as if they should have weighed more (thin after spawning??) it was a bit of a tackle graveyard, losing feeders and hooks to rocks (used lighter line connecting feeders to rig. Went and fished upstream of the hut into the evening, was slow though started to come alive post 7pm. Caught one eel here. The Wye remains a favourite place for us, never a bad beat, though some swim access improvement would not go amiss.

1 Barbel, 26 Chub, 1 Other

2 anglers fished the stretch today. My colleague fished the near the hut and caught 17 of the chub and I made the long, at times comical trip up the hill and over to the Lucky Stone. The fish came throughout the day but whatever we tried we just couldn't find the barbel.
It's a lovely stretch and once the barbel have stopped spawning and there is more water on we will be back.

31 Chub

Arrived for an afternoon session to find that I had the beat to myself which was a bonus. I started off at the top of the field below the woods and made my way back to the woods fishing multiple swims in the hope of a barbel.

The stretch was alive with chub, all swims produced and considering I was only fishing for 6 hours it was a bite a cast up until 8pm when the river just switched off.

Considering I'm pretty fit the walk was interesting even though I scaled right down, a ski lift needs to be considered for the way back up the hill :)

1 Barbel, 73 Chub

Nice day on the top end of the beat.
fish caught on float and feeder

1 Barbel, 25 Chub

17 Chub

River was low, could do with some rain. Barbel didn't show but Chub fed all day and kept us entertained, most fish in the
2.5 to 3lb. bracket, several 4s and one 5lb. fish. Fish taken on meat, pellet and the majority on trotted flake .

75 Chub

Great day on the lucky rock. Trying to get through the chub was pretty impossible, but had a huge chub over 6lb and a double barbel all on double 8mm pellet

1 Barbel, 29 Chub