Feedback & Reports

Very good day on beautiful Wye for both of us. We had bites coming all day, it looks like high pressure and strong sun didn't have an impact on fish. Interestingly, pellets didn't work at all! We lost few fish in the snags, there are many of them there.
Perfect day!

11 Barbel, 4 Chub

River had just fined down after Wed/Thurs flooding. River still really pushing through. I blanked, my Dad had two Barbel early on. Fishing feeder very hard holding bottom. Banks had took a hammering, some big cracks in part of the swims we fished. Looked like they would fall in the water at any moment.

2 Barbel

The river was running fast with the rain that fell at the start of the week. Needed a 5oz feeder to hold bottom. Bright frosty morning water temp. only 5c, air only 6c by the end of the day.
Started opposite the island and had to fish down the side as could not hold mid stream with 5oz feeder. No fish no bites. Moved back up to mid way between fence and island. No fish no bites. Moved above fence (with little bridge) late afternoon and had one barbel 7lb 5oz and lost one
only 3 feet from the side on 12mm halibut pellet.
Off to The Middle Hill Court Fishery tomorrow. Hope water warms up!

1 Barbel

River was in good shape but couldn't buy a bite. Tried trotting, ledgering, groundbait feeder, bread, pellets, meat and boilies. Not a sniff.
Lovely location though with good parking, short walk to the river and plenty of easy swims to fish. Looking forward to coming back after June 16th to have another go.

River in good condition but very cold. Tried for pike and failed miserably. Did catch a single barbel in the afternoon which made the day.

1 Barbel

Fished the creel Tue/Wed/Thur.
Tue - 2 Barbel, 1 other take which did not connect. First a beautiful fish of 11 lb 6 oz, Second another nice fish of around 8 lb (not weighed).
Wed - 1 Barbel of around 5 lb (not Weighed), 1 other take wich did not connect.
Thur - No fish a fairly short session with no action at all.
River conditions on arrival were surprisingly low and clear although up around 3' on the Wednesday morning with more colour and a bit of a push. Thur the river had dropped back about 1' + and river conditions looked ideal. Air temperatures were cold especially on the Wednesday when I don't think the got above 3. Also very windy especialy Tue/Wed.

3 Barbel

Bitterly cold day, nothing at all happening.

River was clear and looked good, flowing a little faster than normal, not a big problem but the overnight temperatures were low and a cold easterly wind was biting, even the geese and swans had found the water too cold and had moved onto an adjoining field to warm up.
However I persevered and fished feeder with maggot, meat and pellet hook baits but no luck with anything, except one bite on pellet which I missed as it came as a bit of a shock after 4 hours without a touch. I should have brought some Pike gear & bait as backup.

Fishing was very slow. River approx 3 foot higher than summer time. I tried maggots, hemp, boilies but I didn't get any bites. I changed to krill dumbells and I managed to catch two chub 4-5lb and one barbel 73cm. I didn't weight my barbel.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

2 Barbel 3 Chub on pellet and bread. Best Chub 5lb 1oz.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub