Feedback & Reports

Another great day on this stretch of water with barbel ranging from 6 to 9lb 6oz and a chub of around 4lb (all caught on pellet). Weather conditions were favourable again with overcast sky's and light showers.

15 Barbel, 1 Chub

Conditions looked promising when we arrived at around 10am and we weren't disappointed.
We fished pellets and feeder tactics and caught barbel throughout the day with a flurry of activity coming towards the end.
The biggest was caught by Paulo who ended the day with a magnificent barbel of 10lb 4oz. He caught 7 in total and I had 9.
All fish were hard fighting and in great condition.

16 Barbel

A very nice day fished feeder and pellets mid river bites were steady all day. will return soon.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

First time I've fished The Creel. Beautiful stretch of river.
River was low and still running off slightly.
I had 1 Barbel and 7 nice chub.

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

River in good condition, good flow. Slow start, initially fished bottom end boundary area with no luck. Moved to bottom field gate area and had 3 barbel from late morning, moved again in the afternoon to the upstream section after Foy Bridge and had another 3. All fish caught on ledgered pellet/PVA bag method.

6 Barbel

3 Barbel

Poor choice of swim (first time I'd fished The Creel) resulted in a wasted hour and a half first thing. Moved to below the Church Stream Pool at about 9am. Plenty of signs of fish but it was 10am before the first fish arrived. No more action so another move at about 12 to the upstream end of the beat and a switch of tactics to maggot feeder resulted in 5 chub and two Barbel, including best fish of the day at 9lbs 2oz, and two lost to snags (and a Dace which somehow hooked itself ) Last move of the day was back to the field nearest the footpath back to the church. A swop of tactics back to Pellets resulted in four more Chub and three Barbel to finish the day off nicely.
Water looked "spot on" but the bright warm weather (in fact it was too hot at stages) may have slowed things a bit. The last Barbel was only "hand sized" but a great sign for the future. The rest ranged from 4lbs 12oz to 9lbs 2oz
Great beat with loads of swims to fish, some easy and some more challenging.
Be careful on some of the upstream banks where the undergrowth creates a "false bank" which can catch you out.

6 Barbel, 9 Chub, 1 Other

This was a damp old day. The Barbel were out to play right from the start. All 11 caught on pellet 10or 14mm,
the biggest was 8lb 4 oz.
Didn't get a bite after 1.00 pm, so headed home 3pm. Another great weekend on the Wye.
The new steps were very useful for an "old man"

11 Barbel

Superb days fishing and one we'll remember for a longtime. Good flow with the water a peaty colour. Fished the steps area below the church in the morning, and had 3 barbel. Then went downstream to the far end and fished from a ledge from about 12 lunchtime, and it went hectic after about 1pm when we had another 15 barbel and 2 chub, so walk the whole length and make the most of the venue, as it seems the far downstream end don't see many anglers.
Tried a few boilies but only had one barbel so we switched to hallibut pellets which did the trick along with 4oz feeders full of groundbait.
A great venue well worth the drive and money and as we are both P&DAA water bailiffs it was our our away day to concentrate just on the fishing and what a day it was. We'll be back.

18 Barbel, 2 Chub

Very slow but nice day. Only 4 barbel between us and 6 chubs to my colleague.

4 Barbel, 6 Chub