Feedback & Reports

River, low, warm and clear. Chub feeding, the barbel were unpredictable as to what time of day they would feed. No issues with the Foundations service, data provided was excellent and overall, a great two days fishing. Here's to next time.

6 Barbel, 40 Chub

Great beat, beautifully kept. Plaudits for the work Colin does. Thanks WUF.

3 Barbel, 20 Chub

11 barbel to 8lbs and 14 chub to 4lbs between the two of us. This was a very enjoyable day - with some fish in lovely condition. Good access path and lots of swims to choose from, this is a very well maintained beat - thanks to Colin.

11 Barbel, 14 Chub

This was a 'wind down day' after fishing the Wye for six days. Checking out of digs and the journey home meant we fished just about five hours. The day turned into a nature watch due to lack of action. A family of swans gave us some entertainment and we saw the usual kingfisher but most interesting was a couple of egrets which are not exactly common in England and aren't those azure blue damsel flies beautiful. Anyway after about three hours I finally got a bite from a nice chub followed by another. Both were about three pounds. PB also caught a couple and so ended another brilliant weeks Wye fishing. We were disappointed not to meet Colin the bailiff as we just dropped into the closest swims and a bit of advice would have been handy! Being registered disabled and 70 plus, I am not very agile and have to pick my spots carefully. Many thanks to the WUF for making the stretches available, we will be back next year.

4 Chub

Another great day. Lost count of chub. 4 barbel caught long-trotting at far end of beat. Sweetcorn used as bait. Many chub caught.
Other method was swim feeder with 2 foot hooklink. 10mm boilies on hair.

14 Barbel, 20 Chub

Low river - swim feeder and 20 inch hooklink - 10mm source boilies and tuna and chilli boilies. Lost count of chub - catching immediately on drop - couldn't even sit down! Pity we were fishing for barbel!

6 Barbel, 40 Chub

Another very productive trip to this excellent beat. Barbel a bit more skittish than in previous years, probably due to the low water, but regular feeding and perseverance paid dividends over a day and a half of high-quality fishing. We found fish in some new locations this year, which was a welcome bonus. The chub shoals seem to get bigger every year; 100+ in the net is a very conservative estimate, and it was often impossible to get the feed through them to the barbel below.

49 Barbel, 100 Chub

A beautiful sunny day with the river running ever lower and clearer. Unfortunately, a stiff downstream breeze made float fishing very difficult so the feeder was the only real option. Another lovely day out in wonderful surroundings and enough fish to top it off.

5 Barbel, 12 Chub

Second day on the stretch, but due to packing up and travel, I only managed to fish 10:00 to 15:30. Clear blue skies, so decided to leave umbrella and coat behind (mistake). I found a bush to shelter from the rain, which proved a useful spot. Caught 10 barbel, all but two bites were more like chub taps than barbel pulls, so found it best not to ignore them. One small one at around 2lb, one at 4lb and the rest between 6lb and 7lb 10oz.
Never expected to do so well during the middle of the day, so was absolutely delighted.
I found that I needed to check both the hook length and line, up to about 8ft above the lead, after every fish. The rocks and weed were making a real mess of 10lb Insight GR60 mono.

10 Barbel, 8 Chub

First of 2 days on the stretch. River still low, but with a little colour. Fished the full day and the numbers say it all. Regular bites throughout the day. Fished the faster water passed the bend. Lost count on the numbers of chub, and lost a further 6 barbel, but overall my best ever day on the river. Fish fell mainly to pellet.

29 Barbel, 35 Chub