Feedback & Reports

Gorgeous day, river up a little. 2 nice barbel to 6lb on pellet and 5 chub to 4lb. Colin helpful and friendly as ever.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

Very heavy rain all morning but river very low and clear.
Began fishing at 1pm. Tough fishing even in the hotspot.
One barbel to 6lb on pellet.

1 Barbel

Dads 70th birthday and even though the barbel didn't come to play the chub certainly did with him taking 26, including a few over 5lbs. Dad and Colin the Gillie had good old chat and laugh. Brilliant day, Thank you WUF.

39 Chub, 8 Other

Rained all day, v.wet, v.muddy. A consequence of fishing through a prolonged downpour is a reluctance to try different swims or methods; perhaps that was my mistake. Sat it outfor a while. Anything but today! Did take a roaming rod and a bag of bait to squelch and slither my way to the island pegs, which looked a tad more inviting but in truth produced no more action than original choice. Just a smattering of chub at widely-spaced intervals, with not a sniff of a barbel. Disappointing start to a two-day trip.

4 Chub

First time on the beat, struggled to find fish in the morning. Moved a few times then we located a few fish. We had 7 barbel between us, 1 chub, 1 salmon par and 1 dace. The river was low and clear. We will be back and thanks for the Wye and Usk Foundation for their information on the stretch.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Other

Arrived at about 11 and the angler already fishing had caught 1 barbel and lost another. The river had cleared a bit since Tuesday. Fished with pellet and meat for a couple of hours with hardly a twitch so switched to maggot feeder and the bites started coming. Finished with 5 chub 1 trout and a dace. A nice stretch to fish with nicely mown walkways. Thanks wuf.

1 Trout, 5 Chub, 1 Other

Three barbel, 7lb 8oz,, 5lb 10z and 4lb 8oz. Two chub 5lb 1oz and 4lb from nice swim in middle of stretch. Thanks Colin for a nice chat. Lost another nice barbel on last cast.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Very well maintained beat thanks in no doubt to the very helpfull and understanding Colin. River looked in good condition, at long last, and after taking further advice (Colin) had not a bad day with the barbel and chub taking pellet and meat. Well done W&U exellent service. Who needs Caradoc when Holme Lacey is available at nearly half the £.

7 Barbel, 14 Chub

On a pretty wet day, our roving options were limited so we fishing under our brollies from the lower croys and had a reasonable catch under the circumstances. It looked like the much needed rain had arrived!

5 Barbel, 6 Chub

Back on Holme Lacey for a second day and pleasantly surprised to find a bit more flow than yesterday. There must have been a bit of rain on the hills which arrived here late morning. Fished the same areas as the day before, this time catching 8 barbel up to 8lb and 14 big chub, all of which again were over 4lb. It was chub fishing like I've never experienced before in terms of average size. So ended two marvelous days on the mighty Wye fishing a lovely beat beautifully kept by Colin. A big thanks to him and the Wye and usk Foundation, keep up the great work.

8 Barbel, 14 Chub