Feedback & Reports

2 Rods Caught 12 Barbel to 8lb 3oz and 9 Chub. All caught on Pellet & groundbait feeder. Pleasure to fish this stretch as always credit to Colin for maintaining easy access to the fishing.

Second day for me made special by my son joining me for a days fishing on the magnificent River Wye.
The river had only dropped inches overnight and we fished the more prolific swims from the previous day, my son getting first pick and taking full advantage he landed 22 Chub to 4lb and 11 Barbel to 8lb 4oz his best ever catch by far. I managed 12 Chub to 4lb 6oz and 6 Barbel to 7lb all in all a very good day.
Thanks to Wye and Usk for more memorable fishing on this magnificent river.

River only 2 foot above normal level but still pushing through with colour dropping out and some weed visable a third way accross and bottom in the side.
I fished the middle to lower stretch and found the Chub feeding in great numbers following recent spawning and some even still in spawn. The Barbel were either slower to the bait or not so hungry as I finished the day with 27 Chub to 4lb 8oz and 12 Barbel to 8lb 5oz.
It was good to see numbers of fry have survived the floods even if they were small.
Excellent information from Colin Richardson and customer service from Wye and Usk.

3 Dace caught on sweetcorn.

The river was dropping and the sun was shining. Fantastic beat. River still at about 3ft above summer level. My 11 year old son lost one barbel and caught one late on during the day of 8lbs 2oz. Once the sun was shining the river went dead, and the only thing I caught was the sun. Will be back as I am sure with a little cloud cover I can at least get one!

Rod 1 caught 14 barbel 5-8lbs and 1 chubb.
Rod 2 caught 1 barbel 3lbs.

Hard going with 4ft on and rising slightly during the day. Took 16 barbel and 7 chub between us on pellet.

Slightly limited swim choice with 4ft of water on but decided to fish the last two swims before the island. Pellet and boilie produced 10 barbel to around 7lb 8oz and 10 chub to around 5lb. Fish seemed slightly cagey with some tentative bites and the swims dried up somewhat after lunch. Lovely beat though and will return hopefully when there is less water!! Ended a fantastic first trip to the Wye with 45 barbel and 10 chub in 3 days fishing. Many thanks again Wye and Usk!

Thanks to Tony the river keeper, we avoided the very long walk to the river. He was good enough to come down the track as he saw us arriving and lead us along another track, right to the river's edge. After a promising start on the pylon swims where we caught 8 Barbel and lots of Chub the river died on us as lunchtime approached.
Pellets the best bait, then a few more on the meat.

19 barbel and several chub, taken on a mixture of pellets, meat and boilies. Conditions quite challenging and fish very localised as usual, but a good day's sport nonetheless.