Feedback & Reports

A foggy start gave way to a lovely mild autumn day and it was really good to be out fishing. With a little more water in the river it was surprising that the fish were reluctant to feed and we both had to work hard and move around for bites. Late in the day a little flurry gave us three barbel and two chub to add to two barbel caught before lunch.

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

2 Chub

2nd of a 3 days on Holme Lacy: biggest Barbel 10.11

3 Barbel, 6 Chub

A hard but enjoyable day on a lovely stretch of the Wye best barbel was 6 04

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Really nice days fishing on a superb stretch of river, during which my father caught his first Barbel at the age of 72. River had a bit of colour in it after the recent rain and the fish fed throughout the day. Barbel to 8.5lb and Chub to 4lb+ on groundbait and pellet feeder and also had a few decent Chub and a couple of lively Brownies on stick float and maggot, which was good fun wading mid-river. Will definitely try and fish again next year.

2 Trout, 9 Barbel, 10 Chub

A tough but beautiful autumn day with the river low, clear and cold

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

First time on this beat and was delighted to find a really well looked after beat with plenty of swims. Dropped into a couple of swims but were struggling when the river keeper Colin arrived mid afternoon. He advised us where to fish, I was too lazy to move but my mate moved and was rewarded with a couple of barbel.
Colin is a really helpful and knowledgeable person and other beats could learn from the way he looks after his part of the river.

2 Barbel, 7 Chub

2 barbel & 2 chub caught first thing from swims either side of shallows 2/3 way down beat, nothing else until I moved up to the swim in front of hut last thing when 3 barbel & a chub put in an appearance. 2 of the barbel were around 8lb & the chub was over 4lb. Always worth staying until dusk on the Wye, river was low & clear always a pleasure to fish this well kept beat.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

River low and clear. Hard going but enjoyable

3 Barbel, 25 Chub, 5 Other

Conditions were tough with low, clear and cold water and it was well after lunch before we got any response. Three barbel and five chub came in a two hour spell mid-afternoon before the river completely switched off as the temperatures dropped. It stayed dry but a stiff NE wind certainly made it feel more like October than of late.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub