Feedback & Reports

Wonderful stretch of the Wye this with some Incredible water to go at. Kingfishers all day long and the amazing horses coming to greet you for a drink by the river. Not to mention the red kite making a noise all day which was amazing to see.
Pretty much caught throughout this stretch until dusk starting above the suspension bridge and working my way down towards the tail end where I caught plenty on the float.

8 Barbel, 20 Chub

First time on this great beat. Finding the fish was a challenge with the low water, but searching out the deeper runs I had some joy. Not a bagful but really good looking heavy fish.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fished this beat yesterday, easy to find and great access down the far end to your swims. Fished the beach section near the bridge, nice location but fairly quiet. A lot of weed coming down in the water made it quite difficult on the feeder. Again in certain parts very snaggy but that is the nature of the Wye. Very very expensive not sure the beat is worth the price. Few fish during the day biggest a chub of about 3/4lbs

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

2nd day on Caradoc. We arrived to find the hot swim free & the Dutch anglers fishing elsewhere so my mate went upstream to fish near the suspension bridge whilst I dropped in & continued where I left off yesterday using float tactics & running a small boilie or 12mm pellet through the swim. It didn't let me down & produced 3 chub & 8 barbel throughout the session. The first chub was a shade under 4lb. The Dutch anglers passed by & I invited them to have a go in the swim & left them to it for a while whilst I had lunch & sat with my mate. Upon my return I saw them playing a nice barbel on the float. They vacated & went off upstream & I fished there until 6pm, where I moved downstream to ledger. Around 3pm, the float went under & I found myself connected to a brute which took me 15 minutes to play on my 5lb 6oz hook length. After resting her, we photo'd and weighed her at 9lb 2oz, my biggest float caught barbel.

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

Biggest chub 4lb 2oz, Barbel 6lb 4oz.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

Same as yesterday, tried numerous swims along the stretch but all but one barbel came from a single short deep spot where to be honest they were a bit too easy to catch. Fished float with pellets or meat and pellets on feeder.

13 Barbel, 7 Chub

Best days river fishing of my life fishing Caradoc. Easy to find, great access, beautiful stretch of river. Fishing here for 2 days, We started down at the end of the stretch & quickly caught a small chub on meat, which was soon followed by a 3lb 12oz chub on feeder & pellet. We shared the stretch with 2 other friendly anglers who had travelled from Holland & one of them fished upstream of us & we noticed that he was regularly catching good fish on the feeder. He was joined by his fishing partner who then started to float fish the same swim & again was catching barbel constantly. Around mid-day they decided to move upstream & advised us to have a go in the swim & told me how they were catching them. I set up a float rod with 5g olivette and fished over-depth & coaxed a 12mm pellet down the swim and had the best session of my life catching quality chub & barbel to 6lb on the float. Ending up with 17 fish,11 chub & 6 barbel, (15 fish from this specific swim). Beautiful weather & friendly horses came for a drink and a visit. River extremely low, we were fishing on the river bed about 10 yards in from the natural bank. Many thanks to the Dutch anglers who graciously shared the swim & advised us on their tactics.

6 Barbel, 11 Chub

See other post fishing Caradoc - My mate had a good day catching 6 chub & 1 6lb+ barbel on meat & pellet hook baits using ledger tactics. With only the one swim really producing the goods, a great day on a very low & clear river.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

Fished from the croy’s for a few hours and caught 5 Chub. Nothing big… 3lb or so was the biggest.
Quite a lot of weed coming through so decided not to feeder fish.

5 Chub