Feedback & Reports

Great to be back out on the Wye. Water a little on the high side but colour was good. Salmon proved to be elusive but tried our best with FC's, Devons and a selection of early season flies. Just the 9 polite canoeists all day. Excellent accommodation at Red Rail Farm.

Fished this streach yesterday, had 3 Chub 2 Barbel. Today, not a bite all day. River conditions similar, but weather was cold, wet and windy.

River flow about walking pace, with a good colour. Overcast and mild. Was here 2 weeks ago, very low and clear with a lot weed coming down the river. 2 blank days! Started well with a chub first cast. Had another 2 chub and 2 barbel. Chub approx. 3lb. each. Barbel 4lb.15oz and 7lb.11oz. All fish caught on halibut pellet.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Arrived around mid day. There was a fair amount of cloud cover and with the recent rainfall pushing through the river had a good level and colour. Thought this would be perfect conditions. Started off about half way down the beat on larger 16mm halibut pellet with closed feeder feeding a few smaller pellets. Also tried paste but neither worked. No bites so moved down to just above the bridge. There was a lot of weed in the faster flowing sections. Tried lob worm but this didn't work so after speaking to one of the other really friendly fisherman there, hairrigged a size 10 hook with 12 and 8mm halibut pellet and a mix of the same in PVA bags. This produced the only fish of the day, a chub at about 4-5 pounds. Moved back up the beat to try the concrete plinth just after the entrance until dusk and had nothing more. This is a great stretch of river and I can imagine that when it's working its great, just wasn't the case today.

1 Chub

Lovely stretch of river spoilt only by the fact that the water had risen overnight and was coming through at great pace with debris (including a whole tree), which meant that only the very inside swims were fishable. Would certainly fish this stretch again.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

A good start to a 4 days trip to the Wye all fish caught on eclipse 8mm pellet all fish in good condition will be back next season!!! River still in need of water thanks W&U see you next time!!!

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

Tricky fishing with weed floating through all day. Lovely looking stretch, especially stunning below the bridge.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Chub caught on rolled meat though the weed. The barbel was caught in the faster water past the bridge. River in need of more water.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

A beautiful late September day and a joy to be out fishing. Feeder and float fishing for coarse species. River very low and clear. Fish fed sporadically and the 6lb barbel was a bonus late in the day.

1 Barbel, 9 Chub

Fishing difficult due to bright sunny day low clear water . 3 Barbel caught in the afternoon.

3 Barbel