Feedback & Reports

10 Barbel

It's a long drive and it was Saturday, I was never going to get there early. However, managed about 5 hours on the bank. A lost barbel followed by a chub as evening descended, and then a barbel as the light started to fade. Such a stunning part of the world.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

River level low, sport slow. One barbel of unknown size hooked and lost before netting.

only 1 chub to show for a lot of effort . Tried 4 swims throughout the day although much work required to get to water .
Weed festooned around line within seconds of feeder hitting bottom and noisy canoeists ( music and alcohol ) did not help the experience . This beat is not ideal if you want an easy day fishing and it's easy to see why it's lightly fished .

1 Chub

Not a good day, 12hrs watching the rod and not even a twitch. Tried all the usual methods that have worked well in the past. In the past have always fished this swim in flood conditions and usually raining, this time very shallow, crystal clear and surprisingly warm water also a scorching hot day. Some big salmon jumping all day. I think we need some rain.

This was my second visit to this beat , I was really positive about fishing here having researched it a bit more , the river was still very low and clear , this whole beat is laced with streamer weed , making it hard to find clear spots to cast to, I had a barbel first cast which can be a bad omen to some anglers . This proved true today , I had nothing for the rest of the day .
I appreciate the river is not fishing well due to these hard conditions over the last 3 weeks , I know it'll improve , patience is needed, there are some beats that are producing good bags it's just hard to get a booking on them ,
Not a blank , so not all bad , I'm sure this place fishes well with the perfect conditions , I'll be back again

1 Barbel

Fished this beat in Sept 2016 and was looking forward to adopting a roving approach but unfortunately I took a right tumble on the initial descent ( caught my foot under an exposed tree root ) which resulted in a winding , a bruised ego , and a horrible snapping noise that turned out to be a bust rod top section. It wasn't enjoyable at the time but now I've narrated the story to my family their hysterical laughter has proved a tonic. Needless to say I didn't fish but the episode hasn't dampened my affection for the stunning River Wye and I'll return soon.

Surprised Pike from pellet - approx 7 lbs

2 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Pike

8 Barbel, 6 Chub

4 Barbel