Feedback & Reports

Started out in Boys Rocks but not a touch for 2 hours before the rapidly rising river forced me out. Moved to a swim lower down and had a 5lb barbel first cast but then struggled to fish effectively due to the amount of silkweed and rubbish coming through on a rising river, hanging on the line and dragging the feeder.
In the 7 hours I was there the river rose over 3 feet and was still coming up when I left.
As always though, thoroughly enjoyed the day despite the challenging conditions!

1 Barbel

Was only planning an evening session which turned into a short 2 hour session after hitting motorway delays. However, left very happy after managing four barbel to 8lb 6oz from the rocks. Stormy weather made the conditions more favourable than they have been of late though.
First visit here and looks a great stretch from what I managed to glimpse - if you don't mind a bit of a walk. Will definitely be visiting here again.
Many thanks.

4 Barbel

2 barbel to me and one to my old man. River bed was plastered in silkweed unlike my last visit a few weeks ago which made presentation difficult, and it was strangely quiet. Normally the rod is rattling constantly from the attentions of chublets and eels but next to nothing today.
At least the salmon put on a fine display as usual, along with a few barbel with aspirations of flight!

3 Barbel

River up a few inches, bit more flow with a tinge of colour, looked really good. Tried a few swims but not a bite all day.

River still very low and conditions difficult. Managed one good barbel from Boys Rock fishing halibut pellet over pva bags of loose feed.
To one of the previous swim occupiers: I picked up all your rubbish and discarded line, shame you couldn't take it away yourself. It's disrespectful behaviour like this that loses fisheries. To WUF. I hope the dates on the packets give you a clue as to the culprit!

1 Other

Brought a good friend visiting from Cyprus to this stretch as the access is reasonable and it has fished well on my 2 previous visits.

On our arrival I could see that the river was a good 4 feet or so down on my previous visit in June. I decided to fish down from the rocks as we needed to stay together as he had not fished for some time and hoped to move to top end later for the evening when he was more confident. Unfortunately rain set in before we knew it so we decided to stay put in the hope of fish being more mobile due to the darker wet conditions and also the access to the other swims was getting very slippery to say the least. Sadly it was to be the quietest day that I have ever had on the Wye with no fish coming our way. Did try up near the rocks and under the pylons for a short time with meat but flow was very slow and banks were very slippery to be honest so did not really give it that long as rain just got quite hard as afternoon progressed. Got to take the rough with the smooth I suppose. Will wait for Autumn and a little more water before I return as exited as ever to fish this lovely stretch. Already looking forward to my next visit.

Day 1 of a 2 day trip. Arrived at the river for first light, knew from looking at the river levels online that we may be in for a tough day. Didn't get on the fish until around 10 o'clock. I had 3 barbel from 1 swim all around the 4lb mark, all falling to pellet feeder tactics. CB managed to winkle out a nice 4lb chub. Canoe traffic was a real problem, multiple groups of loud kids and few novices who couldn't even steer the things to avoid my line. A very tough day, would love to come back and give this beat another crack when there is a bit more water in the river.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Caught in the shallows bottom end. Caster hemp on feeder. Heavy canoe traffic but was a weekend!

5 Barbel, 9 Chub

Having fished Boys Rocks previously I was confident of success there despite the low water and blazing temperatures. However, the first thing that I noticed on arrival was the absence of the large Willow tree that used to overhang the water on the opposite bank which gave morning shade and cover to the shoal of Barbel that lived there. Three hours later without a bite confirmed that they were no longer resident. My blank was saved at 8.30am with a 6lb barbel from the faster water. I moved down to the cattle drink for few hours with only an eel showing any interest. I could not stay for the evening which would probably have been more productive.

1 Barbel

Mainly fished the Boys Rocks and a couple of hours on other swims on the beat. I must've picked an off day as totally blanked. A pleasant day spent by the river though.