Feedback & Reports

A bright, sunny, tough day with only four fish to report. Tried numerous hookbaits and alternated between feeder and pva bags in the search for bites but they just wouldn't get their heads down. Still, I can't think of a more beautiful place to struggle for a bite than The Wye Valley!

4 Barbel

It was hard going as river still dropping after the weekend dropped from 4 metres down to 1. Started on float in a few different spots but it was still too pacy even with meat so hit the feeder earlier than normal as not many canoes around. Took 15 minutes to get the 1st bite which was a lovely Barbel of 6.5 lbs, when connected it just held out in the current and i couldnt move it, incredible power of these fish. I ended up with 5 barbel and 3 chub, one of which was a PB at 5lb, the Wye was very kind to me again, lovely stretch onan amazing river.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

A beautiful venue but lots of snags. We had a few knocks but none materialised. The water was very clear and it was a sunny day. Method used was a hair rigged halibut pellet on a running leger.

Water still going down. Pellet feeder.

5 Barbel, 7 Chub

Fishable but tough conditions with water well up, coloured and flowing fast with a lot of debris. Covered the beat with pellet/feeder tactics with just the one bite in the top swim and one lovely 6lb barbel.

1 Barbel

No fishing today, Totally unfishable, wash off, banks underwater totally and no access to swims due to flooding. The nature of the beast which is the Wye. Awesome river

River rose quickly throughout the day and the stretch became unfishable by 5pm due to the swims themselves being several feet under! Most fish came from the Old Wharf with the rest from the Wyebank Pool. Pellet wrapped in paste caught but suspended weed made it a nightmare. A switch to rolling meat resulted in most fish including a chub of 5lb 1oz and the largest barbel of 8lb 14oz. Every fish was a workout in the strong flow but all were well rested and shot off strongly.

6 Barbel, 6 Chub

The weather was atrocious and the banks treacherous so decided not to fish for safety reasons.

Had a very busy day, 2 of us fishing the pool at the end of this short, shallow and fast flowing beat. Around 40 Barbel to around 5 pound. I have never seen so many small, but beautiful condition fish. We also had 2 small chub and plenty of dace, some really big ones of 10 oz or more. We struggled with pellet and meat, the fish came thick and fast on maggot feeders against the trees on the other side.

40 Barbel, 2 Chub, 30 Other

Great days entertainment, feeder fishing largest fish 5.75lbs

30 Barbel