Feedback & Reports

10am to 1.30pm, trotting maggots. From swim below entry 1, oos trout, a good 2lber, 1 chub of around 2lb and then 6 barbel in about 20mins, must have attracted a shoal of barbel in 2 to 3lb size. I fished well overdepth and held back heavily, the barbel would only take to that method. I have noticed this on other occasions also. Moved to Quay, took another oos smaller trout then plagued by minnows. Bottom pool 1 grayling of 10inches or so then it rained and bites ceased.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling, 5 Barbel, 1 Chub

Nice short stretch with good parking. Caught 4 Chub to about 3lb and lost another at the net but the Barbel didn't seem to be around.

4 Chub

10am to 12.30pm. Trotting maggots to see if the grayling that took sweetcorn in June still resident. Wading in bottom pool, 1 cock grayling of around 6oz, 4 out season brown trout 6oz to around 1.5lb and 3 chub of 2 to 3lb. Moved to shallows below entry and fished edge of main flow, another small brown trout, 1 chub of around 4lb, 1 barbel of 6lb size and what I think was a sea trout of around 3lb, an all over silver fish with few dark spots that could have passed as a small salmon but looked more of a trout, a very strong fish! All fish in excellent colour and condition released in water.
The problem with trotting on the Wye is if a true trotting rod is used its not strong enough for the barbel and big chub hooked in the current but a 1.5lb test curve is a bit of a broom handle for majoriy of fish hooked. The use of a centre pin however adds to the enjoyment and direct contact with the hooked fish.
Several summer fly rods questioned the presence of trout in this area of the Wye, 5 trout plus a sea trout in 2.5hrs is good by any estimation. A pair of constant passing kingfishers and a raven soaring then corkscrew tumbling in the wind completed an excellent morning, then it rained!

5 Trout, 1 Sea Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Barbel, 4 Chub

Scenic location, shame about the fishing! Windy conditions and lack of knowledge of the most appropriate flies did not help. The beat is short, suitable only for one rod and a bit over-rated. I did not get a touch all day.

A great day, the river had dropped and there wasn't the same amount of debris coming down river. I had 2 barbel to 7lb 3oz in the morning and then 3 to 7lb 4oz in the early evening. All fish from the bottom pool.

5 Barbel

A great day, loads of weed coming down the river. Managed a 2lb chub and a mini barbel.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

The river was low & clear and I fished the bottom pool just after the faster water feeding maggots & pellet on a regular basis. I took a Barbel of about 7 lb on the 1st cast a Chub of 6 lb on the second cast then lost a ton of tackle (there must be more lead down there than on a church roof!!). I kept the feed going in and ended the day with 10 barbel & 9 chub. The 1st 2 fish were the biggest of the day and a couple of barbel were in the 1 to 2 lb region. Nice to see as they must be breeding.

10 Barbel, 9 Chub

I had caught a couple of good chub before Don turned up to kindly give me some pointers on fishing the pool at the end of the beat. Water levels were very low but by following Don's advice, I ended with three barbel to 6lb and another two chub nudging 4lb. Many thanks Don, good to meet you.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

River was very low. Slow start but finished with 6 fish. Enjoyable day.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Another very enjoyable fish at the Wyebank beat. Fished bottom pool all day till around 5pm. Caught 3 barbel and 1 chub all around the 3lb mark on pellets and caught in the afternoon. Decided to get my waders on and fish the top end of the beat, free-lining meat on lighter float gear using a pin. I'm very glad I did as it produced four excellent chub in the 4lb range, putting up a great fight in the shallow fast waters. This is a excellent venue for all types of tactics and would urge fishermen to take advantage of warm temperature and low water conditions while its available.
Thanks again Don.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub