Feedback & Reports

Fished from 5pm after the canoe rush had passed. Water very low, still running through the middle quite quickly, with big eddies. Baited up the bottom swim and then worked my way down from the top of the beat free lining a large piece of crust. Had one Chub about 3lb+. Fished the bottom swim with feeder tactics with Red robin pellet, immediately getting lots of knocks from small barbel. Caught four small fish and decided to scale up to a boilie wrapped in paste hoping to attract some larger fish. This had an immediate effect and I landed Great Grandfather, Grandad, Father and Son in the space of half an hour. 9lb 11oz, 6lb 9oz, 4lb+ and a 2lb+. A further four barbel rounded off a fantastic evening with a new Wye PB.
My thanks to the Wye&Usk . Always a privilege to fish this fantastic river.

12 Barbel, 1 Chub

Great stretch , close to parking, easy access to waters edge compared with other stretches. Only fished for 3 hours lost a few as well, can't wait to return.

8 Barbel

River higher than normal fast and quite weedy. Fished on bottom pool, lots and lots of small barbell, too many to count all between 1-2 lb. Beware when booking this beat start early or later on in day because of heavy boat traffic between 10.30-17.00 at this time of year.

Fished evening session, several between 3 to 5 lb . One of 8.5 lb before packing up. River clear but up. Dropping.

23 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fished evening session, good place to take my son to catch his first river barbel. River was up a bit but not coloured. Fished bottom pool. Feeder and pellet halfway across. Needed 3 oz to hold due to extra flow. Majority of fish were 8 oz to 1.5 lb. Biggest 5.5 lb which my son caught so nice pic for the album. Hopefully the large stocks of small fish mean the wye will be a good barbel river for years to come. I normally fish the Yorkshire rivers where it is unusual to see a barbel under 3 lb and you are fishing for one or two fish a session.

26 Barbel, 1 Chub

River up and running hard, hooked plenty but had one of those days. All fish on sweetcorn

4 Barbel

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Caught all through day ,all between 1 -4 lbs all bought on meat in the fast water. good sport

45 Barbel, 3 Chub

A lovely day on the Wye, although the fish weren't exactly climbing up the line as in recent reports! Three of the barbel were around the 1lb mark, which is a good sign for the future. I ended the day catching a new PB chub and losing what felt like a large barbel, but went home happy and can't wait to fish the Wye again.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

4 Barbel, 2 Chub