Feedback & Reports

A mild day in prospect and the river fairly high but with it looking very fishable filled us with some hope. Having fished here before when the water was much lower it gave us a very good idea what a difference some rain makes to the Wye.
We enjoyed a steady days fishing and caught a few decent Chub with the biggest just over 3lb came as the light was fading. Plenty of chublets and dace were showing plus a very lively small Grayling. Not a long stretch of water but a real treat in the Autumn afternoon sun and we thank those for providing us with the opportunity to fish it.

10 Chub, 20 Other

4 of the fish came in the first 2 hours and the others dotted through the day.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

Fished the waggler using maggot and once the canoes had departed caught steadily throughout the day. River levels had dropped nicely from earlier in the week and I had an enjoyable days fishing catching small chub.

16 Chub

Fished from first light to noon. A tough morning. 3oz feeders no longer holding bottom so forced to fish the crease about four rod lengths out. 2 chub around 3.5lbs and a cheeky little minnow. The banks are very slippery so be warned!

2 Chub, 1 Other

Had a great day guiding Ron on the river. He had some excellent barbel to 9lbs 2oz which is a new PB Wye barbel. Also caught was a 6lbs 3oz chub which was quite empty and would be much larger when it fills out later in the year. 3 eels all lip hooked, fought well in the strong flow.
The river was up and flowing well. Great to see the river like this.

7 Barbel, 2 Chub, 3 Other

A tricky day. The high river conditions cut off the lower stretch of Wyebank that I was hoping to access so I fished peg one and the river mouth from after lunch instead. Lighter float tackle and worm brought a chublet and dace a chuck, nothing on the pellet feeder until dusk when one 4lb chub made a welcome appearance.

1 Chub

1 chub. Flow a bit fast kept getting caught on the bottom. Very dirty water.

1 Chub

Be very careful on the bank when wet. All barbel caught on pellet.

5 Barbel

Barbel caught on feeder/pellets, Chub on trotted maggots.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Caught 11 barbel to 7lbs 2oz and 4 chub on Thursday. Great days fishing. After the rain on Thursday, the river was just right first thing Friday and a 7lbs 14oz barbel and a few chub were caught. Then the river rose very fast and we had to pack up at 4.30pm as the foot path became flooded. Much debris coming down and difficult to hold in the slack in the bottom swim on Wyebanks.

12 Barbel, 7 Chub