Feedback & Reports

Started morning in the wooded section using the normal tactics of feeder & pellets. Fish
Caught: Ray - 3 barbel (best 10.1lb), 4 chub; Ian - 1 barbel, 2 chub, 1 eel; Alan - 2 barbel, 3 chub, 1 eel. Went and had lunch in Ross then came back in afternoon to Legg Meadow. Using the same tactics: Ray - 3 barbel, 3 chub (best 5.2lb), 4 eels; Ian - 3 barbel, 1 chub, 1 eel; Alan - 2 barbel, 3 chub, 1 eel. Another productive day with hardly any boat traffic. Must thank Don for his help & advice.

14 Barbel, 16 Chub, 8 Other

Perfect conditions for a late afternoon/evening session on the river, extra foot or so of clearing water with little or no debris washing through. 11 barbel, 2x 9lb, 3x 8.5lb+, 2x 8lb, a 7lb, a 6lb and 2x 5lb and 9 chub of 3lb-4lb. Amazing fishing on an amazing bit of river! Back in two weeks.

11 Barbel, 9 Chub

A great day on a flooded river. The colour was perfect for barbel. They also joined the party too. The guy's caught steadily throughout the day. Nothing really large as they had just spawned by the look of things.Most between 5lbs and 7lbs.
25 barbel was a fantastic days sport. One of the chaps fell into the river within 5 mins of arriving. Thank goodness he was fine and after a change of clothes all was good.
So please be careful on the banks. I always take a rope to aid getting up and down the steep banks.

25 Barbel, 2 Chub

A great day with the river coloured again. This beat is perfect with easy access and with plenty of room. Once you find the spots the fish will come and we had barbel to 9:14 a pb for my son. Cannot wait to get back!

7 Barbel

Fished from 11 till 430 when river started to rise quickly.Most fish caught in wood section.

7 Barbel, 9 Chub, 5 Other

2 Barbel, 7 Chub

Great days fishing at wood pool, most catches were between 13.00 and 17.00 hrs. All fish caught on feeder tactics 3/4 off the way over. Largest Barbel 8lb 6oz. largest chub 5lb 8oz. Weather fine all day, river not coloured and slightly higher than normal.

12 Barbel, 14 Chub

Nice days fishing, good conditions, river coloured but not too high. Had 2 barbel in the early afternoon when it started raining. 2 chub when the light started to fade and 4 barbel one after the other right at dusk. All fish on pellets. Chub around 4lb all the barbel were around 4-7lb. All down in the wood section in the fast water.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

Great day on the river. Shame about the canoes!

An improved river faced us on arrival after the huge disappointment of opening day. We arrived at dawn and decided on trying the meadow stretch first as had heard good reports through the week. We went to the pipe swim and it looked perfect. We fished for an hour and no bites were forthcoming. So, as many say, if you don't catch in the first hour, move on. So we decided to move to the woods section. We saw a car there so decided to go to the bottom end of the fishery and fished approximately 50 yards downstream from the steps near the willow tree. This proved to be a good move as we got in to Barbel straight away with a few chub in between. The good fishing continued for a few hours. We also lost a few large fish to snags. Biggest landed was just over 8lbs.
Unfortunately the fishing slowed up with the arrival of the Kayaks. Normally you put up with them and expect many on a weekend, but long story short, today's bunch were by far the worst I have ever witnessed ever. Rude, ignorant, total disregard for anglers, capsizing kayaks in front of us, water fights in front of us and one guy shouting very serious threatening profanities at me (In front of my son) when I asked his wife politely to watch out for our lines. In all honesty this lot put us off fishing the wye again, but I'm sure we'll return. The kayak hire companies should give out far better advice. Respect everyone on the river please.
After they were all gone, and amazingly we stuck it out, the Barbel came back on the feed and we landed another one and lost a couple. Unfortunately the heavens well and truly opened and the extremity of the rain forced us to retire with the evening approaching.
Great fishing at times spoilt by some true idiots (And the good old British weather)

9 Barbel, 6 Chub