Feedback & Reports

Another great day on the Wye. 14 barbel to 9-14 along with a few bonus chub. All fell to pellet/feeder approach with the majority of the fish coming between 5pm and dusk.
Dont be put off by the canoes, we had bites whilst there were canoes going through the swim, although the 6 muppets in the two inflatable paddling pools raised an eyebrow!!

Quiet start on pellets, changed to meat and caught 5-1/2lb barbel straight away. Four other good bites but didn't catch any more, left mid afternoon.

Another beautiful day on the Wye. Caught 9 barbel to 9-4 and 5 chub between three of us. Heavy heavy canoe traffic until 5.00pm. Chub caught throughout the day with the barbel showing later in the session. All caught on boilies and pellets. Plenty of sewin and a couple of salmon jumping!

I fished a couple of swims in the Meadow and caught 2 barbel, best 8:10, on pellets - rather slow. The recent rain in Dorset probably didn't reach Hereford as the river was still very low and clear. Caught my fish during the canoe frenzy which started just after 9am with last stragglers passing at 8:45pm(!). Saw perhaps a dozen salmon on the stretch, a couple of which I'd estimate at over 20lb.
All round a very enjoyable day.

4 days booked on Courtfield & Wyebank [2 days on each]. Fished short sessions due to family committments but had a great time. Weather was fantastic - not ideal for fishing but the river and valley looked magnificent. Some nice Chub and plenty of Barbel - all on pellett.

I saw my first otter - paddled across right in front of my feet, gave me a look of total disdain and carried on past as if I wasn't even there.

Although I was only planning a short session and expectations were not too unrealistic, I struggled to find the fish and finished with a couple of nice chub and three eels - all a decent size. Lovely stretch of water, easy access and stacks of features to give you confidence. Probably best fished early morning or late afternoon in these weather and water conditions.

Continuous boat traffic, swimmers, water fights and three guys without a boat at all, just larking about in the water with a football. Too much for me, I'm afraid. Could I suggest that the website carry a symbol against each beat to indicate the amount of boat traffic that can be expected, like chillies on a takeaway menu so that those with a low tolerance for noise can avoid the risk.

Thanks WUF - Even a bad day on the river is better than a good day at work.

A good session on Saturday once the canoe traffic died down. Fished several swims in Legg Meadow and landed 10 barbel to 9.08, 4 chub to 4.12 and an eel pushing 2lb. All fish taken on elips pellet behind a feeder.

First trip to section since WUF took over and have to say banks noticeably tidier, probably due to reduced pressure. I will be back later in the year when there is a bit more water in the river.

Several Barbel to 8lb 12oz and Chub to about 3lb. River very low and clear.

Started at about 7am on the lower end of Legg Meadow. Nothing until about 9am, when Don arrived to say hello. I promptly hooked two barbel in two casts, lost the first to a hook pull but landed the second at 8lb 12oz. Don left, and I only had one further chub until mid-afternoon, when I had another 3 barbel to about 6lb and 2 chub to 4lb. Unfortunately I had to leave at 5pm, just as Don returned. Maybe I should have stayed an hour or so longer - he seems to bring me luck. All fish to 8mm pellet & corn cocktails fished behind a big open-ended feeder.

All in all a very nice stretch of water, and it is possible to deal with the inevitable armada of canoes by keeping your rod low and your eyes open. Annoying though they are, the canoes seem to worry us anglers more than the fish - in fact I caught one barbel from more or less underneath one in about 5 feet of water. However I don't think I'd like to try to fish a static leger across to the far bank while they're about.

I look forward to returning with a foot or two of extra water around - I think the deeper, upper part of Legg Meadow will come into its own then. A big well done to WUF and Don.

First time fishing the Wye, arrived early with 2 friends and the river lookes great, level was normal and flow not too fast, it looked idyllic. We started fishing about 6.30 and had 3 chub and 2 barbel by 9.30 and we were looking forward to a nice day's fishing. But then the canoes arrived! I'm not against sharing the river with others, I have canoed the Wye with my children, and as an angler I was conscious of not causing inconvenience to other people. It's a pity that most of the canoeists didn't have the same consideration. A few were ok and went past quietly on the far side, but the vast majority who were in hire canoes (and there must have been 200 canoes go past) showed no consideration at all. We had to constantly ask them not to go over our visible lines, we had people crash into the bank beside us, we had 'flotillas' of idiots having water fights, messing about and even capsizing in our swim and this went on all day. We caught just 2 fish between 3 of us between 9.30am and 7.30pm after the last of the canoes had gone - I stayed on and had another chub and 2 barbel.

Fishing is a fickle sport at the best of times but to pay £15 for a ticket and then have your day ruined by people who show no common sense or courtesy is not acceptable - be warned!