Feedback & Reports

nice day chubbing all fish caught on free lined meat using a centre pin,great method for catching chub,river low and clear.

7 Chub

River was up and heavily coloured, two whole trees came down during the day plus loads of weed and other debris. Needed a 100g feeder and fished near side to hold bottom which was no issue as most swims on this section look better near side / middle rather than requiring a far side chuck. Stayed in one swim all day, line in at 11am after walking the stretch and baiting my swim packed up at 5.30pm. Two Barbel at 8lb, the big one went 9lb plus lost two Barbel due to hook pulls and caught a nice 4lb chub last cast. All fish to pellets or boilies. Beautiful area would go back great day.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fishing the swim feeder.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

We expected the recent storms to have an effect on the river. The conditions looked great a couple of days before our arrival but the bad weather was on its way. We fished another day ticket stretch on Friday afternoon and struggled losing a barbel with only caught one chub on the day, which didn't fill us with much confidence for our visit to How Caple on Saturday!

Once we arrived at How Caple it looked perfect but we were really up against the weather with the wind, rain and obvious rising river. Slippy banks and several swims looked a little risky to fish. Stunning stretch of river though. We fished about 6 swims, I had a couple of small chub then a move to the lower section resulted in a typical hard fighting barbel of 8lb for my dad. We will certainly return to this stretch and have another go when the weather is more settled. Very good access, short walk to the river and plenty of swims to go at, but a long landing net handle is a must on some areas and if the river is lower, I think some swims might require some climbing to get down.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Just had two fish out but the second went 9lb 6oz.

2 Barbel

First time on this beat and impressed with access and the number of swims available. The river was up 2 foot or so from the night before so had a fair bit of pace and colour to it. Both anglers had a Barbel first cast, and we caught consistently throughout the day with the best being around 9lb or so. There were a couple of anglers on the far bank but nothing which caused us any disturbance. The river this time of year is spectacular, as is the fishing. Will return to this beat again.

10 Barbel, 1 Chub

A fantastic days fishing in wonderful surroundings. We caught 12 barbel up to 9Ib all on pellet hookbaits from various swims throughout the stretch. The river level was raising throughout the day and certainly seemed to encourage to fish to feed.
This is a wonderful stretch of the Wye ... thanks W&U

12 Barbel, 3 Chub

A great days fishing in lovely surroundings. A 7Ib 6oz barbel, large chub and an eel all caught of pellet hookbaits. The river level was raising throughout the day and moving swims in the afternoon resulted in catching the fish. This is a wonderful stretch of the Wye ... thanks W&U

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

Booked for myself and a friend for 4 days. Was wonderful to have the stretch to ourselves and get to know it.
She gave us a few fish and some amazing scenery.
Loved it.

1 Barbel