Feedback & Reports

Slower day as river dropped had a nice looking barbel and a few nice chub on the waggler in the slack. 2 big eels as well.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub, 2 Other

River up about 18”, coloured and pushing through so pretty good conditions but it was fairly hard going with all of the barbel and 7 of the chub falling to one rod plus one of us blanked. This is a nice venue and the fish are of a good stamp here but the banks are very steep and the walk is long to explore the whole fishery

4 Barbel, 11 Chub

Great Day out on this lovely stretch.water was pushing through but managed a few fish from wooded area and field below... fish taken on pellet and meat. Barbel up to 9.07 and chub to 4

8 Barbel, 8 Chub

River surprisingly high on arrival middayish, there must have been some overnight rain in Wales which we never saw in Hereford? The water was still quite clear & the level dropped steadily throughout the afternoon/early evening. Fish were in a cooperative mood though with only one quiet period mid afternoon for a couple of hours. Plenty to see though with an almost constant flypast of various duck species, the appearance now & then of a sparrowhawk, Kites & of course the kingfishers. There was a brief hatch at 7ish & of course the sand martins appeared.

The temperature was distinctly autumnal today & cold in the wind. Lost two good fish which felt like barbel. Used spam & pellets on quickstop, barbless hooks & 2oz feeder. The 2 others were dace... how they got hooked taking 1/2" cube of meat I cannot imagine but both hooked in top lip! Obviously quite hungry.

Many thanks to Terry & WUF for a splendid venue with plenty of healthy fish.

4 Barbel, 8 Chub, 2 Other

Caught on float and feeder, including a 6lb barbel on float fished sweetcorn. All usual suspects worked - boilies, pellet, meat and sweetcorn. Lots of dace around.

4 Barbel, 10 Chub

Lovely stretch of river in great condition.

8 Barbel, 12 Chub

Fished well. 4 fish over 8 pounds.

14 Barbel

Opposite pump station. 10 in first 10 chucks. All but one smaller than average maybe 4lb one about 8. Lost a couple on inside snag. Then river came up at least a foot and trees were floating down. No bites for 2 hours. Cast around a bit into slacks but nothing. Decided to pack up so last cast (by this stage needed 120g feeder to hold in flow) and rod ripped round wish I’d had scales as def pb I think it would have gone 12. Then suddenly another 3 all round about doubles. All on 10mill dumbbell, usual pellet ground bait mix in feeder. Sure smaller baits, long hooklinks and small hooks were key although did mean losing a few.

14 Barbel

1 Barbel

Overcast conditions on a rising river, a great days fishing in heavily fished swims.

22 Barbel, 8 Chub