Feedback & Reports

real struggle with the weed coming down

1 Barbel

Started of with low clear conditions. Fished beats 3-5 in rotation. 11am river risen 2ft and pace increased. Unable to fish the known holding spots. Headed for creases and slacks. Work hard for 6 hours and caught only chublets. Lovely bit of river. Wrong washed out conditions for the nature of the stretch. Didn’t fish the second day as river was still to high :-(

5 Chub, 1 Other

Fished all swims in the bottom section with only two small chub to show for it. A tough day in pretty good conditions.

2 Chub

Tried different swims to our usual area for a change and enjoyed a few fish on a windy afternoon/evening. Pellet and bomb tactics and used some hemp too in a near bank swim.

River up about a foot on normal level. Wildlife included egrets and gooseanders.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fantastic days fishing.

7 Barbel, 26 Chub

2 Barbel, 32 Chub

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

Lovely venue, barbel not showing but chub happy to oblige on boilie.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

First time on this beat and had a brilliant session. Fished from 5am till 11am. Had a few nice chub early on up to about 4lb. Then an hour later I had a very positive bite and struck into what I thought was a decent barbel at first as it tore off up stream stripping line. Then after a good old scrap I managed to pull him up to the surface for a look and it was in fact a big common carp. Never had a river carp before and Christ do they fight. Played him for about 45 mins on fairly light tackle. Heart was racing. Convinced he was going to snag me but managed to net him eventually despite getting very wet in the process including my boots. Gave him a few minutes to rest in the net and noticed he only had one eye. A proper old river warrior of 18lb. Over the moon.

Then not long after had a barbel of just over 8lb. And then a flurry of nice chub again before packing up. All fish caught on 12mm sticky krill dumbbells. Fished about 2/3rds of the way out. Used hemp and mixed pellet for ground bait. Normal feeder tactics.

Beautiful place to fish with many accessible swims. Fantastic stretch and will certainly be back.

1 Barbel, 7 Chub, 1 Other

A good day although a bit slow on the fishing front. Always good to be on this lovely stretch of the Wye. River looked good with a bit of colour but could probably benefit from a rise in level.
All fish caught on feeder tactics. 1 barbel and one chub apiece from the top of the stretch. Have had some huge days here and will be back.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub