Feedback & Reports

Arrived fashionably late at lunchtime had a look at the top end then drove to the bottom end to start, found it a bit difficult to fish any distance out due to the hundreds of canoes & paddleboarders passing by, moved up the beat trying different swims without a bite. The traffic ceased by 4 o'clock & the river fell silent I made my way back to the bottom end & managed to tempt a Chub of about 3lb followed by a 9lb Barbel & a smaller 1 to finish with, all fish caught on feeder fished pellet. Not sure I would fish the bottom end again as it is very snaggy I had to change the hooklink every cast as it either came back damaged or missing. Always good to be on the Wye.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

River was in decent condition, albeit a little tea coloured. Started on the lower end of the meadow. After a small chub second cast all went quiet for a couple of hours so I moved down into the wood where there was a bit more flow.
Nothing all day, I suspect due to the huge numbers of canoes coming through, then after the traffic had eased I had 4 bites in an hour and a half. First was clearly a barbel (and a good one I think) but spat the hook after weeding me up. Very next cast and it's gone again, Barbel of 9lb 7oz. Lost what felt like a chub a little later then another Barbel, this time 10lb 11oz! Action dried up as quickly as it started but I certainly wasn't complaining.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

A slow day with only 2 chub caught

2 Chub

Much better day on Wyebank than previous at How Caple. 21 barbel from 3lb up. 1 a new pb at 10lb exactly!
Plenty of empty canoes and idiots floating by behind them to keep us entertained inbetween the fishing. How hard can it be to stay inside a boat??

21 Barbel

11 Barbel

Arrived just after 9am. The fishing was very slow. We started off in the woods but later in the day relocated to the ferry pool end. Just as the evening started the fish seemed to switch on but just for a very short time. I managed 1 Barbel and 2 Chub with my mate loosing 2 fish. The other anglers I spoke to on the beat were also struggling.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 2 Other

Absolute rubbish venue with public coming down river bank drunk with dogs and screaming children all day lots of boat traffic cows damagng our vehicles and got to pay salmon prices for barbel fishing never going there again disgraceful wye and usk

4 Barbel

1 Barbel

Lots of interesting swims to fish. A good section of the bank was unfishable because of anglers on the far bank that seem to have been there all night. Found a lot of fish at the far end of the stretch. The problem was that every man and his dog wanted to be in that area had children and dogs wanting to swim straight through my swim. And wasn't just a few times it was all day right up untill last knockings. Lovely stretch too busy not worth £45 a day.

17 Barbel, 13 Chub

A little bit slow but a great setting.

6 Chub