Feedback & Reports

Fished here before and had varying success in different conditions. Today's tally was way above our expectations. Chose a good looking area today and we fished our simple method of bomb and pellet again and just catapulted pellets in the right place all day to keep fish interested. Started mid day until dusk as usual and caught steadily with a better spell in the evening. The barbel scrapped well and we had some chunky specimens with plenty in the 7lb to 8lb range.
Nice to get the centrepin screeching too! Nice to watch the heron hunting and a kingfisher doing well too. Must be a great river for them to survive on.

Another memorable day on the Wye.

20 Barbel, 1 Chub

A fairly tough day due to bright conditions and a low river. Winkled out a few chub throughout the day before the barbel fed after 7pm.

6 Barbel, 12 Chub

Best day ever including my first 10!, 3 nines and an eight. Whole day was a bit of an experiment trying out some pellet rig changes recommended by a popular Wye guide so the plan was for a short session but what a session. River was low and clear with the usual canoeists all of whom behaved brilliantly.
Great day. Will be back for more.
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9 Barbel, 3 Chub

River very low indeed. We were able to hold bottom with 2 and 2.5oz feeders fished across the river next to far bank cover which is where the barbel were. Nothing much caught in more open water. Most of the fish were in the 4-6lb bracket with three touching 9lbs. We fished two of only three swims we could find. Gratifying to see some effort has been made for access to these swims by the installation of some steps - same spot my friend fell down last year and dislocated his shoulder!
A picturesque stretch marred only by the severe lack of swims, which is a shame because there is some interesting water which is just completely inaccessible.

17 Barbel, 8 Chub

Much better conditions today, river still low and clear but more cloud cover. Fished pellet and feeder in the fastest flow and produced a few bites and 4 banked barbel.

4 Barbel

Fished from dawn to dusk, 4 Barbel (not big) and 4 medium size chub. Nice place but number of swims are limited which is quite typical of Wye and Usk waters

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

Chosen method today was bomb and pellet, 10mm. A steady day with no hectic feeding spell, fish coming out throughout the afternoon/evening that we fished. Another day of bright sunny conditions. Wildlife today included a family of young sparrowhawks.

15 Barbel, 9 Chub

I only fished a 4 hour evening session with no bites at all. A very scenic stretch of river, but I could only find 3 fishable swims ?

River low, clear skies, very hot. Five Barbel to eight pounds plus one small Chub all taken on pellet by 4 P.M.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

Three great days fishing with my son (the new format catch return would not allow me to edit the form to show two rods).
Water levels were very low and landing the larger fish over 4lbs was a little tricky. Mostly caught on pellet/feeder with a couple of chub to bread flake (6lbs largest). Most barbell in the 1lb to 2lb range with only a couple just over 6lb. Canoe traffic was very light because we fished early morning and evenings only with the mornings by far the most productive.

40 Barbel, 6 Chub