Feedback & Reports

Enjoyed the day, started fishing around 11am. Weather was overcast. Never caught a thing, but about 3.30 in the afternoon rod wrenched round, and I was into a large barbel. Unfortunately for me the hook pulled. Bait was Halibut pellet 14mm.

An enjoyable day with 4 barbel caught. No wind, cloudy all day so ideal conditions but the river was very low and needed some more water in it. Fair bit of weed coming down the river.

4 Barbel

19 Barbel and 4 Chub on pellets. Fish came steadily throughout the day.

19 Barbel, 4 Chub

Second day of 2 on the Creel and what a difference in weather conditions from the day before, it was dull and damp all day long, typical autumn weather.
I started in the church field and had a barbel after 30 minutes of starting, no more bites were forthcoming so I moved to the bottom of the beat where I had taken one fish the day before. This yielded not a bite so I moved back upstream to a peg I had not fished before but had put in a little bit of bait walking past. I hooked a barbel second cast but it managed to shred the line on a snag and escaped. No other bites came my way so I moved again to another swim but had no bites here either.
A move back to my original swim was made mid-afternoon as I had taken the trouble to keep a bit of bait going in through the day. A further 7 barbel were taken to a best of 7lb 2oz and another lost when the hook pulled out. All fish taken on straight lead with either pellet or boilie hook bait, a glugged bait seem to do the job best of all.
There is now a gas gun bird scarer operating in the field opposite the bottom of the beat... it is very loud if you fish near it and I can’t help feeling most of the fish might have departed that area as well!
A lovely days fishing in a very nice place.

8 Barbel

First time I've fished this beat, fantastic Scenery overlooking Goodrich Castle. We both fished the float and caught 8 nice chub and 4 Barbel.
Great day.

4 Barbel, 8 Chub

What an incredible day weather wise for near November. It started off misty and warm before turning sunny and hot, 19 degrees celcius in the shade! It clouded over later and got back to a more normal temperature.
To the fishing. I concentrated my efforts on the bottom field and took a barbel on the second cast but had no more bites until the afternoon when I had a second fish after trying a couple of other swims. Both fish were around the 5lb mark and caught on straight lead and boilie and pellet. A lovely place to spend some time in autumn.

2 Barbel

River low and clear but weather very mild and cloudy so did not know what to expect. Turned out to be a very good afternoon with barbel to 9lb-3oz on pellet and feeder. However, they switched off early and I caught a solitary chub in the last hour and a half. Just the same a great session on a lovely stretch of the Wye.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

All fish came in the last hour as light was going.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Great day at Foy Bridge, 6 good chub and 8 small Barbel all on the float. River very low.

8 Barbel, 6 Chub

River low and clear,only one bite 5lb 10oz 0730hrs - 1800hrs

1 Barbel