Feedback & Reports

Very slow day two: the fish were caught at the end of the day I am aware of the swim access debate, however, its dissapointing that the bank below the island which the best swims on the river are only available to mountain goats or the very foolish.

4 Chub

Not as prolific as we'd hope today.water levels low and very clear so always a challenge. Moved around to different swims and caught fish in each, but nothing spectacular. Was going to try last couple of hours on one of the croys, but someone was fishing opposite so tried a little bit away and although not confident ended up with a few bonus barbel. An enjoyable day.
Not as much wildlife as at Sugwas Court, but still a good showing of kingfishers, buzzards, bats, and an owl or two hooting.

6 Barbel, 7 Chub

Starting at the top end of the beat we had a couple of barbel. A move downstream provided a few more, all caught on pellet with feeder/pva tactics. Anyone fishing in the coming days should watch out for a wasp's nest in a swim at the bottom end of the beat. The last couple of hours provided a lot of action at the top end. A great day on this stretch, we'll be back!

15 Barbel

Started off in the top field and followed instructions on parking. However after starting fishing I heard some crunching noises behind as the cows and bull were headbutting my car with Significant damage caused to several panels. Shocking. Please other anglers beware here.
Moved downstream for a few hours and caught a couple of chub and a barbel.
I can't say I will be returning after having my bmw trashed.
WUF note: We were very sorry to hear about this incident. Cattle are, unfortunately, a potential hazard to both anglers and their vehicles. Our "What to Do" guide we send out with every booking advises anglers never to leave vehicles in fields in which cattle are present, even if that is where we have suggested you park. Cattle are always moved into a field without us being informed so please check carefully before parking to ensure that none are present.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Four of us fished today. One only for the last few hours. Conditions were not ideal. Low water and mostly bright sun. By mid afternoon only a few Chub had been caught, although the best ar 4lbs 3ozs was a nice fish. Don came down in the afternoon and following his advice we moved upstream and 3 of us caught in the last hour of daylight. 4 barbel between us, the best 9lbs 6ozs. One notable capture was an eel that weighed 2lbs 10ozs.

4 Barbel, 6 Chub, 3 Other

Ideally would have arrived earlier and left later but time constraints meant I only had the middle of the day. Fished two swims downstream from the middle entrance. The nearside gulley looks perfect. One bite, one small chub.

1 Chub

Another great day on the Wye. Fished the bottom pool. River was very low. Heavy canoe traffic. On the other side of the river (unfortunately in front of me) the cows visited several times. Fished till 17:00. All barbel were small but good to see this for the future of this picturesque river. Used feeder tactic. Thank you WUF.

1 Trout, 25 Barbel

1st day at Foy. River low and clear, so knew it would be a maggot day. Took 15 mins to get the fish feeding, then caught all day, Barbel after Barbel.
They were only small, up to about 1.5 pounds along with some nice chub up to 2.5 pounds, one brown trout about 3 pounds and a few nice dace. A great day.
2nd day the same beat. Had used a lot of my maggots on the 1st day so I got the yellow peril out and bang, Barbel after Barbel this time a bit bigger with a few in the 3 to 4lb range. Not so many chub but still plenty of nice dace. All in all a great 2 days fishing. Thanks, IJ.

1 Trout, 25 Barbel, 18 Chub, 20 Other

A challenging day in very windy conditions on at the Creel. It is clear from the catch reports, particularly earlier this week, that there are good numbers of barbel in this beat. However, we have yet to work out where they are! RB went for a static approach fishing one swim all day, and was eventually rewarded with a solitary barbel late on. RW went for a roving approach fishing four swims throughout the day, catching a total of 4 small barbel and 3 chub in two of them late on in the evening.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

Fished middle section trying two swims. The first near the upper tree line and couldnt get a bite, moved dowstream to a lovely swim with some nice moving water and caught two barbel both just over 9lb.
River was very low so fishing was tough. Due to it being low canoeists became a pain as they were heading for the deeper water where I was fishing. One canoe decidied to deliberately beach right opposite me, one bloke got out beer in hand and decided to run with the canoe straight towards me, jumped in totally lost control and then got caught on my line which was only 1 rod length out, took the line half a mile down stream and then snapped it so they could free the canoe.
So, they were pissed, in control of a canoe that could put themselves and others at risk with zero sense of responsibility at all.
Having read the August report from WUF its obvious there is a problem and not much us anglers can do however it totally ruins your day when idiots with no rules are allowed to do as they please.
Back to the fishing, this is a great beat with good swims and good access.
WUF Note: We have forwarded this report to the EA (the Wye's Navigation Authority) who advise that incidents like this should be reported to their 0800 80 70 60 incident number with, if possible and if applicable, details of the company the canoe(s) was hired from.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub