Feedback & Reports

Arrived on the river around 08:00 and walked the bank. I had brought my wife along on only her second outing and so we needed an easily accessible swim without an excessively steep bank. That was no trouble. It was a glorious morning and went on to become a little too warm and bright, however we had a great day fishing a hair rig below a swim feeder on pellets. The river was in good flow and colour following a good night's rain a night or two prior. This made it weed catch a regular occurrence but we persevered and banked two lovely looking chub both around 4lbs and a 6lb barbel. Saw plenty of fish rising and splashing around, some of these obviously salmon. Was also smashed up by what must have been a pike as it went straight through my tackle after a good solid bite and first run. Not a Wye belter of a day in terms of catch but it was a very pleasant day and a secluded spot without interruption from canoes. Finished at 7.00pm.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Start of a few days fishing for CM and GW. Slow during the day but picked up a little in late afternoon and we finished with 4 barbel.

4 Barbel

1 Barbel, 15 Chub

Started up in the wooded section, I had 6 barbel and 1 chub in morning on feeder and pellet but Steve did not have a bite so we moved down to the meadow in the afternoon where then steve had 5 barbel (including a personal best of 10lb 8oz), 2 chub and an eel. I finished the day with 9 barbel and 4 chub, all fish were good size.

14 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

4 days on this beat couldn't have been better with a rising river and some colour the Barbel fed continuously with 91 fish and plenty of chub all caught on feeder tactics from various swims unbelievable four days thank you angling dreams.

91 Barbel, 8 Chub

A new beat to both of us. Easy to find. Arrived at 7am and found a rising coloured river that started to drop back around mid day. Caught from the start on standard feeder and pellet tactics. PM managed a total of 9 Barbel to 9lb 8oz a total of approx 65lb. SR had 8 to 8lb 14oz and a total approx 45lb. A good average size.
Sport stopped between 11.30am and 2pm as we have found in the past but this did coincide with activity on the far bank. Plenty of water to explore.
Caught up until 6pm then retired to the pub. A very good day. Thank you.

17 Barbel

Arrived at 8am to find the river looking good after some rain at the weekend. We selected a comfortable swim for the pair of us and I landed a 9lb barbel on the second cast! We got some great advice from Don, Tony netted a 4.5lb barbel and lost a couple more fish, so we decided to try other swims as the sun had now come out. Early afternoon I had another 9lb barbel and a 4lb and 4.5lb chub. By early evening we were sunburnt but the action was more consistent and I managed another 4 barbel, including another 9lb fish and a number of chub.
A great day on the Wye with good size barbel - 6 fish for 50lb - on a great stretch and I gave Tony a taste of his own medicine following the pasting I received on the first outing of the season!

7 Barbel, 8 Chub

Although only a short beat it has plenty to go at, all fish caught on pellet and ground bait feeder.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

River looked great, fish were taking a combination of meat and pellets.

8 Barbel, 7 Chub

Another fantastic day on a beautiful beat that is well kept by the legend Colin.
We went to our usual swim in the hope that the river level didn't mean that it was pushing through too much. On first glance we thought we were going to have to rethink our game plan as the river was pushing through but we decided to give it an hour and see what happened.
First cast with a 2oz lead saw it bounce straight round into the nearest snag it could find whereas 3oz seemed to hold just fine. We then started to pick off barbel and chub regularly throughout the day.
A brilliant day made even better when Colin came to see us and have a good natter. Lots of kingfisher action with one sat on a tree opposite in full sun for at least 20mins.

21 Barbel, 25 Chub