Feedback & Reports

Another difficult but enjoyable day with the motto being stick at it. All 3 barbel came in the last half hour of fishing as the light faded.
A well maintained beat and the work being carried out on the Groynes is impressive.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

With the water level even lower than last time we were not confident of catching.
Nevertheless we worked hard trying as many swims as we could but we couldn't buy a bite until almost dusk when a 2lbs perch fell to maggot feeder and hook bait.

1 Other

I large trout caught on SPAM over the period of about 3 hours.

1 Trout

A tricky outing to the Wye (as expected) due to mainly sunny skies & the continuing low & clear water. The usual range of baits & techniques were tried throughout the day. Doing nothing significantly different, our perseverance was eventually rewarded in the last few hours, with the sky now more overcast & the light levels dropping We caught our target species on static baits from areas of deeper water. They were all between 6 - 8lbs & in excellent condition. Challenging & enjoyable as always

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

Last of a 3 day visit. Lovely and mild however river was very low. Again fished in deeper water and landed a few barbel to 10lbs 5oz. Really fat at this time of year. Stunning place to fish this time of year.

4 Barbel

First time on this beat and was delighted to find a really well looked after beat with plenty of swims. Dropped into a couple of swims but were struggling when the river keeper Colin arrived mid afternoon. He advised us where to fish, I was too lazy to move but my mate moved and was rewarded with a couple of barbel.
Colin is a really helpful and knowledgeable person and other beats could learn from the way he looks after his part of the river.

2 Barbel, 7 Chub

It was time to dust off the centrepin and have a go at trotting maggots for the Grayling at Abernant. The river level was the lowest I have seen it here but the weather conditions were perfect and the Grayling were very keen with a fish first cast and the first hour very hectic. Sport slowed as I had caught most of the shoal but still managed to catch approximately 40 Grayling. I weighed one fish at 1lb 9ozs and had a couple of others about the same size but most fish were 8ozs to 1lb.

40 Grayling

The low clear river conditions along with a couple of otters for company at various parts of the day did little to help the chances of catching a few fish. Despite trying various baits, hook sizes and hook lengths all looked to be heading for a blank (except for a few minnows for a bit of sport) until a 4lb barbel took a liking to the garlic meat put on offer by my companion John towards the end of the day. Its a steep, tricky climb back up through the woods and thats in dry conditions, we have tried it before in wet conditions and with kit is quite dangerous and slippy. A few more rails to hold on to would not go a miss. A lovely beat though as far as getting away from it all goes, hardly a sound to be heard at times and surrounded by lovely countryside and woods.

1 Barbel

Was to have been my last day for 'trelough' this season - could not get there as ill health once again flared up and required a doctors visit that day.
Can only look forward to 2016 when I hope to be able to put in some time at this lovely water.
Many thanks to wuf staff for their continued assistance.

River very low and very clear - two anglers tried several baits, fishing techniques and different swims - alas no fish and we never even registered a bite - nice spot though as they say!