Feedback & Reports

Feeder and pellet used. Low clear river and bright sunshine, Several fish lost to snags

5 Barbel, 6 Chub

First day out on a weeks fishing trip. River still low after a few cold nights fishing it was very slow to start. It's nice talking to Don Macer-Wright, who apart from being pleasant to talk too is also very knowledgeable and helpful. I had two Barbel best being a first Wye double at 10lb 1oz, and Mark managed to get four up to about 8 1/2.

6 Barbel

A very disappointing day, when we arrived we found that the fishery map provided was totally different to the stretch itself, and for anyone wishing to fish the only two swims on the bottom of the stretch, then you have a very very long walk. In addition where you could previously get to the river at the bottom, you can't anymore because it is so overgrown. There is probably only 5 real swims, all within 100m above the car park the rest is pretty unfishable.
1 small barbel, 1 brown trout and 1 decent chub and some chublets...

1 Trout, 1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fished by Boy's Rock (back eddy gave problems) and then next swim down for 7 hrs without a bite - and then had an 8lb barbel on halibut pellet. Well worth the wait! Several salmon seen jumping out - the crash does keep you awake!

1 Barbel

Fishing conditions not perfect with very little fish activity throughout daylight hours. Majority of fish caught as light began to fade into evening. Fished feeder tactics using boilies and pellets as hook bait.

8 Barbel, 7 Chub

This was our first time on this beat, upper section very inaccessible and limited swims on lower end. However MF did find fish on lower section, had 3 good barbel on maggot feeder.
TR struggled in the next swim, tried both maggot and pellet feeder and several baits trotting all to no avail. However a very pleasant day in wonderful surroundings.

3 Barbel

It was a real pleasure to fish this beat. RB fished the top meadow all day and caught 1 barbel in the evening. RW fished from the rocks in the woods to begin with, but it proved to be a tackle graveyard. The one barbel hooked here resulted in a cut off on a snag, so a move was called for to the lower meadows. 4 barbel to 8lb 3 oz were caught before the light started to fade.
Highlights of the day were several sightings of a large dog otter, and also a couple of young otters playing and squabbling noisily below the woods.

5 Barbel

Fished lower end of the fishery, 5 Barbel, best fish 10lb 8oz, 2 Chub 4lb.

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

Very shallow and weedy stretch, and was hard going. Three chub and a single barbel on pellet.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Not an easy day but one rod found 6 Barbel, 2 to another rod and one to the last. About 25 Cormorants nesting in trees overlooking river, waiting for lunch...

9 Barbel