Feedback & Reports

Another lovely day at Holme Lacy. Lots of snagging up but common theme on the Wye. All fish mint condition. Best Babel 8lb, Chub 5lb, no Chub under 4lb and mouths you could fit a tennis ball in. Good chat with Colin as usual.

6 Barbel, 8 Chub

3 were in the lower section, which produced 2 barbel of 5.9 and 10.8 on pellet-with 3 good fish lost in snags. The other 1 was in the wood and landed one barbel of 10.8, on pellet. Same conditions, similar catch (2 doubles) same enjoyment!

3 Barbel

Ist time ive fished this beat, absolutely stunning scenery.
Fished most of the swims with float and feeder, did not get a bite other than minnows.
The river is very low and clear plus it was bright sunshine all day. Not the best fishing conditions. But it was just nice to be in such a pristine part of the Wye valley.

What a difference! Last time we came, about 3 weeks ago, the water level was 3-4 feet higher and the barbel were feeding. This time the current was slack and although a warm day I guess the water temperature was well down.
We started on the upper section where we fished before but couldn't even elicit a chub knock, so we moved to the bottom end where there are more swims. The water looked great, ideal we thought, but still no bites despite trying most swims.
Later on GW caught a nice chub, and SP set up his float trotting rod and managed to catch a small trout and a perch of about one and a half pounds.
I blanked, a rare event thankfully. Better luck next time, hopefully.

1 Trout, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Fished the last swim down stream on the road side from 3pm to 7pm with very little action. The weather was bright and sunny but the fishing was tough going... Using pellet/feeder the best I could manage was a 4 1/2lb Chub! Not a great days fishing but a lovely day to be out there.

2 Chub

Very slow morning in difficult conditions. Low river, bright sunshine and brisk north-easterlies are not great for barbel fishing! Lost the will to live at lunchtime, but will no doubt be back to fish some of the pools in the woods again at some point.

7 Barbel.

7 Barbel

Another lovely day fishing with plenty of fish all which fell to feeder and pellet tactics , did have a dabble with the float but no go. All of the fish were in pristine condition and fought hard, as said a lovely days fishing in beautiful surroundings!!!! Just one question.... Why are we not allowed access to the footpath from the carpark??? Perhaps somebody from the WUF could shed some light please.....

14 Barbel, 7 Chub

This is a stretch we've fished before so we knew it could be a challenge to get something out. Sure enough, it proved to be a bit of a challenge. Conditions were not so bad, water low , clear, and a bit sluggish . tried a variety of swims with pellet/feeder tactics and only had one bite and one barbel to 8lb3 oz right at the last cast. This stretch fishes better with a bit of a push of water through it and a bit of colour. We will be back .

1 Barbel

We appreciated that we were making the most of the superb autumn weather by fishing on the Wye and catching 6 barbel to 7lb 12oz and 11 chub from the lower end of the beat was a bonus. River getting very low and in need of rain, how's that for spoiling things?

7 Barbel, 11 Chub