Feedback & Reports

Fished from first light to noon. A tough morning. 3oz feeders no longer holding bottom so forced to fish the crease about four rod lengths out. 2 chub around 3.5lbs and a cheeky little minnow. The banks are very slippery so be warned!

2 Chub, 1 Other

Fished from 2pm til about 6pm when darkness came. Caster and hemp accounted for many small fish for first hour then we went to meat on swim feeder or direct. Fabulous sport. Fished very close to bank. Barbel around 6-8lb, chub from 2-4lb. Beautiful condition fish. The barbel pulled so hard and go off like a train on the first run. Heart stopping stuff on a scenic, quiet beat.
Accommodation for the night and breakfast at nearby Southbank House was excellent and would highly recommend. Dinner and good ale in the 'Bunch of Carrots' nearby very tasty too.
Will come again, for longer.

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

1 chub, 1 barbel lost. First time on this stretch.

Brown fast water. Caught on pellet.

4 Chub

7 Barbel, 3 Chub

1st time we have fished this section, we thought the swims were limited.
The river was in perfect condition and dropping. My friend fished for Barbel and blanked. I fished the float and caught all day, 2 trout, small salmon par, 3 grayling, loads of dace, 1 good chub and some chublets. There are so many dace of about 5 inches long in the river. In 2 to 3 years it will hopefully be like it was 40 years ago when you could win matches with 70lb of dace. There definitely has been an explosion of young dace and chub which bodes well for the future.
Overall a lovely day.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling, 1 Chub, 50 Other

Another good day on the Wye with fish caught steadily throughout the day.

River was certainly up a few feet with colour since my last visit in September with a lot of debris. The fishing was disappointing on the whole but I guess timing is everything like all rivers at this time of year. 2 chub, 2 eels and lost a very good barbel at dusk.

2 Chub, 2 Other

River level dropping and not quite so coloured after the recent rain, but still pushing through. After changing swims and settling down during the afternoon, finally got some action with 5 barbel all of the 6-8lb size, plus 2 decent chub one of which was 5.2lb. All taken on pellet feeder tactics.

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

Perfect conditions. 1 barbel 4lb. Heavy feeder and pellet will be back soon wonderfull river.

1 Barbel