Feedback & Reports

Was only planning an evening session which turned into a short 2 hour session after hitting motorway delays. However, left very happy after managing four barbel to 8lb 6oz from the rocks. Stormy weather made the conditions more favourable than they have been of late though.
First visit here and looks a great stretch from what I managed to glimpse - if you don't mind a bit of a walk. Will definitely be visiting here again.
Many thanks.

4 Barbel

Easy to get to swims. Fish at first peg on pellets in coloured water.

5 Barbel, 7 Chub, 6 Other

Fished hard, 1 chub. River in good condition, the barbel must be on holiday. I'll be back.

1 Chub

I had a very pleasant evening fishing from 4pm to about 7.30pm.I fished the comfortable swim on the roadside and despite the silk weed which seemed to be covering the river bed I had 2 chub around the 3lb mark and finished with a hard fighting barbel of 4lb 8oz. I had intended to fish a little longer but the rain started so I packed up to avoid a soaking. By the time I had put the gear away in the car, the rain had stopped so spent the next 30 mins feeding the shoal of fish under the willow on the far side of the bridge. First on the pellets were the chub then small Barbel appeared followed by 3 or 4 larger Barbel in excess of 6lb. The enthusiasm they showed in searching out the pellets made me wonder why we sometimes struggle for bites!

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

River low but nice flow.

1 Barbel

Only fished for 3 hours in the evening to avoid the canoe circus. Two small barbel - one very small indeed at about 10oz - and a decent chub.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Ledgered pellet, conditions ideal.

3 Barbel

18.30 to 21.20. In lower wood area. Not a touch until 20.45 then 4 chub in 2 to 3lb size on h pellet. Very tentative bites and had to up hook size to 8 to connect as suspect pellet covering original size 10 hook. Unusual evening, no canoes, ducks, swans or other wildlife moving but did have 3 mid sized barbel swimming at my feet picking up pellets fallen from swim feeder whilst preparing to cast!!

4 Chub

Fished there 21 June, pleasant day. 8 Aug, perfect conditions, not a touch till 6.30pm. Just 2 chub between then and 8pm. Not every day the same, it will not stop me trying again!

When I have seen people reporting blanking on the Wye I have often wondered if they tried hard enough! I tried very hard in a variety of swims and still drew my first ever blank on the Wye. Lost a couple of barbel late afternoon, one a hook pull and the other with line sliced on a rock! My partner found the one swim that was more consistent and hard one barbel at 7lb 12oz and 6 chub.
We were coming back the next day for more of the same; I decided to try and build up some bait in the swim I lost the fish and hope that they came on the feed in the evening as they had on this day. I have caught plenty of barbel on the Wye in hot sun and low water before but not on this day.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub