Feedback & Reports

A very hard day with the river woefully low. Both of us blanked despite trying just about everything.
Fantastic stretch and our thanks to Terry for the very warm welcome, tea, and lift down to the river.
We will definitely return when we have had some rain.

Another brill day on the Wye. Had to work hard to find the fish, but there was no stopping them once I had.
Had five fish 4.14, 4.14, 4.15, 5.8 and 6.14. Also lost a huge Barbel, it slipped the hook whilst trying to bully it away from the over hanging trees. Why is it always the big ones that get away!!

5 Barbel

River levels still very low and clear making the fishing difficult. Not a touch all day. I walked the beat 4 times and with the sun out could see most of the river bed but did not spot a single fish. But as the sun went down the fish came out from the tree cover. 4 x barbel, biggest 9lbs 15 oz, all caught in the last hour before darkness.

4 Barbel

River very low, clear & bright sunny conditions, fishing very difficult. Maggots caught small chub and trout and an eel fell to pellet.
First time on stretch and pleased with the variation of swims but no sign of barbel.

1 Trout, 4 Chub, 1 Other

Very hard going and only 2 chub and 3 barbel between 3 of us. Tried a variety of swims and methods but the fish were not having any of it.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

A good fun day's fishing off the croy's, resulting in 8 barbel to 6lb and a nice 4lb chub. All on pellets.

8 Barbel, 1 Chub

Not much to say really, the catch return says it all.

We arrived to find the river very low and clear and with unseasonably warm conditions and knew it was going to be tough!
Saturday proved the best day with some cloud cover. Meagre pickings in the morning and day but a feeding frenzy ensued as the light dwindled.
We finished with 18 barbel and 11 chub, which was pretty damn good given the conditions.
Most fish were taken from the field swim above the parking on a mixture of pellets and boillies or a combo of the two. The best anglers of our group managed to catch in bright daylight and only the very best from the lower reaches of the beat where real class was needed to extract fish from between the trees.
All of the troup lost big fish (some through poor reel management) and some managed to catch on another's rod which was fine the first time around but when it happened again the rod had to be wrestled from a reluctant angler who was hell bent on poaching and glory-justice prevailed!
Great weekend had by all.
Biggest fish, 8lb 5oz - good arrows!
Thanks again to the Foundation, we will return!

18 Barbel, 11 Chub

Barbel of 6.5lb and 5lb, both caught on eliptical barbel pellets.

2 Barbel

A totally blank date: not even a decent bite! The highlight of my day was watching a sparrowhawk unsuccesfully chase a small bird. Lots of canoes and people on the footpath, but I don't think this explained my lack of success.