Feedback & Reports

Arrived at 1pm and fished until 8pm. We managed to get 8 bites but landed only 3 fish. Quite a snaggy swim right at the top of Leggs Meadow. Cracking bit of river and we caught three nice barbel with biggest at 9lbs 7ozs.

3 Barbel

Fantastic sunny day with perfect conditions, as the river was falling after rain. Lots of canoes, but none a problem. Fished the very top pool and caught a small, bent barbel (about 4lbs) and lost plenty of feeders. Then moved downstream, fishing a number of different swims and eventually found one where the barbel were feeding hard. I caught a fish almost every cast until dusk, mostly in the 5-8lb region.

8 Barbel, 2 Chub

River was slightly coloured, and was dropping after being up this week. 9 barbel and 1 chub came from 1 swim, the other 8 barbel came from 3 separate swims. We caught on 8mm halibut pellets. Don't spend too long in a swim if it's not producing.

17 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 Barbel

Had a 4/5lb barbel and an eel on boillie and pellet. Good day out though busy with canoes as expected before dusk.

1 Barbel, 1 Other

River low for time of year, walked the beat, top looks good for chub, must give this a go next time.
Took the first two swims by the old bridge. On the stick and feeder.

4 Trout, 1 Barbel, 4 Chub, 20 Other

River very low. Caught the fish in the fast flow on heavy feeder, groundbait/small pellets, with pellet on hair rig. Lots of effort but worth the hard work.

7 Barbel, 2 Chub

River had risen about 2 foot on Thursday, now fined down and looked good. K had 3 barbel, best 7lb and 1 Chub 4lb-8oz. G had 1 Barbel 8lb-12oz and 1 Chub 4lb-5oz. T had 1 Barbel 7lb and 1 Chub 4lb-3oz. All fish caught on halibut pellets.
Nice stretch. Don't know if us 3 old pensioners can afford £45 for a days coarse fishing next year!

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

I used feeder tactics in a swim near the upstream boundary. Difficult conditions again due to floating weed though the river had fined down considerably from Thursday. Only caught 2 small chub but also lost a fish which dived into a near bank snag. Also saw a large fish leaping in mid-river which due to it's size I can only assume was a salmon.
Thank you to the Wye and Usk Foundation for a very pleasant couple of days. I would heartily recommend you to any friends wanting to fish the Wye.

2 Chub

Nice venue, weather was mild and overcast. River level was falling after recent rain. Fished the right bank. All fish came to pellet feeder tactics.

2 Barbel, 7 Chub