Feedback & Reports

Rising river and a warm spell woke the fish up, all to feeder fished various baits in gale force winds and rain!

4 Barbel, 10 Chub

The swims in the woods at Fownhope are a great spot to get out of the SW wind and rain. Took a while to get a bite but steady feeding of hemp and meat got me 4 hours of regular bites and a decent stamp of fish. Everything came to meat on the feeder, had 5 fish over 5lb ..and plenty of 3s and 4s. Played around with a few baits to try and tempt a barbel ..but had to make do with a chubfest....Great day's fishing

20 Chub

Fishing with grandson Henry, his first time on the Wye. On his second cast he caught his first ever chub weighing 4lbs 10oz, what a great start. In spite of the weather, we had a very enjoyable day finishing up with 5 chub and a grayling. His last chub caught was the best, weighing exactly 5lbs. Certainly a day to remember for us both.

1 Grayling, 5 Chub

A quick afternoon session, the water temperature was 5.4, so I wasn't optimistic about my chances of any Barbel. I fished a large piece of spam and netted a Chub of about 3lb in the first hour , I didn't get a knock for the second hour, scaling everything down to a 14mm pellet on a 14 hook hooked into the first Barbel as a was putting the rod on the rest and the second a few minutes later. MHC is a well kept beat a few of the swims have received a batteriing from this winters floods.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

2 Chub

12 Chub

No catch

A very wet and cold day on the bank. River looked good, tinge of colour but felt a very cold temperature. Chub and Pike the main targets. No runs on the Pike gear so switched to Chub fishing on a mixture of Maggots, Bread and cheese. Hard going but managed 5 chub between us to 4lb 12oz and a bonus grayling. Will be back next season in higher temperatures. Looks like there will be a few new swims available next season which will be needed with the 5 tickets now available on this beat.

1 Grayling, 5 Chub

Lovely spot. Pike fishing limited to one swim really. Very muddy and slippery so take care. Managed to get one out in the morning before it got very cold!

1 Pike

Zero fish, river looked perfect but not a bite.