Feedback & Reports

Fishing conditions were ok, the fishing was shockingly bad! 3 people fished all day from 8am till 4pm and not even a nibble. Very disappointed, would not recommend this section.

Not the best of starts to the day after the car door was frozen solid (minus 4.5) when I managed to get into the car. Oh the fishing? 3 bites resulted in 3 chub to trotting/maggots, not a single bite on the feeder. Cant wait for June 16th, thank you all at the Foundation.

3 Chub

6 Chub and 1 Barbel on bread and pellet. Fished lots of swims and the bites were very shy.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

Nice chub 5lb. Wanted to trot the float for them but stretches that looked best to dangerous to wade, or so it looked to me on first trip to this stretch. The ford stream stretch easy to wade, nice gravel bottom, but to fast and shallow for a nice chub. In end resorted to ledger on upper stretches.
Lovely surroundings, and Goodrich Castle within easy view. Woodpecker was very busy most of the morning.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Very cold day and I blanked, but beautiful stretch of river, would like to come back when the coarse season re-opens.

An excellent days sport in low water conditions. 6 chub caught between 2 and 3.5 pounds. Had only previously fished this swim when it was much higher. Coming back later in the summer to hopefully catch the barbel that were not feeding on this occasion. One other angler on this section on the day and he may have caught one more fish but I think mine were bigger!

6 Chub

Fished the lower end of the beat in the morning caught 3 chub to five pounds. Moved around after lunch but no more bites the water was very cold but a nice days fishing.

3 Chub

My first try at barbel fishing. I had a fish of 9lb 8oz
fished middle of river as edges very snaggy, only 1 bite.
River conditions good but banks a bit dodgy. Boilie bait with a few free thrown in.

1 Barbel

My Nephew and I were guided by Kenny Parsons and I am pleased to say his deserved 100% record is intact. The river made us work for it but in the last knockings two immaculate upper 6lb Barbel were caught exactly where Kenny said they would be.
Tricky conditions on the river but what a beautiful day and after some great advice the fish turned up in the end. We also returned to the lower wood swim the next day, with the same feeder and pellet tactics and managed to tempt 7 more fish to 9lb 3oz.
Thank for a great weekend Kenny, WUF and the beautiful Wye.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

An originally overcast day became increasingly sunny but with recent bank erosion making access difficult in some areas and water temperature remaining very low, memories of a previous summer visit to this beat were soon fading. Nevertheless, we persevered and after a helpful discussion with Adam, we explored further options. It’s fair to say the first barbel was sliding over the net less than ten minutes after bidding Adam farewell, so thanks Adam.
Only one group of canoes all day, but debris from up-stream tree-cutting caused a degree of disruption and resulted in some losses of terminal tackle for us both.
Met Simon later in the day who timed his presence perfectly to photograph barbel no.2. Thanks for taking the perfect photo Simon.
By the end of the day, we had deceived the following into taking our baits:
CH - 2 Barbel (6lb 6oz, 5lb 8oz) and one small Brown Trout of approx. 8 inches.
BP - One solitary but memorable freshwater mussel.
All were caught on maggot, all were in excellent condition and all were duly returned in good health.
Overall, another enjoyable day in wonderful surroundings. Buzzards overhead, Pheasant and Partridge commonplace, all in the shadow of Goodrich Castle.
To both Adam and Simon, many thanks for taking time out from your clearance work to chat. It was an absolute pleasure to meet you both and to see the Foundation ‘in person’.

1 Trout, 2 Barbel