Feedback & Reports

Arrived 8.am. Raining steadily, river appeared to be slightly up and clear. As on previous visit, we fished same swims - myself on left bank and fellow angler M right bank. I caught 1 chubb approx 5lbs first cast then nothing more. M caught 1 barbel approx 4lbs around midday and that was that.

Although fish catch was disappointing, the rain stopped and weather improved. A pleasant day in the Wye Valley. Thank you W.U.F

This was our second visit to the Wye and again the fishing and surroundings did not disappoint. We found our way to our first swim quite easily (no problem with access as previously stated) and after a quiet start we landed a chubb of 4lbs 7oz and an eel of 4lbs, both caught on boillies. We moved to another swim where we only caught 1 chubb but lost several fish and feeders. We decided to move once more and changed bait to meat. This was our best decision as we landed 4 barbel to 7lbs 7oz and 2 chubb. Looking forward to our next visit next month. Thanks once again WUF.

Very nice stretch of river with plenty of well established swims, although some of them are tricky to access. Unfortunately the fishing was quite slow for most of the day, but did pick up in the last hour or so of light. In the end, I managed 6 Barbel with the biggest at 7lb 10oz and a small Chub of around a pound after trying several different swims.
I did come across one man who was fishing without a ticket, but he did apologise and leave when he realised it was a private stretch (I also pointed him towards the WUF website). Maybe putting some signs up at the entrances would help prevent this in the future?
Thanks again WUF for a great day out :)

Back again full of hope but no dream start like the previous day but two fish early on then very quiet so decided to go roving. Good decision - finished the day with 8 Barbel - biggest 6lb 14ozs average size around 6lb and 4 Chub biggest 4lb 8oz which if it hadn't been spawned out would probably have topped 5lb. Brilliant fishing in a lovely lovely place. Thanks WUF for all the work you do.

Caught a dozen chub up to 4lbs and a couple of dace all on trotted sweetcorn over hemp.

Never having fished this beat before and with some spare time we took a look the day before to get some idea of where we were going and what to expect. Directions were a little confusing but eventually we found the beat after a fair walk. The majority of the swims we could find were either overgrown or too high from the water to be able to net the fish properly and neither of us felt comfortable enough with what we found so we decided not to fish.

2 Rods Caught 12 Barbel to 8lb 3oz and 9 Chub. All caught on Pellet & groundbait feeder. Pleasure to fish this stretch as always credit to Colin for maintaining easy access to the fishing.

Quite a lengthy report but I hope useful. Our day consisted of the good, the unbelievably bad and the very good. First of all, the beat is beautiful, the service from WUF excellent and the owner, Don, is friendly and helpful. We arrived early at 6.00am and enjoyed a few peaceful hours in this lovely setting, joined at about 7.00am by another angler, also a very nice guy, and his young son.
Then at 10.00am the first batch of canoes came down. From then on we never had a moment of peace and quiet. Some canoeists are decent people who understand the river etiquette but sadly a high proportion are loud-mouthed, ill-mannered yobs. They seem to have no appreciation of their surroundings and their idea of enjoyment is to drink lager and yell and swear at each other and anyone on the bank. They are quite intolerable, although I daresay they represent lots of money to the canoe operators who clearly don't care how they behave on the water. We left to get some lunch and when we returned there were 3 women in my swim holding some sort of prize presentation with a group of drunk canoeists. You cannot reason with these people so we left the fishery.
We decided to stay away until evening and returned at about 6.00pm. No canoes, peace and quiet and the barbel feeding well. Using groundbait/pellet feeder with halibut boilies we caught a fine stamp of fish between 7lbs and 9lbs as well as a few chub, so a good ending to the day. Such a pity that the natural beauty and tranquility has to be wrecked by people who don't appreciate it.

34 Barbel, 22 Chub on pellet corn and bread. Caught fish all over the beat with the main of the Barbel coming from the top field.

This year's annual jaunt to the Wye proved to be the best yet. On arrival the river looked great, a bit of colour, no debris floating down the river, the floods must have got rid of a lot of the weed and the bankside was the most accessible in the time I have been coming here. The latter appears to be the reult of some hard work by the WUF. The day started brilliantly with 4 fish in my first 5 casts including a hat trick then it died as the canoeists appeared. Around 4 I had another hat trick and picked up a couple of fish later. My best day on the Wye to date. In total 3 Barbel 5,6 and 6.5 lbs and 5 Chub to 3lb - all very lean so I guess they had been spawning.