Feedback & Reports

I arrived late morning after a long drive down and settled into a swim at the bottom end of the meadow just before the woods. It was a quiet afternoon only managing 1 barbel and 1 nice chub in the mid afternoon sun but the better action started from 5.30pm until 9pm when I managed another 6 barbel to 9lbs 10oz and another bonus chub.
I finished with 7 barbel to 9lbs 10oz and 2 chub both over 4lbs all to pellets except one chub which fell to meat as did a very large eel. Thank you to Don as always for his advice and putting me on the fish.
If you haven’t made a visit this is a great stretch of the Wye and I would highly recommend a visit not only for the most excellent fishing but just the beauty of the area. A small piece of heaven on earth my only warning is it won’t only be the barbel who get hooked.

After several visits to Wyebank it was a joy to arrive and get set up for a days fishing. Conditions looked good with the river up around a foot and slowly dropping. The day was spent trotting and feeder fishing. It took a while to get the fish feeding but late afternoon the action started and the fish caught were 5 barbel 5 to 6lbs, 7 chub to 4lbs, lots of chublets, dace and a eel. Another joyful visit to this beautiful fishery and lovely to see it in its unspoilt natural state thanks to Dons expert management. Another visit soon me thinks....

Last day of our 1st 3 day fishing holiday on the Wye for this year. Found directions to Lower Cannon very accurate as ever and after reading some previous comments regarding access we were relieved to find a WUF parking notice in the Farm Yard. We used the first access to the river as identified on our beat map, through both fields with the cows & calfs, only to discover on our return home that this path has now been closed. Apart from the swims from the weir down to the wall end opposite the gardens, we only managed to find a couple of swims lower down where the river slows and widens, where we blanked, probably down to a Mink and Otter which we spotted working the river. Total fish caught was 18 barbel and 4 chub between the four anglers, best single catch being 7 barbel and a single chub from a swim nearing the end of the wall on the opposite bank. Many swims were very snaggy as we all lost plenty of ledger weights, another red hot day on the Wye, looks like we captured the best 3 consecutive fine days of 2012. Be back soon, many thanks to the WUF.

Short session today due to the blistering heat, so I only fished for 3 hours from 9 til 12. Had 1 barbel of 5 1/2 lbs and lost another which nearly dragged my rod into the river.

Arrived early morning. Sun shining. As this was my first visit I checked out length of beat and chose to fish accessible swim about midway in "near bank gulley". Quiet but improved midday. Caught 4 nice chubb and 1 barbel.
Wonderful location in beautiful countryside. Parking in wet conditions would be restricted. Another very enjoyable day. Thank you W.U.F.

Second day for me made special by my son joining me for a days fishing on the magnificent River Wye.
The river had only dropped inches overnight and we fished the more prolific swims from the previous day, my son getting first pick and taking full advantage he landed 22 Chub to 4lb and 11 Barbel to 8lb 4oz his best ever catch by far. I managed 12 Chub to 4lb 6oz and 6 Barbel to 7lb all in all a very good day.
Thanks to Wye and Usk for more memorable fishing on this magnificent river.

My first time on this stretch and thanks to some very good advice from Don I had a very nice days fishing.In all I had 8 Barbel with 1 lost on rocks with a best fish of just over 7lb and the smallest at 2lb. I also had 2 Chub of 3lb each and 2 smaller Chub of 8ozs, all fish taken on swimfeeder with pellet hookbait. A very pleasant stretch of river and I look forward to another day soon.

Nil bites. 18 inches down from Tuesday, clear, and I fished widely on beat 3 in a few hours evening session. Without the extensive weed this year I dont feel the food source is there and neither were the fish on this day.

A beatiful stretch of river, although it would be good to have a few more swims made. Caught 3 Barbel and 2 Chub.

First time at How Caple Court, 4 anglers in two cars, did look at parking both cars at the downstram end but decided to use the middle access track which was fine as the ground was dry and hard, not sure what it would have been like wet? In total we managed 22 barbel and 14 chub between us. One angler netting 9 barbel and 3 chub with the next best catch being 6 barbel to over 9lbs on ledgered pellet as well as 10 chub taken on float fished sweetcorn on what was another very hot day. Not too may swims to go at as we do enjoy roving around but all in all another fantastic day on the Wye.