Feedback & Reports

Fished Maddox with meat for a couple of hours early evening. Had two barbel (7 & 6lb) and a chub (2.5lb). Weather was overcast with rain at times. The banks are quite overgrown but the fishing is good where you can get into the water!

Started off on the upper stretch had 3 barbel and a few chub, after a chat with Colin the ghillie I moved further down stream just after the bend and had a further 6 barbel the largest around 8lbs, Had a great day and will return soon.

Arrived mid-morning and after walking the beat and spotting both chub and barbel in several areas spent an enjoyable few hours stalking the fish with meat, catching some nice chub to about four pounds and being frustrated by a nice barbel that refused my offerings even when trundled right down on to her nose!

Moved downstream in the afternoon and the barbel were very visible as they flashed on the gravel, so fed them some hemp and 6mm pellets, made a cup of coffee and enjoyed a fantastic three hours taking 13 barbel to about 8lb and a couple of stray chub. Small (6-8mm) pellets on the hair, small (size 14) hooks and long hook links (4-6 foot) did the trick as usual in the gin clear water.

Canoe traffic very light and the sun even shined all day long! Thanks W&U!

Back on the Wye and Usk beats for second trip of the season.
Fished with my son today and had a very enjoyable day in warm sunshine. The river was low and clear and fish were more difficult to temp during the day than on my previous trip but the fish were feeding hard for the last hour before dusk and we finished with 30 Barbel and 21 Chub between us.

This was my fourth day of the season so far and my tally is now 110 Barbel 53 Chub. What a fantastic river the Wye is, thank you W&U for making it possible.

1 Barbel at 9.2, fishing two swims down from the power lines. Fishing the far bank, using meat (luncheon) over hemp, under the willow trees. Fishing this beat not brilliant because the only swim worth fishing was Boys Rocks - but of course this is no longer available due to resident objections.

River very low and clear. Fished from 6.45 to 12. Took 5 barbel fishing pellet over a big bed of hemp. 4 fish between 4 and 5 ish pounds. Best fish was an absolute belter of 9lb 6oz. Plenty of other bites.

Canoe traffic was much lighter than I was expecting and to be honest the fish didn't seem to mind them. I even had bites when the canoes were directly over the fish. Mostly the canoeists were well behaved but for 2 morons paddling one canoe who thought it great fun to paddle directly towards drinking cattle and hit them in the faces with their paddles!

Fishing very slow due to the river being gin clear and very low. During the day best to keep moving and try to spot the fish (either that or go to the pub !) we saw them flashing in a nearside gulley between the weed and one of us had 3 barbel out during the day. Evening is when the fishing picks up with a total of 10 barbel to 4 rods.

30 odd chub and barbel on float and ledger. Absolutely fantastic day, fantastic organisation, we'll be back very soon - can't wait. Thank you.

Fished from Saturday through to Monday, as others have said the river was low & clear and the heavy canoe traffic pretty much put a stop to daytime fishing, so spent the day chatting and making bacon sarnies for our new American friend who was Salmon fishing. Caught 2 Barbel on Saturday... 5lb (netted by the USA!) & 7lb from the Vanstone pool, 3lb chub Sunday evening and a broad shouldered 9 pounder Barbel from the rope pool Monday morning (thanks for the tip Adam!)

Another great day on the Wye. 14 barbel to 9-14 along with a few bonus chub. All fell to pellet/feeder approach with the majority of the fish coming between 5pm and dusk.
Dont be put off by the canoes, we had bites whilst there were canoes going through the swim, although the 6 muppets in the two inflatable paddling pools raised an eyebrow!!