Feedback & Reports

Salmon everywhere, jumping over the line 2 feet from the bank! All sightings were of coloured fish. Later on we caught 5 barbel and 2 chub from a really comfy swim down at the Rope Pool. Had an hour in the Vanstone but no joy. There really are a lot of options on this beat if you look around. Surprised to read negative reports of lack of swims - I counted at least 14 good ones from the top to the bottom of the stretch, not to mention the roving opportunities. I'll be back! Thanks WUF - lovely day out.

Several Barbel to 8lb 12oz and Chub to about 3lb. River very low and clear.

Had a great day on Wyebank, fishing for barbel between myself and a friend we caught 21 barbel and over 20 chub all were caught on pellet bait using pva bags or feeders. Bites were on the first cast and continued throught the day, but did slow during late morning through until early afternoon. conditions were not the best with very clear lowish water levels and a bright sunny weather. Think you would clean up if conditions were spot on, certainly plenty of fish there!!

Nice stretch. Fished beat 3 10' of water in a long glide. Half a dozen chub, best 4-8. Fed the barbel but didn't hook any.

Arrived about 10am and walked the venue to decide where to fish. This resulted in an excellent days fishing with my son, between us we caught 20 barbel and 7 chub. The largest barbel was 9lbs 1 oz and all were in immaculate condition. The river was very low and clear but we caught throughout the day. Access to the river in the orchard area was difficult so we parked at the designated spot on the road and fished that meadow. All fish were caught on pellet.
It was a wonderful day in a beautiful setting and I would like to thank the Wye and Usk foundation for making this stretch of the river Wye available. We will definately return. There were cows in every meadow and a bull with each herd and although we were wary they gave us no problems!

Arrived at about 5.30pm on this Sunday evening, only to find that we could have started earlier as the Kayak 'traffic' had already stopped. Fishing the same swim as the previous evening, this time with swim-feeders and 14mm halibut pellets, within 30 seconds of Alan's first cast he hooked a nice Barbel! We fished till 9.20pm, and in this short session, we caught 6 Barbel to 6lb.15oz., and 3 chub to 4lb.
Our thanks to the Wye & Usk Foundation for making this fishing available to us, with very special thanks to Don Macer-Wright for his friendly approach and his invaluable advice. Superb fishing which must be enjoyed again!

Lovely stretch that I didn't do justice. Ended with bits and a couple of decent chub while Andy had 4 barbel.

Web booking faultless - directions and beat description good. First time on the Wye, Foy is a nice short stretch with about six swims more available to wading. Caught 2 barbel and 5 chub lost about 8 fish to weed and hook pulls. DOH! Fishing tailed off in afternoon and evening as the sunny conditions made conditions difficult in shallow water. Bait used was pellet, sweetcorn, and meat. Overall good fishing nice scenery and would go back hopefully with more water on. Thaks WUF

First time fishing the Wye, arrived early with 2 friends and the river lookes great, level was normal and flow not too fast, it looked idyllic. We started fishing about 6.30 and had 3 chub and 2 barbel by 9.30 and we were looking forward to a nice day's fishing. But then the canoes arrived! I'm not against sharing the river with others, I have canoed the Wye with my children, and as an angler I was conscious of not causing inconvenience to other people. It's a pity that most of the canoeists didn't have the same consideration. A few were ok and went past quietly on the far side, but the vast majority who were in hire canoes (and there must have been 200 canoes go past) showed no consideration at all. We had to constantly ask them not to go over our visible lines, we had people crash into the bank beside us, we had 'flotillas' of idiots having water fights, messing about and even capsizing in our swim and this went on all day. We caught just 2 fish between 3 of us between 9.30am and 7.30pm after the last of the canoes had gone - I stayed on and had another chub and 2 barbel.

Fishing is a fickle sport at the best of times but to pay £15 for a ticket and then have your day ruined by people who show no common sense or courtesy is not acceptable - be warned!

My son, Alan, and I arrived at about 6am to find the river running quite high, and having never been there before we had difficulty in identifying fish holding areas. But thanks to Don Macer-Wright's arrival at about mid-morning and his valued guidance, we were able to see how and where to fish.
With many kayaks on the river we determined to return for an evening session.
Returning from Bristol at 6pm, we fished from 6.30 till 9.45pm. We chose to both fish at the lower end of the section, one rod each, using simple running legers and hair-rigged baits. With 16mm halbut pellets as bait, we caught Barbel from the very first cast.
In the three and a quarter hour session, Alan out-fished me with 5 Barbel ( best 7lb.4oz ) and 3 Chub to 4lb.1oz.
My catch was three Barbel of 7lb., 6lb.15oz., and 5lb.
Drove back to Alan's home in Bristol looking forward to the following day's evening session.