Feedback & Reports

2 Anglers. Sunny day. No sign of Barbel today. Found some good swims lower down. Caught in the shady ones. Lovely scenery and a Kingfisher added to our day.

2 Chub

A small barbel and three chub to 3lb 10oz caught on halibut pellet/luncheon meat fished with a feeder.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Despite the bright conditions, a low, gin clear river and guest appearances from the supporting cast from Rawhide I still had a stonking day on Caradoc yesterday.

All of the fish coming from the pretty bottom end, either in the morning or late afternoon. Starting early, I broke up my day by having a very civilised leftover prawn and spinach balti in the sunshine and a lovely chat with a delightful lady who had just completed her wild swim -something she does every day. She politely declined my offer of a bit of prawn balti on a homemade naan, and also wasn't keen on my request to go back in to find the two £5 Korum feeders I'd just lost.

Best fish of the day was a cracking barbel of around 7 lb on rolling meat - nothing beats being up to your nut sack in the water catching one of these pouty bewts.

Nice to meet Wally and Mike who were braver than me, setting up in what was obviously the herds favourite place to poo and wee.

5 Barbel, 15 Chub

Beautiful sunny day but we thought the bright conditions & relatively low water levels would work against us but we fished beat 5 & had plenty of bites between us; The barbel were all of a good size between 7 and 9 pounds , the chub ranging from 1 to 3 pounds. Two other barbel were lost with barbless hooks & inexperience I guess.
As usual we were treated to a series of wildlife performances interspersed with swan flights & kingfisher darts up & down all day. As fishermen we are as interested in the surroundings & the 'social' as much as the catching; Perhaps the rods were in the water 50% of the time with the other 50% taken up with talking, eating and observing the wildlife.
Never seen so many fry in the shallower margins, espescially if some bait dropped out of a feeder. The sand martins were flocked up & very busy making an appearance every hour or so, skimming the water to drink, sometimes 60 or 70 at a time. There were eight red kites riding a thermal above our heads at one point and a peregrine falcon chased a flock of feeding pigeons on the opposite bank then flew up the river infront of us.
As we walked back at dusk there was a mist over the field ,hovering a foot above the grass & the tawny owls were calling to each other. A perfect end.
Thanks to all who make this possible.

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

River running low and clear. All fish on pellet.

1 Barbel, 12 Chub

Well Fownhope 5 didn’t disappoint again. Close on 250lb of chub between the 2 of us on feeder tactics but sadly only 7 barbel to around 7 pound. All caught firstly from the far field other side of woods then a move to the rocks around midday saw so many more chub and the few barbel grace our nets.

7 Barbel, 82 Chub

Really enjoyable evening 2 barbel and 5 chub

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

Arrived at 3 and fished the same swim as yesterday better weather today cloudy and overcast 1 small chub first cast then a barbel of 9lb at 4-15 nothing then until 7-30 then 7 chub in the last hour 3lb 8oz, 4lb 2oz, 4lb 2oz, 4lb 6oz, 4lb 10oz, 5lb and 5lb 8oz.same method as yesterday.2 excellent days fishing on my favourite Wye and usk beat.

1 Barbel, 8 Chub

2rods all day not very good

4 Barbel, 12 Chub, 1 Other

Best barbel was 6lb 8 , best chub was 5lb 4 , very enjoyable days fishing, the 1 other was a common carp of 10lb 8 , was a surprise to see , not seen in over 10 years of fishing this lovely river

5 Barbel, 44 Chub, 1 Other