Feedback & Reports

As this was our first time at Wyebank RJ and I started at the top and worked our way down. We didnt get far as small barbel, chub and (good size!) dace were obliging from the start on trotted corn. MF stuck with feeder and boilie losing a 4lb ish barbel at the net and landing a 3lb chub that took on the drop! Lots of bites (to 15mm boilie) but they seemed to be from smaller fish. Thank you to the owner and WUF for access to this lovely part of the Wye.

5 Barbel, 20 Chub, 10 Other

A beautiful Bank Holiday saturday, river was low and coloured but sport was steady all day. 2 of us fished the Steps pegs with pretty decent bank conditions & apart from an armada of canoes between 2 & 3 pm it was pretty quiet and certainly didn't spoil the day in any way. Chub from 1 - 5lb were a plenty but the elusive Barbel failed to put in an appearance. Fish were in lovely condition and had a good chat with the water bailiff / owner. Thoroughly recommend booking this beat & we will have to go back and get in to those Barbel.

26 Chub

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

Always a pleasure to be here and the fishing is secondary on this beautiful beat....It was a touch slow for me but both the Barbel were good fish and having caught a Perch the previous day at Lower Cannon Bridge on sweetcorn I followed it up here with an Eel on the same bait...interesting...Obviously some work has been undertaken which has enhanced this venue and thanks to those involved for their efforts. The beat appears to be fishing well despite the low water and am pleased to report the fish all fought well and recovered quickly.

2 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

This beat has always produced some of the best fishing I’ve ever had on the wye , but today was a different story. The Wye , Severn and Teme are surprisingly low for this time of year , which always brings a challenge .
Very hot today but kept at it , lots of bites on the feeder rod but only a few good takes , which one of I lost . This stretch is fantastic for trotting and has given me many great days on the float here . Only managed two nice chub on the float but a valiant scrap form both . Barbel came at dusk , a long wait for the whiskers , but happy to have one in the net .
Although not a blank a very challenging day indeed , still love this place , always a pleasure being here .

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

We struggled all day on our favourite stretch. River was low but we fished the faster water in the near side gully. Not so much as a knock all day until, literally, last knocking when one barbel was caught as I was about to pull the rod out for the day. My good mate had a disaster with his rod by snapping off the top six inches which put him out of action for half the day. We will be back to try again in a couple of weeks.

1 Barbel

5 Barbel, 15 Chub

Unfortunately our day was cut short as one of our party slipped into the river and hit his head on the rocks and it was necessary for us to take him to hospital

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Made the decision to climb the hill and fish the faster/broken water in the woods first thing. On the bank and fishing by 6am.
3 Feet of water, 2 Feet of Chub, unbelievable number (i've reported 30 but TBH stopped counting after 20). Bait (mainly Pellets) was being hit on the drop. In fact i'm only just slightly exaggerating when I say I swear one jumped out of the water and caught it in the air :-) Some cracking chub in amongst the half pounders. Glueing multiple pellets together help reduce the numbers and give the Barbel a chance to find the bait. Lost 2 barbel in the rocks which was very frustrating.
In the afternoon decided to move back to the swims by the hut (to avoid the climb at the end of the day) had two good chub 4lb - 5lb and a few smaller, and two small Barbel.
Water had colour but very little weed in swims that used to have it to hold the fish

2 Barbel, 30 Chub

No fish, river was low and clear, only had 5 hours fishing due to work commitments