Feedback & Reports

The corner swim looked seriously fishy but is a total snag pit, as are most of the swims in the run below it. Lost 6 barbel and about 15 feeders on the corner. Lovely looking stretch wish I’d tried the swims at start of beat. One in particular looked tasty when driving back up. But hindsight is a great thing!

Chub we’re all fairly small by wye standards. Beautiful but don’t think I’d fish this stretch again. My bank balance can’t stretch to losing that many feeders in one session.

5 Chub

Spent the second day like the first, a lot of effort, but not much reward. Using the usual float or ledger tactics

2 Barbel

Fished the last peg. Caught through out the day until I left at 2.00 fed up with canoeists going through my line
Fished on pellet but better fish caught on 12mm boilie. Put plenty of hemp in the feed

9 Barbel, 8 Chub

Some very nice barbel from this stretch with the vast majority weighing around 8lb to 8.08lb

11 Barbel, 4 Chub

I fished a peg around 2/3 down the stretch, starting around 10am on the float. Struggled a bit but had a few small chub on meat, lost a couple into roots in the near bank. Swapped after lunch onto a small lead. Various small and large hook baits, meat, halibut pellet, robin red small boilie with pellets in pva mesh. A few taps but not successful. Switched back to lighter tackle late afternoon, touch ledger with swan shot on a running link and a 10mm carp pellet banded to a size 10 hook. Bites became very frequent, several small chub, another couple of larger ones lost to a snag. x3 lovely barbel in the evening up to 7lb 2oz.

3 Barbel, 10 Chub

Nice summer stretch with good access.

7 Barbel, 10 Chub

River looked good , caught barbel late in day on pellets and chub throughout the day biggest just over 5lbs

3 Barbel, 8 Chub

Was a bit hard going, did hope for the early season Chub bonanza on the balsa. Managed some lovely big chub with some smaller tubes too. The all night rain had not affected the river as it was still very low but did have slight colour in it. Unfortunately the wet weather had made the woods a bit treacherous, I did take a fall late on and jarred my shoulder but no damage. Take care. Mixed weather day too. Enjoyable as always fishing here in lovely surroundings. Be back at the end of the month. All canoes were very polite too.

20 Chub

Low river, slow fishing until evening

2 Barbel, 6 Chub

Welcome overnight rainfall; river level up by about 10cm and a nice bit of colour; some weed and vegetation coming downstream. Five small chub in a hectic three-quarters of an hour spell in the early afternoon; all on hair rigged 8mm pellet. No joy on luncheon meat at all.

5 Chub