Feedback & Reports

Sunny day, river level normal. Enjoyable morning trotting meat stood on the rocks at the lower end of the stretch, instant bites and plenty of chub up to 4-5lb. Afternoon switched to light ledger on meat, good result again with chub. Switched to pellet/ feeder to try and find a barbel but nothing after around 3pm.
Looking over the side of the Bridge over the last couple of days, around 20 good sized chub feeding most of the time but I only spotted one barbel.

10 Chub

Had some really good size chub up to 6lb but the barbel seemed to be no existent

8 Chub

Evening ticket. Quite quiet on the surface. A trout and a grayling from the bottom of the beat on a little comparadun, a better trout and a 2.5lb chub from Lady Alexander's pool on a small streamer at dusk.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Chub

All caught in the faster water on feeder tactics. Had some issues with fishermen on the other side but phoned Wye and Usk straight away, the farmer came down and moved them on, apparently they have paid £800 to fish their beat and for what it’s worth their half is shallow this time of year. Very hot today and water levels low.

8 Barbel, 1 Chub

Barbel caught mid afternoon, good amount of chub, sun trap today.

2 Barbel, 16 Chub

With big suns and 26 degrees forecast it was less than ideal conditions for me here for the second time this season. Still, gotta play what you're dealt so I started in the bottom pool about 7 on gb feeder and a variety of hookbaits. Nothing for the first half hour and then 3 barbel to 5lb and 10 Chub. Moved to the run at 10:45 and added 4 barbel and 8 Chub on the float and meat in a couple of hours before it went completely dead.
Not the numbers the guy had last week but far from ideal conditions as I said. Only a dozen of so canoes and one swimmers up above me. Nevertheless a lovely morning capped by very narrowly missing a roe deer that ran out on me in the forest on the way home. That would have been a very poor end to a good day.

7 Barbel, 18 Chub

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Fished from around mid day to dark at the lower end of the island. 1 barbel around 4lb, 2+3lb chub on rolled meat or feeder and a few small fish on the float.
Not sure what the situation is with access, the path we're told to take has a "no footpath" sign and the public footpath from the church is forbidden to anglers. Other fisheries are available.

1 Barbel, 5 Chub, 2 Other

Only one trout on GRHE nymph, released in good condition. Trout rising freely to hatch at around dusk but no luck with the dry fly.

1 Trout

6 Chub