Feedback & Reports

Cracking morning 1st rod 1st cast barbel 9lb 8, third cast another good barbel 9lb 10, ended up with 5 barbel and 5 chub went quite in the afternoon.
2nd rod nothing in the morning and then started catching in the afternoon 4 lovely barbel, all fish in great condition all caught in the faster water.

9 Barbel, 5 Chub

Gone have the days when we used to catch a good head of barbel on this stretch the chub have taken over which isn’t a bad thing some good sizes.

22 Chub

I fished from 2-6 PM and 8-10 PM.
The river was fairly low.
I was fly fishing on a 7ft rod using waders for river access.
The first trout was caught around 3 PM and weighed around 2.5 lbs, this fish was taken.
The secound trout was caught around 5:30 PM and weighed around 1 lb, this fish was returned.

2 Trout

25 Barbel, 17 Chub

Fooled 4 fish, one i never got to see, another snapped me up which left a 21" fish and another at circa 3lb.
Excellent 2 hrs fishing.

2 Chub

4 rainbow on the bubble float, about 2 ft from the surface. Disappointing that people using paddle boards come so close to anglers, no regard for fishermen when they’re jumping into the water whilst we’re trying to fish…especially for the price we pay to fish here.

4 Trout

Walked Cronkley & Windy bank, strong winds & low waters - only small fish rising nothing caught.

Walked Crowley & windy bank, very windy & only small fish rising - nothing caught.

Its been a long time since I fished this beat and it was nice to return i had a very pleasant day aside for an encounter with hogweed which has left me with a blistered wrist ( I think this is behind the fallen willow about half way down the beat )
all fish caught were returned, fished nymphs upstream all day few mayfly knocking around yellow mays and few other tiny black things
river was carrying a bit of colour
all in all a good day ( apart from the hogweed )

18 Trout, 6 Grayling

Windy conditions making presentation a challange. Largest trout around 12 inches. All fish on beaded nymph. Saw the otter early doors having a swim in the lower section. Green slime on stones as reported in other stretches of the Wye.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling