Feedback & Reports

My first Gloucestershire WBT- about 7" - size 20 pheasant tail with a small tungsten bead. Warm day after the rain.
Crickey- how do the regulars get so many fish? You can't cast upstream and if you try to drift downstream, it's shallow and clear. Must get a smaller rod and review my leader approach for these small waters. I didn't fish too close to the water treatment plant as it was a bit whiffy. No pies for me today! Oh yes- you can get Vircon disinfectant from Wynnstay (agricultural supply). £3.50 for a sachet- enough for 5L.

1 Trout

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

3 Trout

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

Another good day at middle hill court 18 barbel,6 chub.baits pellets and corn on feeder.canoists were a pain.bailiff very helpful.

18 Barbel, 6 Chub

This is the first time I’ve fished a wild beat and it won’t be the last, Weather was cool with light showers and the fishing was tough, managed 5 to the net taken on small PTNs on the more open riffles on the top beat.

A little bit of confusion at the Trout in with the parking as I was told could not park there so parked up around the corner just down from the gate before the bridge. Other than that, a lovely day

5 Trout

The river looked really nice on this well maintained fishery, with sky grey and overcast throughout the day.
Despite this however we failed to get even a knock throughout the whole day, dispute trying a number of swims along the fishery and a combination of baits.
First blank this week.