Feedback & Reports

Fished 5 swims, mainly further down the beat, using a cage feeder and meat or pellet on the hook. The largest chub was 5lb 5oz. There was one baby barbel around 2lb which was good to see. The others came throughout the afternoon, with 1 over 5lb, 3 over 6lb, 3 over 7lb, and the largest were 8lb 2oz and 9lb 4oz. Thought I'd bagged my first double but will have to return. A real red letter day - loved it, even having to wade in and save one fish that got wrapped round a large branch floating downstream.

10 Barbel, 3 Chub

6 Barbel, 15 Chub

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Did not fish due to illness

12 Barbel, 8 Chub

River at 1’6 on the Llanstephan gauge and carrying some colour.
A couple of OOS trout to a cascade in Glanwye in the morning and a cock salmon, around 14lb from the Island stream mid afternoon. The fish came to a home tied conehead shrimp pattern on a S2/S3 tip, and was in very good condition. Didn’t see the net and swam off strongly.

1 Salmon, 2 Trout

What can I say for our first visit to Lower Symonds Yat??...... stunning venue to blank at!! Not so much as a sniff!!
Spent most of the day just downstream of the Biblins bridge trotting meat as so much Autumnal debris made fishing the feeder almost impossible. This method worked for us on other stretches of the Wye, I guess today we just didn't land on fish despite several moves.

Lovely days fishing. River up a bit and coloured so good conditions for barbel and they obliged to the feeder and pellet tactics.some cracking chub too were caught on the same method a great autumn session .

10 Barbel, 12 Chub

Very good day on the leadger baited with a bait dropper every hour or so for the morning had 3 barbel between 5-7lb from 7:30ish until 11 then started the bait dropper again around 2pm had 3 very nice chub and close to a double barbel last hour of light

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

2 Barbel, 4 Chub