Feedback & Reports

This was an impromptu birthday outing to test out my new tackle on the Wye's big barbel, but on this occasion non showed, not even a sniff of one. Nevertheless, when you catch 10nr chub ranging from 3lbs to 4.5lbs, with the smallest just a nudge below the 3lb mark, with a +30lbs net of fish, then who can complain. At this time of the year, after periods of cold / frosty nightly weather, whilst the barbel will invariably go AWOL, the chub won't generally let you down.

River level reading of 520mm high at Ross-on-Wye; weather - cloudy all day, but no rain, temperature - 8C, breezy from the north-east.
Fished 2oz Drennan maggot feeder (open-ended), filled red maggots and plugged with pelleted groundbait. Five red maggots on a size 14's hook.

Winter's days like these, catching fish like these in such beautiful, peaceful surroundings, are memorable.

Here's to next year's season.

1 Grayling, 10 Chub

Enjoyable day float fishing red maggots. Water quite low, found most of the fish at the lower end of the beat near the town. All in beautiful condition between half and 1.5lb, lost several including a couple of larger ones.

4 Grayling

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BEATS NOW - PEACEFUL NOW THE CANOES STOPPED

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

5 Trout, 6 Grayling

Very enjoyable day on a nice beat. Grayling up to 1lb caught on nymph flies on sections with drop off to deeper sections.

3 Grayling

Fabulous day on the Wye. Hovering around 5degrees with lots of cloud cover.
Managed a Grayling of about 1lb to the net in the morning aswell as a WBT of about 1/2lb in the morning. Both taken on a PTN under a strike indicator, both within about 10 minutes of each other.
Then later in the afternoon managed another Grayling of about 1lb on a olive CDC emerger.
Fantastic day.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

3 Trout, 4 Grayling

Well my last free day of the week well spent. Again it was freezing cold which certainly doesn’t help with your technique when you can’t feel your fingers haha! Even still it has seemed harder to locate the grayling Czech style the last few days, maybe a french style would suit better with the clear/shallow water.
Caught a beautiful fish on a hand tied disco shrimp though which was more than enough for me.

1 Grayling

River looking good but I found it hard to locate fish; 2 grayling 6-9", 1 OOS trout 12" on pink headed nymphs.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Cold,damp and overcast. Tried czech,french,duo and dry all to no avail. Must be doing something wrong!
Nevertheless good to be out on the river again.