Feedback & Reports

Gratefully a bit cooler than the previous day. Feeder fishing was the only method used. In addition to the barbel an eel was caught. Best barbel was probably about 8lb.

16 Barbel, 1 Other

Very similar conditions to yesterday and fishing just as slow. Just two barbel (6lb and 8lb) on pellet from one of the swims in the woods.

2 Barbel

Fished here for the morning with no fish or bites, river very low with plenty of silk weed clogging the tackle making fishing virtually impossible.
J.V & D.C Rayleigh

2 Chub

Fished 6am to noon and regularly caught both chub and barbel, although difficult to get through the chub. Finished at noon with 20 barbel in the session.
Returned to fish a further 3 hours from 6:30pm and caught a further 9 barbel. Fish are generally smaller than other beats, the largest about 6lb, and 2 or 3 were probably only 1lb or just over. Average fish was between 4lb - 5lb.
I found the best way to get at the barbel was to fish a 10mm pellet on a very long hair rig. I then tried to ignore the strong pulls from chub, every time the bait hit the water. If I managed to get a bait on to the bottom, without a chub hooking itself, then I had a good chance with the barbel.
The larger fish tended to have lice behind their fins, which I was able to clean off, the small fish were in very good condition. Water was very low and clear, but far less weed than the previous day on another beat.
Some of the chub were a very good size with 3 or 4 easily topping 5lb.

29 Barbel, 35 Chub

Very hot and despite fishing very early and late no fish caught

River very low and temperature hot.
2 barbel out of the hole at end of stretch on halibut pellet. Didn’t stay too long as it was just too hot

2 Barbel

First of a 5 day fishing holiday on the Wye. I've never seen the river so low and what was really noticeable was the lack of pace in the flow. It can't be a great time at the moment to be a fish in the river with the river crying out for some heavy rain to top it up. The best barbel was approx. 8.08. No fish were weighed to ensure the fish were returned as quickly as possible and care was taken during the release to make sure the fish had fully recovered. All the fish were caught using a feeder.

13 Barbel, 1 Chub

Tough conditions, bites very hard to come by. Only one barbel and 2 eels caught between 3 anglers.

1 Barbel, 2 Other

Useful bit of river this when levels are low elsewhere.
Very warm evening, fish rising never managed to connect with any of them, due to my ineptitude