Feedback & Reports

Heatwave, clear blue skies, no wind, river quite low, stunning scenery. catch and release, one small grayling on a dry fly.

1 Grayling

Tough day, if it wasnt for the fact that this day had been prearranged for some time I would have cancelled it. It was just too hot and the river just too low. Canoe traffic was really heavy from 0930 till 1600 hours and most were brillaint the idiots who were swimming in the river or being dragged behind the canoes weren't.

My Dad had a 9lb 8oz babel second cast and lost 2 of a similar size in the heavy marginal weed. I had a 3lb Chub on my last cast. River isnt very happy at the moment and my last three trips have been particulary hard resulting in my worst run in 10 years of fishing the Wonderful Wye.

Scenery and wildlife helps pass the time when the fleet comes through.....

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

We last fished this stretch almost 20 years ago so it was nice to make a return.
Vehicle access is slightly different to what is illustrated on the map, but clearly defined so no chance of going wrong.

Unfortunately, the barbel didn't want to know. I had one small chub on the float early on and another around 3lb on the feeder later, while my fishing partner didn't have a sniff.

Still a very pleasant evening in lovely surroundings, but this is a stretch I won't return to until this abysmal weather breaks and we get more water.

2 Chub

Ongoing heat wave, one brown trout at about 8”, the other three at about 4”, caught trying to fish spiders across and down.

4 Trout

All fish were caught in the evening through to dusk on a variety of baits.

13 Barbel, 30 Chub

Roasting hot and with the river being very low blanked, we bought a ticket to the elevated river gardens opposite to get a better vantage over the beat and saw a shoal of chub at the end of the bend, tried for them when we got back to the swim but to no avail. Stunning setting none the less. Thanks WUF

3 Trout

3 Trout