Feedback & Reports

Day four at Howcaple and the best of the trip ten barbel with best fish at 8lb 4oz used pellet and boilies over the four days and found both caught as well as the other , i think you should use what ever you have faith in , avoided meat as i did not want tackle tangling Eels ,if you make your first visit to this fishery bring stout tackle 1.75lb rod (mine is a harrison Dark carbon built by mark Tunley superb action ) minimum 10lb line and strong hooks make no mistake these barbel fight hard ,had the best fight ever from a 7lb fish which if i had lost would have been convinced it was a double or a salmon .my only concern on this on other beats i have fished more safe access needs to be made to swims not platforms but steps and flat area to fish from + ropes to avoid an accident with out spoiling wild feel of these lovely fisheries we need some input with owners .

10 Barbel

Nothing caught

Tough day. Many fish lost within the first hour in the Woods followed by a slow afternoon only managing 3 chub and 2 Eels from the Top field

3 Chub, 2 Other

Nothing to report today. A nice stretch of water, saw a couple of coloured fish leaping but nothing caught.

went in search of the grayling today and brought 20+ to hand . lugg down to its bones now with very little flow and clear waters which made for a tricky day. with only the odd rise i fished size 18 2mm bead jig gently bouncing bottom. size wise all between 6-14 inches with most on the smaller side 7-10 inches. all the trout bar one were around 12 inches. still shocked after the weather tuesday and wednesday water levels have dropped not held or risen.

8 Trout, 21 Grayling

we arrived to find the river very low at the creel this was our first time on this beat, the banks were dangerous and swims were very limited only one set of steps at the start of the beat. From a health & safety aspect this is not good we had 1 barbel & 2 chub very unlikely we will return here as anglers safety appears to be very low on the wye & usks agenda
PB & DD WEST SUSSEX

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Low water, but great beat. Weather was blowy and intermittent drizzle. Lots of rising fish. Very spooky and we didn't crack the code!

Great day's fishing. Settled in a swim half way down left bank and started fishing at approx 1:00 pm after a late decision to fish this beat. Swims were easily accessible which was a pleasant change from last week. Bites pretty much every cast as the fish were in feeding mode. Barbel ranged from 1.5 pounds up to 9 pounds. Meat and sweetcorn was the order of the day although the only fish caught on pellet was the biggest. Several snags meant I lost a few fish and a number of feeders but all in all an enjoyable day.

12 Barbel, 1 Chub

Last day of trip river had dropped but still very weedy. Another majestic day at middle hill court, 12 barbel largest 8lb 2oz and a lovely 4lb chub. All fish caught on pellet feeder. Fantastic fishing in one of the most beautiful places on the wye valley.

12 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fly fishing using very small doubles on rock pool river low