Feedback & Reports

River had risen since yesterday when we fished The Creel. We fished the top pegs. 6 Barbel 7.5 llb 7.5lb 8lb 9lb 9lb 9lb. 1 chub 4.5 lb and 1 eel 3lb ! All fish in superb condition.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

1 Trout

Cracking day, river fining down a bit after rain 11 barbel to about 8.5lbs chub to 4lb 11ozs plus 1 salmon parr and a bunch of dace which were being chased by what turned out to be a 2lb 8oz perch. Usual swans and one cormorant plus a kingfisher.

11 Barbel, 10 Chub, 25 Other

River conditions were good, water fairly coloured. Quiver-tipped for barbel / chub. I was surprised to find a closed-up bivvy in the downstream wooded section, but no sign of an angler.
When I left at 3 pm, I managed to leave behind a landing net (without handle) and an old army small-pack containing a much-worn green fleece but also a nearly-new Barbour featherweight waterproof coat. I only missed them on my return to Norfolk. I don't hold out much hope, but if somebody reports / returns these items, I should be very grateful.

2 Chub

river came up over night, looked perfect but proved to be very slow. What little we caught were on meat

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Fly fishing, nymph and wet fly. Catch and release. High water.

4 Trout

Day 3 of our week long trip to the Wye saw me and D on this beautiful stretch, the walk was not as bad as the horror stories I have read about, we settled in a swim opposite the weir garden early doors. D had a lovely 9lb barbel first cast followed by 2 more from the shingle beach later afternoon, I couldn't buy a bite all day, not a tickle, water was up and a strange very dirty chocolate colour, pellet / boilies feeder tactics used.

3 Barbel

Nice days fishing plenty of small chub and dace to keep us busy ... I put down 20 other, but to be honest lost count!!! all barbel were small beauties around the pound mark. Nearly all fish came on maggot feeder as struggled to get bites on pellet..

5 Trout, 1 Grayling, 5 Barbel, 6 Chub, 20 Other

The river looked good with a bit of colour still in it, CH went into the woods and had 4 although lost lots of tackle, BT had 1 in the middle of the first field and I had 3 and a couple of chub from by the hut, thanks to the young lad who put me right later in the afternoon and rescued my day, all fish on the normal methods and bait, pellet feeder.

8 Barbel, 2 Chub

After yesterdays rain I expected the river to be a lot worse than it was. It was up a bit but still clear enough and well fishable. Only fished the bottom of the beat because the top stretch was running much too fast. Used French leader in the shallower parts and indicator and nymphs in the deeper runs. Plenty of fly life around but strangely nothing rising! Grayling to 16" and trout to 12".

2 Trout, 12 Grayling