Feedback & Reports

A beautiful day (for sunbathing..). River, whilst a bit low, had some colour. Used my tried and trusted pellet and feeder tactics and had 8 chub out but no barbel showing. Quite a few salmon splashing out. This stretch is a good test of technique and river craft and the barbel are not easy to find but it is a stunningly beautiful place to fish.

8 Chub

6 Barbel to 8lb. Pegs well cleared by farmer with whom we spoke - care is needed though as some are steep and banks are undercut. The wooden footbridge at the downstream end of the beat needs URGENT ATTENTION - the plank supports are rotten and my colleague fell straight through on the return to the car - could easily have done himself a real injury - please sort this out before someone else does. Otherwise a great days' fishing, thank you WUF.
WUF Note: Thank you for the information regarding the bridge. This is part of the Wye Valley Walk so the information will be passed onto Herefordshire Council. Anglers are requested to take care until they are able to make repairs.

6 Barbel

All trout taken on upstream dry fly. Successful flies were Adam's and Mayfly. Good hatches of fly and still good numbers of mayfly about. Fish were in fine condition and between 6 and 8 inches. A few in the 2lb range spotted.
A nice day all round.

3 Trout

I saw some leaping salmon under part of the beat but no bites. Very good rise of trout for mixed hatch.

1 Chub

26 wild carp caught from 2-4 pound in weight each all caught on sweetcorn.

10 Chub, 26 Other

First day ever on the Wye. No fish were caught, tried various methods and swims but no luck this time.

Fishing was a bit slow, all fish came on feeder tactics with pellet hookbaits. Some nice fish in great condition, the barbell ranged from 4lb to 9lb and the biggest chub went 6lb. Another lovely days fishing.

7 Barbel, 5 Chub

A cracking days fishing with the first Barbel being landed at 0540 it was then a 2 hour wait for the next one, but it was worth it. The Barbel then came thick and fast with an average of one every 45 minutes interspersed with Chub. All fish were in excellent condition with the largest being 9 lb 2 oz and the smallest 4 1/2 lb. They were caught using a variety of baits from boilies to pellet. It must be said that of the total catch all but 2 Barbel and 1 Chub were caught by one angler who had to land a total of 114 lb of Barbel. A good tip for anyone going fishing on the river this early in the season is to take a machete to clear swims as some were quite overgrown.

18 Barbel, 9 Chub

Did not fish. River looked great but was inaccessible. I will definately return when the river is more accessible as it looked very inviting to the eye.

Shared a rod with my son on his first try with a fly. Nice open area for casting practice but bright day with not much rising. 2 grayling a small trout (gold head nymph) a bonus and hopefully will encourage him back for more.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling