Feedback & Reports

Firstly big thanks to Terry Ward for putting me on to the fish. Brilliant day all round, excellent fishery, wild, clean, and no litter. Caught from the first cast and continued like that all day. Fished from the gravel bar on Beat 4 and later in Loxsters Pool. Landed everything I hooked. Biggest chub was 4lb 10oz and biggest barbel was 9lb 10oz. Again thanks for an excellent days fishing on my birthday. Will certainly book again.

16 Barbel, 6 Chub

Arrived at the river at 2pm to fish the Wye for the first time on recommendation from a friend and Wye regular Bob Gascoigne. The level was low with a brown tinge and the conditions were tremendous bright t-shirt weather. Made my way to the bottom end of the beat. I fished a groundbait feeder to the far bank and caught 10 Barbel and 6 Chub including a Chub of 5lb, a new personal best. A beautiful river in a beautiful setting maintained well, I'll be sure to return.

10 Barbel, 6 Chub

Dry fly

1 Trout

Best Barbel was 8lb 12ozs and the chub were caught to 4lbs 8ozs. All fish were caught on various combinations of feeder fished pellet from both ends of the beat. Excellent days fishing.

23 Barbel, 12 Chub

River was low and coloured when I got there at 15:00. I had a 6lb and 9lb 4oz immediately and thought it was going to be a bumper afternoon but it then went dead. Just on dusk I had another pair at 6lb 7oz and 10lb followed by a late Chub of just under 4lb.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

Arrived to find track nice and dry which made this stretch very accessible for us. We had good look round and found many swims. We started fishing all spread around beaches area which was very comfortable. Two of us started on float and caught some chub and one barbel, the others started on pellet feeder a few chub and odd barbel were taken through out the morning. We then had a lunch break. After lunch we resumed in same area with one of us trying some different areas on float catching some more chub and dace and a few more barbel and chub coming to pellet feeder from beaches. Then, after another tea break we settled in for the evening all now on pellet feeder on beaches catching at regular intervals. At 6.30ish two anglers moved to new swims catching three more barbel all anglers caught barbel biggest 9.05. General stamp of fish very good. Weather was warm a little sun and some cloud, a great day had by all.

18 Barbel

A few fish rising but nothing caught in 7 hours of fishing.

Nothing caught. An interesting observation though whilst fishing cadora rocks. On a flat rock was a complete salmon skeleton, jawbone and complete salmon skin. No idea what would feast on a salmon and leave the bones and skin. Otter perhaps?

We both fished by the orchard, it was a warm but overcast day. The river was at summer level but we fished a comfortable position and was able to cast to the far side. It started off slow then a couple of hours into it we starter to catch some nice barbel to almost 8lbs, with the odd chub to around 4lbs.
What a fantastic part of the river, so good we have booked to go at the beginning of October.
The Usk and Wye Foundation have always given a great service with booking on the internet. Thanks.

7 Barbel, 4 Chub, 3 Other

5 Chub