Feedback & Reports

Another good afternoon on the Wye. Set up at about 3pm after a bit of an explore and settled for the Boys Rocks swim. Fished simple pellet/feeder tactics and saw plenty of action, two barbel to just over 10lb and three decent chub.
River was in good condition, not loads of accessible swims on this beat but enough to have a go at.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

1 Grayling

Water low, bright conditions.

1 Trout

Arrived midday. Lot of carp showing but easily spooked due in part to very shallow water and in part to my cumbersome attempts to stalk and cast to feeding fish. Eventually landed a 9lb common carp. Beautiful fish in perfect condition. Fought very hard in the shallow water. Lost one other.

1 Other

Smallest barbel 1lb, biggest 10.5lbs. All fish on meat or pellet.

7 Barbel, 13 Chub

Had a good day, weather perfect in the morning, rain and drizzle, hot and sunny in the afternoon but still managed to catch all day. 10 barbel, 3 over 9lb, all caught on pellet feeder. A really nice beat, my only complaint, not enough swims. More need to be available to anglers if 3 or 4 turned up. Anyway, a great day it was a joy to watch loads of salmon jumping.
Just a word on accommodation. We stopped at the Inn on the Wye at £65 a night for 2. Good value.

10 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

Lovely stretch, very picturesque. Some nice but challenging swims on it. If approached right though they can produce few decent fish. Great maps, directions etc.

7 Barbel, 4 Chub

1st ever trip to the River Wye, so booked this stretch for 2 days.
Day 1
4 Barbel (2 in the first 2 hours and 2 in the last hour). Best fish was 7.06lbs. Method was pellets on standard ledger set up. 6 chub caught during the day between the barbel, best fish was 4.08lbs, same tactics.

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

Very low, very clear and very overgrown. Virtually nothing hatching and no rising fish. Fished for an hour before deciding to give up and move to the Lugg. Saw a promising spot on the walk back and tried a couple of casts. This resulted in a 9 inch grayling and a 10 inch trout so decided to carry on fishing the Hindwell! The deeper pools produced fish of 5-8 inches, all taken on various size 18 nymphs on a French leader. The water upstream of the bridge seemed even shallower than that downstream, only managed a couple of small grayling here. The river could do with a couple of extra inches of water and a touch of colour.

8 Trout, 3 Grayling

A fantastic day guiding 2 clients. The river was slightly up and coloured. The barbel fed well during the whole day. All caught on pellet and swim feeder. The largest barbel was 10lbs 11oz followed by a 9lber and a host of other great fighting fish. The barbel on this beat keep moving around so you need to find them. Clients thoroughly enjoyed.

13 Barbel, 4 Chub