Feedback & Reports

Disaster struck before a line was cast as AL lost his rod into the Wye. With rod resting against rod rest AL went to the top of the bank to sort out other kit and came back minutes later to find rod rest in water and rod gone! Despite frantic dragging of the river no rod was retrieved. If anyone pulls it out its a Daiwa Proteous Barbel 2134TT 1.75TC(I think) with Cardinal reel attached. Spare rod was used but nothing was caught. JA managed 4 eels on the feeder, on meat and pellet. River was fining down and a lot of canoeists went by.

4 Other

The river was holding just enough colour for the barbel to feed and we managed a few. Didn't fish on into the evening and probably would have caught more if we had stayed. Total 4 barbel, 2 chub.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Good conditions being overcast and warm. We saw a few fish rising, a lovely beat, more water than we could fish in the day. We caught 9 small wbt, the largest being around 9 inches. All fish returned.

9 Trout

Monday 19 August 2013. TWO GRISLE 5lbs and 4lbs spinning with a small mepps at the top croy under the wood before noon. Water condition improving by the hour.

2 Salmon

River high and coloured. Arrived at dawn and fished until dusk. Fished muddy bank just downstream of Marl Bed. Slow start but then caught steadily throughout day - 8 barbel to 9lb 6 oz, 6 chub to 4lb and 1 2lb eel. All fish caught on halibut pellets fished over hemp. Enjoyable day!

8 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

At 6.20pm a 9lb coloured cock fish caught in the Cafn on an Allies Shrimp.

1 Salmon

Fished from 6PM to 9PM, very few rises so fished the faster more oxegenated waters with GBPTN, Czech nymph style, caught a beautiful WBT of 13". Water quite low, warm and overcast weather. Lovely evening.

1 Trout

No fish caught, water very coloured and unable to fish with fly. Used spinners all day but nothing.

Little sign of fish with the river a little high. I tried nymph upstream and downstream and not a touch
Access to the middle half was a little difficult because of deep bracken with a couple of paths cut through it to steepish banks.

First visit to this stretch and overall disappointing despite good colour and river levels dropping, though mainly a result of poor choice of swims as we eventually found out from Colin just as we were leaving.
Lulled into a false sense of security, bites on 1st casts (typical pellet feeder approach), 3 chub and a barbel within 45 minutes suggested a bumper day and a good swim selection. Sadly that was it for the day with the remaining time spent in snags and lost terminal tackle, even managing to snap a rod (carelessness!)
Unfortunately when we did see Colin at 5pm and he advised of the hot-spots, my son who was on his 1st ever river fishing trip was not in optimistic mood so I decided it best to call it a day.
I will be back, lovely stretch, Colin a very nice guy and very helpful.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub