Feedback & Reports

Having fished Holme Lacy the day before we know that finding the fish in the very low clear river would be the key to catching, and so it proved as in the first 4 hours we fished most of the pegs on the top half of the beat for 1 chub each, but in the afternoon my ( Ghille )
Neil found the fish in the bottom meadow and caught 10 barbel ,all 6-8lb fish while I caught 3 barbel and 5 chub.
All the fish again caught on Halibut pellet.
Once again a great days fishing but I feel that with a small amount of work more pegs could be made available in the wooded areas, which would make the beat even better. Many thanks W.U.F

The weather was bright and sunny until late afternoon with nothing happening. Then we had overcast conditions with a few showers. Caught 2 chub of around the 3lb mark and a barbel of 5lb 9oz. Fished meat at the corner tree end of Maddox.

3 lovely wild browns. 2 x 8" 9". 2 on nymph pheasant tail. 1 dry fly - grey wolf parachute.

Fished 06.30 to 09.30. River very low and ultra clear. Early sunny then clouded over. Trotting float, centrepin and avon rod 8lb monoline to 12 hook with sweetcorn on hook and slow feed same into swim at bottom of beat. Shallow wade to river centre then float down clear gulley about 3ft deep with float set at about 5ft.
6 or 8 barbel to around 6lb, 3 chub to around 3lb, inumerable dace some of over 10oz. Had a dace snatched at so lip hooked it and next cast hooked but lost at net wild trout of maybe 3lb possibly due to small hook size to dace? Excellent sport and river stunning in early mist. Great action in fast flow.
Dipper pair are still resident. A mid sized dark salmon right under near bank by "quay".
I earier reported loosing a large barbel when hook snapped at bend, investigation after another lost fish indicates that my foreceps for hook removal are DAMAGING HOOKS, others take heed!
With low water coarse anglers coming to the Wye should consider bringing waders, they open up so many possibilities from just sitting on bank with heavy weed to contend with.

Very hard work in the low water conditions. Had to practice my approach crawl often today. Had enough by the time I was half way up the beat, I'll ache in the morning
Managed 3 Trout all about 8 inches each.

Plenty of late afternoon/evening barbel despite very low clear conditions, no chub today though.

Had a testing morning fishing in a bad downstream wind. No flies and saw just two rising trout. Caught one (8") and missed the other on a HE emerger. Nothing on nymphs in the dubs. Definitely not a beat to fish at this time of year in such low water with the riverbed gravels covered in weeds and 12 feet high Himalayan Balsam guarding all of the margins, both of which in such conditions seemed to have a great affinity for flies and monofilament! There are also a few fallen trees down across the river since the last clearance work which would be worth removing.

First day of a 3 day visit to the Wye, Neil and I caught 40 barbel to 8lb 2oz & 17 chub, with most of the fish being caught from the last few pegs, all on pellet. WE have fished the beat before and caught all along the beat but with the river very low and clear the fish seem to have shoaled up as we only had 4 of the barbel and 6 chub away from the last pegs, once we found the fish we had a wonderful days fishing, & once again many thanks to W.U.F for their excellent service.

Enjoyable afternoons fishing but a blank.

Fished Maddox with meat for a couple of hours early evening. Had two barbel (7 & 6lb) and a chub (2.5lb). Weather was overcast with rain at times. The banks are quite overgrown but the fishing is good where you can get into the water!