Feedback & Reports

Fished all day for one small barbel. Started at the very top peg. The last time I fished here I had twelve barbel and three chub, but very different this time. Fished for two hours for no bites, and lost three feeders on the snags so I moved to the bottom swim on the fishery before the woods, where I finally got the barbel which at least avoided a total blank.
I also explored the wood at the bottom of the fishery. A lot of clearance work has been done here and there are some great looking spots. The problem is that generally about eight foot above the water which makes netting very difficult, and would be hazardous in wet conditions.

1 Barbel

"When the wind is from the East, the fishing is the least"! That combined with very low clear water and a sunny day resulted in me catching only a suntan. Tried everything, pellets, luncheon meat, bread flake. Even trotted bread flake. Nada. It wasn't until sunset I even had a twitch on the rod. I would have been happy to just get an Eel. I picked a spot where I could not see the bottom, but I guess the conditions were against me. It is a beautiful spot though and access is good. I'll revisit when there's more flow.

6lb 4oz Barbel caught with feeder and pellet at 6.45am at pool at the far end of the beat. Barbel in beautiful condition. Lost two further large fish in rocks. At least 4 large salmon jumping in this pool.

1 Barbel

Very hot day just 1 barbel.

1 Barbel

Lovely stretch.

10 Barbel, 6 Chub

River fairly low but maybe a touch of colour. Happy enough to get 4 barbel under the conditions. All between 6lbs and 8lbs, all fighting fit and all to small pellets or boilies with PVA bags.
Enjoyable day on a very nice fishery. Thank you WUF.

4 Barbel

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

Cold start to the day but the weather soon warmed up. Best barbel was 9lb 11ozs and biggest chub was 5lb 1oz. All fish were caught on feeder using various combinations of pellet.

6 Barbel, 14 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

River up a couple of feet but didn't start catching until evening.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub