Feedback & Reports

Arrived at a low river on a hot and sunny day, not ideal conditions. We mainly fished the float and had lots of chublets, I caught 24 all about 6oz - 8oz on Hemp and Tares. That part of the river is full of them, which is a good sign for the future. We also fished Pellet for the barbel but no show. Between 4 of us we had 1 good chub and 1 barbel which both came on the feeder.
There was a downside as up to 300 plus canoes came through from 10am till 4pm, unfortunately you just can't fish properly when this happens, which is a shame.
WUF Note: Heavy canoe traffic is, unfortunately, a fact of life on the Wye during the summer holidays, especially at weekends. Please see p37 in the Passport for advice on minimising the impact of canoe traffic, including revising your fishing times.

1 Barbel, 25 Chub

Fished early morning till 12 in the woods off some boulders into the river lost feeder after feeder more of a float swim I think? no fish only a eel my friends down stream in the had 2 barbel lovely clean fish and nice size.we then went upstream around 6ish at night on the peg with the inspection panel in front of the fire and rubbish my friends dropped into a peg next one down and caught within 10 mins.there action never stopped with barbel topping double figures my friend in the peg next to me had his pb a mint 9lb 5oz barbel me only a 12oz barbel and the eel. Wont fish the woods again only the deeper stretch near the Severn Trent entrance

14 Barbel, 2 Other

Lovely setting though only caught 1 small eel! Lost what felt a low double barbel after a ten minute fight when I got it close the rocks I was fishing from and the line pinged and broke. Lost another smaller fish from a different swim to a snag. I fished with 2 other anglers and we all lost lots of terminal tackle to snags. Fishing from the larger rock swims in the woods it got to be a feeder a cast lost at one point. A guy fishing 2 swims down found a safer spot with no losses. Quite a lot of rubbish in a few swims and evidence of very recent fires, possibly the night before, which I am guessing is down to locals fishing night sessions?

1 Other

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

Very hard fishing, came on for about 2 hours late afternoon.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

2 Chub, 1 Pike

Fished in the evening, took a while to get into the fish. I lost a large fish late on! Perplexed to say the least.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Didn't start fishing till 5pm was a very busy and enjoyable evening landing 10 barbel best one going 10:10 and lost two. Whoever fished the swim in the middle of the woods the day or so before, don't worry I took your carrier bag of rubbish home, disgusting leaving that much litter about!
(Thank you, WUF)

10 Barbel, 1 Chub

After a few hours on Legg Meadow for just an eel and a chub I moved into the woods and was hopeful when the first cast produced a barbel but it was a bit slow and bites were few and far between with just 3 more barbel and a chub over the following 6 hours.
Disappointingly there was quite a bit of rubbish in the swims along Legg Meadow including beer cans, newspaper and fishing related packaging. Is it too much to expect anglers to respect the environment and tidy up after themselves?

4 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other