Feedback & Reports

Had to fish in the woods as workman were working in the meadow section. We had 5 dace and 2 eels. Lots of canoes but they moved over to the other side once near us.

7 Other

No fish caught today, nothing to report.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

Beautiful part of the river, no fish today, worth the effort though..

2 Chub

Barbel fishing confined to the morning and evening due to heavy canoe traffic. But took the opportunity after a good nap in the shade to wander the beat with a lure rod and banked 2 pike for 11lb and 23lb on Eastfield Wingman Lures. Biggest barbel went 9lb 4oz. A decent day given the clear and bright conditions.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Pike

Arrived at dawn and as mentioned for yesterday's feedback, pretty sure I saw an otter working the stretch. We gave it a few hours until the canoeists started again and again tried various swims etc. Nothing, barely a rattle on the tip.

Really disappointing session. Fished dawn till dusk. It was a bright, sunny day that meant the river was extremely busy with canoeists, wild swimmers and paddle boarders, meaning it was difficult to keep a line in the water between 09:30 and 16:00. Between the 2 of us we fished about half a dozen swims, covering everything from under our feet to the far margin. Tried a wide variety of baits and methods that have proved successful on other stretches of the Wye but the river appeared dead. Barely a rattle on the tip from chub. Very difficult to explain, but we did return the next day and I'm pretty sure that I saw an otter moving up the near margin. I followed him along the stretch for about 50 yards and then lost sight. I'm not 100% sure that it was an otter (although I'm struggling to think what else it could have been) and that would explain the complete lack of fish activity that we experienced.

1 Chub

Lots of boat traffic today!

The river was looking good and so was the weather but I didn’t find many fish. Fished the meadow with pellets and feeder. Tried the inside line with no success and then further out when canoes final stopped.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

9 Barbel, 12 Chub